Remembering the unmatched straight talk of The Sports Writers on TV

• Bill Jauss, who covered sports for 50 years, mostly with the Chicago Tribune. The son of a meatpacker, he was a big, unpretentious dumpling with a smile

SI Staff | Apr 23, 2014

Remembering the unmatched straight talk of The Sports Writers on TV /

Panelists (l-r) Gleason, Bentley, Telander and Jauss were always well-informed, if not well-groomed. — Panelists (l-r) Gleason, Bentley, Telander and Jauss were always well-informed, if not well-groomed :: Chicago Tribune/MCT/LANDOV

• Bill Jauss, who covered sports for 50 years, mostly with the Chicago Tribune. The son of a meatpacker, he was a big, unpretentious dumpling with a smile that lit up his face.

Bill Gleason was the cantankerous reporter you'd see buttonholing a coach after a game. — Bill Gleason was the cantankerous reporter you'd see buttonholing a coach after a game :: Ronald C. Modra/SI

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The DNA from TSWOTV can be seen on many ESPN shows, such as Pardon The Interruption. — The DNA from TSWOTV can be seen on many ESPN shows, such as Pardon The Interruption / Randy Sager

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Published Apr 23, 2014

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