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George Edward Kimball

May 03, 2024

George E. Kimball III (December 20, 1943 – July 6, 2011) was an American author and journalist who spent 25 years as a sports columnist for the Boston Herald before retiring in 2005. Considered one of the foremost boxing writers of his era, he is the author of Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran, and the Last Great Era of Boxing (2008) and "Manly Art: They can run -- but they can't hide" (2011). In collaboration with John Schulian, he edited two anthologies, "At The Fights: American Writers on Boxing" (2011) and "The Fighter Still Remains: A Celebration of Boxing in Poetry and Song from Ali to Zevon" (2010). Since 1997 he had written the weekly ‘America at Large’ column for The Irish Times in Dublin, Ireland, and had contributed to a number of boxing websites.

George Edward Kimball III
BornDecember 20, 1943
Grass Valley, California, U.S.
DiedJuly 6, 2011(2011-07-06) (aged 67)
New York
Occupation(s)Author, Journalist
SpouseMarjorie Ostrow Seeger Marash
ChildrenDarcy Maeve Kimball, George Edward Kimball IV
Parent(s)George E. Kimball II, Sue Laslie

Youth and education edit

The son of a career Army officer, Kimball was born in Grass Valley, California, but lived all over the world as a boy, including in Taiwan and Germany. After graduating from high school in San Antonio, Texas, he attended the University of Kansas, and later the Iowa Writer's Workshop. He became increasingly involved in the counterculture of the late 1960s, and although he had originally attended college on a Naval ROTC scholarship, later in the decade his participation in the antiwar movement led to several arrests.

Early career edit

In the late 1960s Kimball (with John Fowler—whose Abington Book Shop[1][2] was right next to (east of) the Gaslight Tavern on Oread in Lawrence, KS—and Charles Plymell)[3][4] was an editor for the influential Midwestern magazine Grist before moving to New York, where he was heavily involved in the literary scene revolving around the Poetry Project at St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie and the Lion's Head saloon in Greenwich Village. After working at the Scott Meredith Literary Agency in New York, Kimball returned to Kansas in 1970, where he waged a colorful campaign from the Gaslight for the office of Douglas County sheriff. As a freelance writer he contributed to diverse publications such as The Paris Review, Rolling Stone, The Realist, and Scanlan’s Monthly, and his novel, Only Skin Deep, was published in 1968. In the early 1970s he was also an editor for the Cambridge (Mass.) literary journal Ploughshares.

Journalistic career edit

In early 1972 Kimball became the sports editor of the Boston Phoenix, and for nearly a decade there worked on a Phoenix staff that at various times included Joe Klein, Jon Landau, Janet Maslin, Curt Raymond, Sidney Blumenthal and David Denby, while nurturing the early careers of fellow sportswriters Mike Lupica, Michael Gee, and Charles P. Pierce. In 1980 he became a columnist for the Herald, and for the next quarter-century covered major sporting events around the world, including Super Bowls and World Series, NBA Finals and the Olympic Games, golf's four majors and Ryder Cups, Wimbledon and the America's Cup yacht races. He covered nearly 400 world title fights, and was the 1985 recipient of the Nat Fleischer Award for Excellence in Boxing Journalism. Kimball also received ‘Best Column’ awards from the Boxing Writers Association of America, the Golf Writers Association of America, Boston Magazine, and United Press International.

Books edit

  • Only Skin Deep. Olympia/Ophelia. 1968. OCLC 12076769.
  • Sunday’s Fools: stomped, tromped, kicked, and chewed in the NFL. Houghton Mifflin. 1974. ISBN 978-0-395-19952-7. (with Tom Beer)
  • Chairman of the Boards, Masters of the Mile—Red Rock Press, Dublin (2008) (with Eamonn Coghlan)
  • American at Large. Dublin: Red Rock Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-954-86536-8. (introduction by George Foreman)
  • Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran and the Last Great Era of Boxing. McBooks Press. 2008. ISBN 978-1-590-13162-6. (foreword by Pete Hamill). London/Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing (July 1, 2008) ISBN 978-1-845-96359-0
  • The Fighter Still Remains: A Celebration of Boxing in Poetry and Song from Ali to Zevon. Fore Angels Press/DiBella Entertainment. June 1, 2010. ISBN 978-0-979-99475-3. (with John Schulian)
  • At The Fights: American Writers on Boxing. The Library of America. March 3, 2011. ISBN 978-1-598-53092-6. (with John Schulian and Colum McCann)
  • Manly Art (They can run—but they can't hide). McBooks Press. April 1, 2011. ISBN 978-1-590-13596-9. London/Dublin: Transworld Ireland, 2011. ISBN 978-1-848-27136-4

