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4 unusual facts about Rick Telander


Heaven Is a Playground

Heaven Is a Playground is a 1976 book by Rick Telander.

Rick Telander

After graduating from Northwestern, Telander was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1971 but was cut in training camp.

The Sportswriters on TV

Bill Jauss, Bill Gleason, Ben Bentley, Joe Mooshill, Lester Munson, and Rick Telander were the usual writers discussing the sports issues of the day, and the show was a forerunner of many of the sportswriter TV shows that are much more common now (The Sports Reporters, Pardon the Interruption, Around the Horn, etc.).

University of South Carolina steroid scandal

The article, titled "The Nightmare of Steroids" and written by University of South Carolina football player Tommy Chaikin in collaboration with Sports Illustrated's Rick Telander, alleged the widespread use of steroids in the football program at the school.



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