In The Moment … February 4th, 2021 Show 985 Hour 2
Longtime sports writer Mel Antonen died on Saturday. He was a graduate of Hamlin High and Augustana College in South Dakota. He caught the reporting bug when his early stories about baseball in South Dakota were printed in local newspapers. He went on to work for 24 years at USA, writing about some of baseballs biggest games, players, and controversies.
He was well known for his radio and television broadcasting work, but he said he always considered himself a newspaperman, fingers stained with ink and memories of hometown baseball fields.
Sports broadcaster Mike Henriksen joins us to remember Mel Antonen.
Sports and recreation reporting is supported by Horton Incorporated of Britton South Dakota
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