Anthologies edit

  • The New Olympia Reader
  • The World Anthology
  • Baseball Diamonds
  • Baseball’s Finest
  • Come Out Writing
  • Impossible Dreams
  • A Commonwealth of Golfers
  • Rolling Stone Record Review
  • Patriots Day

Forewords edit

  • Football’s Blackest Hole by Craig Parker
  • The Regulation of Boxing: a history and comparative analysis of policies among American states by Robert Rodriguez

Broadcast career edit

Beginning in the mid-1980s, Kimball served as a regular co-host for several sports talk radio programs in the Boston area, as a television analyst for boxing broadcasts on the Fox SportsNet and Comcast networks, and as a panelist for several PBS programs produced by WGBH-TV. He appeared (as a boxing writer covering a fight between Woody Harrelson and Antonio Banderas) in Ron Shelton's 1999 film “Play it to the Bone.”

Family edit

Kimball was married to Sarah Kimball, the mother of his two grown children, Darcy Maeve Kimball and George Edward Kimball IV until their divorce in 2002. In 2004, in a ceremony officiated by former heavyweight champion George Foreman, Kimball married New York psychiatrist Marge Marash. The couple lived in New York City.

Kimball was diagnosed with cancer in 2005, and died from the disease in 2011 at age 67.[5][6]

Editorial reviews edit

Product Description

Roberto Duran, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns all formed the pantheon of boxing greats during the late 1970s and early 1980s—before the pay-per-view model, when prize fights were telecast on network television and still captured the nation's attention. Championship bouts during this era were replete with revenge and fury, often pitting one of these storied fighters against another. From training camps to locker rooms, author George Kimball was there to cover every body shot, uppercut, and TKO. Inside stories full of drama, sacrifice, fear, and pain make up this treasury of boxing tales brought to life by one of the sport's greatest writers.

About the Author

George Kimball spent 25 years as a sports columnist for the Boston Herald and in 1986 received the Nat Fleischer Award for Excellence in Boxing Journalism. He has covered more than 350 title bouts, and is the author of Only Skin Deep and Sunday's Fools. He lives in New York City.

RE: NAT FLEISCHER AWARD:

http://boxing.about.com/library/bl_bwaa_fleischer.htm

RE: PLOUGHSHARES

http://www.pshares.org/authors/author-detail.cfm?authorID=1899

RE: GRIST:

Any reference to the original GRIST would be incomplete if there were no indication of the contribution made by co-editors George Kimball and Charlie Plymell. For many issues they were, in fact, the editors, while I acted as publisher (from the thin bankroll of the Abington Book Shop which was too soon exhausted). They sought out authors, gathered material, traveled, wrote letters, made phone calls, cajoled subscribers, designed, laid out, typed, printed, collated, stapled, stamped and delivered. (John Fowler)

References edit

  1. ^ "City Lights" of the midwest
  2. ^ McCrary, Jim (2017) "Grist" (via From a Secret Location)
  3. ^ Grist: No. 8 (1966) Fowler, Kimball, Plymell
  4. ^ "Writing into a Void" (2012) European Journal of American Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1
  5. ^ "Revered sportswriter George Kimball dies". Irish Times. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  6. ^ Smith, Tim (7 July 2011). "George Kimball, top boxing writer & Boston Herald sports columnist, dies after lengthy cancer battle". New York Daily News. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  • James Lawton (12 May 2008). . The Independent. London. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008.
  • Secondsout.com article by Thomas Hauser
  • "Right time, right place, right man". The Irish Times. Dublin. 18 November 2006.
  • Thesweetscience.com bio
  • Kimball family genealogy
  • Death notice

