Legendary L.A. Times sports journalist on the past and future of sports reporting

“Jim Murray used to write the definitive column on racial issues [three days after the initial news broke],” Dwyre said. “He had you going, ‘Why didn’t I think of that?” It happened because he took the time to think about what he was going to write.”

Later, Dwyre added, “Now there’s very little thinking and a lot of reaction. That bothers me. You lose depth. You lose real balance.”