Gwinnett Daily Post - Furman Bisher

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Furman Bisher is one of the deans of American sports writing. The longtime Atlanta sports journalist is a member of the Georgia and Atlanta Sports Halls of Fame and in addition to his newspaper writing has authored multiple books profiling major figures like Hank Aaron and Arnold Palmer. He writes periodic columns for the Daily Post.

Furman Bisher
BISHER: Braves go through struggles, but luck keeps them in first place 0 Comments Last Updated: 8:34 PM 08/28/10 - Let’s begin at the beginning. It’s spring. The Braves need a first baseman, when they could have had Adam LaRoche, but he was too expensive. So they re-tool Troy Glaus, who has been a third baseman all his life, hand him a first baseman’s mitt and play ball. (Full Story)
BISHER: Curry giving his all to GSU football 2 Comments Last Updated: 8:22 PM 08/23/10 - Bill Curry has snapped an oblate spheroid to Bart Starr at Green Bay. And to Johnny Unitas at Baltimore. Played in Super Bowl games with them both. And at the age of 68, had come to that point in life that called for a graceful retirement. Unless, of course, he chose to take a page out of the career of Joe Paterno. So it was the latter. (Full Story)
BISHER: Bunker fiasco gives Johnson a raw deal 0 Comments Last Updated: 6:47 PM 08/17/10 - Never have I seen a bunch of grown men, whose profession is golf, make a mockery of one of America’s classic championships. Pete Dye just designed the course, he wasn’t there to enforce the rules. It wasn’t he who allowed all those spectators to stand in the bunker with Dustin Johnson — if, indeed, it was a bunker, and I say that it isn’t. (Full Story)
BISHER: Chipper facing long road to recovery 0 Comments Last Updated: 6:54 PM 08/16/10 - There was enough plot for a movie in the look on Chipper Jones’ face. I’d seen it before, in the photograph in the morning paper, as he lay sprawled on the ground in Houston. Now a thick wrap was woven around his left knee. Same knee, same surgeon. The difference was, he was 23 years old then. (Full Story)
BISHER: Whistling, or Dire, Straits? 0 Comments Last Updated: 6:55 PM 08/10/10 - Whistling Straits is hardly a curative destination for a golf game in dire straits, referring here to the latter-day Tiger Woods and his personal recession. (Full Story)
BISHER: Ceremony shows Braves, Glavine finally make up 0 Comments Last Updated: 8:08 PM 08/07/10 - There is little that excites me about watching people retire. You know, everybody is full of good cheer — some with good reason, some applauding inwardly. Sometimes there’s a gold watch and all is positive. Nothing more depressing than your own retirement, which in my case was little more than switching gears. (Full Story)
Bisher: Tech’s practice policy and other random thoughts Last Updated: 7:16 PM 08/04/10 - Tech’s practice policy and other random thoughts (Full Story)
BISHER: So, who’s to deal with the Braves? 0 Comments Last Updated: 7:40 PM 07/30/10 - So, I hear, since the Phillies have traded for Roy Oswalt, it’s time for the Braves to answer with a deal of their own. But deal with what, or with whom, or why? (Full Story)
Bisher: A Diaz you don’t know 0 Comments Last Updated: 6:32 PM 07/24/10 - Furman Bisher (Full Story)
BISHER: Oosthuizen a deserving British Open champ 0 Comments Last Updated: 6:51 PM 07/19/10 - There is much more to the new British Open champion than his name, which, in reality is Ludewicus Theodorus Oosthuizen, but you can call him Louis Oosthuizen if you’re in a hurry. (Full Story)
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