External links edit

  • Official site
  • Contributions and mentions in ESPN
  • Facebook
  • Sweet Science Article
  • George Kimball at Beats In Kansas

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George E Kimball III December 20 1943 July 6 2011 was an American author and journalist who spent 25 years as a sports columnist for the Boston Herald before retiring in 2005 Considered one of the foremost boxing writers of his era he is the author of Four Kings Leonard Hagler Hearns Duran and the Last Great Era of Boxing 2008 and Manly Art They can run but they can t hide 2011 In collaboration with John Schulian he edited two anthologies At The Fights American Writers on Boxing 2011 and The Fighter Still Remains A Celebration of Boxing in Poetry and Song from Ali to Zevon 2010 Since 1997 he had written the weekly America at Large column for The Irish Times in Dublin Ireland and had contributed to a number of boxing websites George Edward Kimball IIIBornDecember 20 1943Grass Valley California U S DiedJuly 6 2011 2011 07 06 aged 67 New YorkOccupation s Author JournalistSpouseMarjorie Ostrow Seeger MarashChildrenDarcy Maeve Kimball George Edward Kimball IVParent s George E Kimball II Sue Laslie Contents 1 Youth and education 2 Early career 3 Journalistic career 4 Books 4 1 Anthologies 4 2 Forewords 5 Broadcast career 6 Family 7 Editorial reviews 8 References 9 External linksYouth and education editThe son of a career Army officer Kimball was born in Grass Valley California but lived all over the world as a boy including in Taiwan and Germany After graduating from high school in San Antonio Texas he attended the University of Kansas and later the Iowa Writer s Workshop He became increasingly involved in the counterculture of the late 1960s and although he had originally attended college on a Naval ROTC scholarship later in the decade his participation in the antiwar movement led to several arrests Early career editIn the late 1960s Kimball with John Fowler whose Abington Book Shop 1 2 was right next to east of the Gaslight Tavern on Oread in Lawrence KS and Charles Plymell 3 4 was an editor for the influential Midwestern magazine Grist before moving to New York where he was heavily involved in the literary scene revolving around the Poetry Project at St Mark s in the Bouwerie and the Lion s Head saloon in Greenwich Village After working at the Scott Meredith Literary Agency in New York Kimball returned to Kansas in 1970 where he waged a colorful campaign from the Gaslight for the office of Douglas County sheriff As a freelance writer he contributed to diverse publications such as The Paris Review Rolling Stone The Realist and Scanlan s Monthly and his novel Only Skin Deep was published in 1968 In the early 1970s he was also an editor for the Cambridge Mass literary journal Ploughshares Journalistic career editIn early 1972 Kimball became the sports editor of the Boston Phoenix and for nearly a decade there worked on a Phoenix staff that at various times included Joe Klein Jon Landau Janet Maslin Curt Raymond Sidney Blumenthal and David Denby while nurturing the early careers of fellow sportswriters Mike Lupica Michael Gee and Charles P Pierce In 1980 he became a columnist for the Herald and for the next quarter century covered major sporting events around the world including Super Bowls and World Series NBA Finals and the Olympic Games golf s four majors and Ryder Cups Wimbledon and the America s Cup yacht races He covered nearly 400 world title fights and was the 1985 recipient of the Nat Fleischer Award for Excellence in Boxing Journalism Kimball also received Best Column awards from the Boxing Writers Association of America the Golf Writers Association of America Boston Magazine and United Press International Books editOnly Skin Deep Olympia Ophelia 1968 OCLC 12076769 Sunday s Fools stomped tromped kicked and chewed in the NFL Houghton Mifflin 1974 ISBN 978 0 395 19952 7 with Tom Beer Chairman of the Boards Masters of the Mile Red Rock Press Dublin 2008 with Eamonn Coghlan American at Large Dublin Red Rock Press 2008 ISBN 978 0 954 86536 8 introduction by George Foreman Four Kings Leonard Hagler Hearns Duran and the Last Great Era of Boxing McBooks Press 2008 ISBN 978 1 590 13162 6 foreword by Pete Hamill London Edinburgh Mainstream Publishing July 1 2008 ISBN 978 1 845 96359 0 The Fighter Still Remains A Celebration of Boxing in Poetry and Song from Ali to Zevon Fore Angels