books.google.com - In 1959, Gerald Eskenazi dropped out of City College, not for the first time, and made his way to the New York Times. That day the paper had two openings—one in news and one in sports. Eskenazi was offered either for thirty-eight dollars a week. He chose sports based on his image of the sports department...http://books.google.com/books/about/A_Sportswriter_s_Life.html?id=s85tbw_N6hcC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareA Sportswriter's Life
