Pirates bid for top with Reuss and Brett added
Reader questions on Pirates’ offseason moves and potential impact. Mentions Je rry Reuss Ken Brett and the team’s aim to return to the top. Also covers NC State star David Thompson’s high jumping and long jumping background and possible move to the NBA.
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Jerry Reuss
Ken Brett
North Carolina State
David Thompson
Wes Overby
Reidsville
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Spring Training: A Gentler America in Spring
The piece contrasts Sports Illustrated and Sporting News takes on spring training in 1974. Deford laments soft coverage of baseball while Hockey and Basketball playoffs offer a newer spring sign amid Vietnam and Watergate. He argues America slows, eyes domestic life, and yearns for harmless illusion, with grapefruit league nostalgia lingering.
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Sporting News
Sports Illustrated
Frank Deford
America
Deford
Warren Hardings
Times
James Reston
Tom Wicker
New York Times
Washington
Sierras
Walter Lippman
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