Press DiBella Entertainment June 1 2010 ISBN 978 0 979 99475 3 with John Schulian At The Fights American Writers on Boxing The Library of America March 3 2011 ISBN 978 1 598 53092 6 with John Schulian and Colum McCann Manly Art They can run but they can t hide McBooks Press April 1 2011 ISBN 978 1 590 13596 9 London Dublin Transworld Ireland 2011 ISBN 978 1 848 27136 4 Anthologies edit The New Olympia Reader The World Anthology Baseball Diamonds Baseball s Finest Come Out Writing Impossible Dreams A Commonwealth of Golfers Rolling Stone Record Review Patriots Day Forewords edit Football s Blackest Hole by Craig Parker The Regulation of Boxing a history and comparative analysis of policies among American states by Robert RodriguezBroadcast career editBeginning in the mid 1980s Kimball served as a regular co host for several sports talk radio programs in the Boston area as a television analyst for boxing broadcasts on the Fox SportsNet and Comcast networks and as a panelist for several PBS programs produced by WGBH TV He appeared as a boxing writer covering a fight between Woody Harrelson and Antonio Banderas in Ron Shelton s 1999 film Play it to the Bone Family editKimball was married to Sarah Kimball the mother of his two grown children Darcy Maeve Kimball and George Edward Kimball IV until their divorce in 2002 In 2004 in a ceremony officiated by former heavyweight champion George Foreman Kimball married New York psychiatrist Marge Marash The couple lived in New York City Kimball was diagnosed with cancer in 2005 and died from the disease in 2011 at age 67 5 6 Editorial reviews editProduct DescriptionRoberto Duran Marvelous Marvin Hagler Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hit Man Hearns all formed the pantheon of boxing greats during the late 1970s and early 1980s before the pay per view model when prize fights were telecast on network television and still captured the nation s attention Championship bouts during this era were replete with revenge and fury often pitting one of these storied fighters against another From training camps to locker rooms author George Kimball was there to cover every body shot uppercut and TKO Inside stories full of drama sacrifice fear and pain make up this treasury of boxing tales brought to life by one of the sport s greatest writers About the AuthorGeorge Kimball spent 25 years as a sports columnist for the Boston Herald and in 1986 received the Nat Fleischer Award for Excellence in Boxing Journalism He has covered more than 350 title bouts and is the author of Only Skin Deep and Sunday s Fools He lives in New York City RE NAT FLEISCHER AWARD http boxing about com library bl bwaa fleischer htmRE PLOUGHSHAREShttp www pshares org authors author detail cfm authorID 1899RE GRIST https web archive org web 20081117052816 http www etext org Poetry Grist gol 1 ascAny reference to the original GRIST would be incomplete if there were no indication of the contribution made by co editors George Kimball and Charlie Plymell For many issues they were in fact the editors while I acted as publisher from the thin bankroll of the Abington Book Shop which was too soon exhausted They sought out authors gathered material traveled wrote letters made phone calls cajoled subscribers designed laid out typed printed collated stapled stamped and delivered John Fowler References edit City Lights of the midwest McCrary Jim 2017 Grist via From a Secret Location Grist No 8 1966 Fowler Kimball Plymell Writing into a Void 2012 European Journal of American Studies Vol 7 No 1 Revered sportswriter George Kimball dies Irish Times 7 July 2011 Retrieved 7 July 2011 Smith Tim 7 July 2011 George Kimball top boxing writer amp Boston Herald sports columnist dies after lengthy cancer battle New York Daily News Retrieved 7 July 2011 James Lawton 12 May 2008 Sports writer George Kimball My close up view of boxing s golden age The Independent London Archived from the original on May 15 2008 Secondsout com article by Thomas Hauser Right time right place right man The Irish Times Dublin 18 November 2006 Thesweetscience com bio Kimball family genealogy Death noticeExternal links editOfficial site Contributions and mentions in ESPN Facebook Sweet Science Article George Kimball at Beats In Kansas Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Edward Kimball amp oldid 1213679557, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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