Sid Hartman
Sid Hartman (born March 15, 1920) is an American sports journalist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the WCCO 830 AM radio station.
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[edit] Background and early career
A high-school dropout, Hartman received no formal writing training. Hartman penned his first column for the Minneapolis Daily Times on September 11, 1945, and continues to report 66 years later, now for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
[edit] Minneapolis Lakers
As a 27 year old in 1947, Hartman became the acting general manager of the Minneapolis Lakers. Hartman helped build what would become the first dynasty in the NBA.[1]
[edit] Sports columnist
Sid Hartman has been a popular and widely read sports columnist throughout his career. Hartman's columns have always been strong on reporting, while the writing is less admired. Dick Cullum, Hartman's first editor and close personal friend, explained it this way: "Writers are a dime a dozen, but reporters are impossible to find." Steve Rushin of Sports Illustrated and close personal friend, noted, "English sometimes appears to be his second language." [2]
Hartman has also appeared as a radio sportscaster and commentator for years on Minneapolis's WCCO Radio. One of the elements of his style - often caricatured by local comics and other radio personalities - is his habit while interviewing a sports figure of referring to him or her as "my close personal friend". Over the years, his alleged "close personal friends" have included the likes of George Steinbrenner, Bobby Knight, Lou Holtz, and Carl Yastrzemski.
[edit] Author
Hartman has published two books:
- Sid!
- Sid Hartman's Great Minnesota Sports Moments
[edit] Family
His son and close personal friend Chad Hartman also has a radio show on WCCO. Chad enjoys sports but often disassociates himself from his father's opinions.
Hartman's name was among tens of thousands on Ponzi schemer and close personal friend Bernie Madoff's client list. It is not publicly known how much money, if any, Hartman lost with Madoff when the $50 billion fraud was exposed late in 2008.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ The Dynasties: Minneapolis Lakers By Alex Sachare From the Official NBA Encyclopedia, Third Edition
- ^ Prince of the Sports Page by Steve Rushin
- ^ "Hundreds in Minnesota are Madoff clients," Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 5, 2009
[edit] External links
- Star Tribune: Sid Hartman
- WCCO: Sid Hartman
- Yesterday's News blog: Hartman's first column (Sept. 11, 1945)
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