@edgarblythe,
And so were many football writers.
I was brought into sports, some by my father (I could cry but skipping along) and by Sister Mel who taught us baseball at recess; also by sportswriting books in the city library - a lot of books like Sports Stories of 1943 . I made that title up, but it's close. And then by newswriters, modified by some stuff I saw myself.
I'm plotzed by Kubiak's action.