Arnold Hano, Author of a Bleachers’ View Baseball Classic, Dies at 99

By BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN from NYT Sports “A Day in the Bleachers” recalled what he saw, heard and felt at the Polo Grounds during a 1954 World Series game in which Willie Mays made “the Catch.”https://nyti.ms/3vO5OkT

Murray Olderman Dies at 98; Both Wrote and Drew About Sports

By BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN from NYT Sports At a time when caricatures were a regular part of the nation’s sports pages, Mr. Olderman thrived as a cartoonist. He also wrote features and columns.https://nyti.ms/2XTaAOH

Nelson Bryant, Supreme Chronicler of Outdoor Life, Dies at 96

By BY ROBERT D. MCFADDEN from NYT Sports For nearly four decades, his lyrical columns for The Times brought readers to the banks of clear-running streams and the hushed glades of majestic forests.https://nyti.ms/2Rqld7d

The Los Angeles Clippers Signed a Big Star. From Sports Illustrated.

By KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports Lee Jenkins, one of the magazine’s best-known writers, has prompted head-scratching from around N.B.A. with his move from covering the league to team executive.https://nyti.ms/2OAMEID