40 YearsBehind The Sports Desk

About the Book

Forty Years Behind The Sports Desk is a mix of biography, experiences, commentary and personalities from every scope of the sports world, written by a writer who has covered everything from big-time sports to youth leagues.

It's a different view of a great profession, with a very human touch. Dan says: "When I was in prep school, our headmaster told my father it looked like all I wanted to do was be a sports writer. My dad said the last time he looked, that was a honest profession. I have done all I can to keep it that way."

About the Author

The author has been called ?Timber Dan?, ?Uncle Dan? and ?Mr. Dan? by friends and colleagues. He also says he may have been called a few other things, maybe on the unprintable side. You don?t need Journalism 101 to teach you that if you satisfy everyone, you aren?t doing much of a job.

At this writing, he is the senior active daily sports editor in North Carolina, a state with many dailies and lots of sports to report on. ?I will admit to preferring college sports to the pros and enjoying covering preps,? he says. ?I love to communicate with young people, and we usually interact like family.?

The author has a large private library, mostly about history and biography, and likes listening to classical music. ?At the advanced age of 66, I am still working,? he says. ?I have been at it a long time, maybe too long, but life would be dull with nothing to do. Some folks said I should write a book, so I thought I?d give it a shot.?