Quote of the day
A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.
Red Smith

Born: September 25, 1905
Died: January 15, 1982 (aged 76)
Bio: Walter Wellesley Smith was an American sportswriter who rose to become one of America's most widely read sports columnists. Smith’s journalistic career spans over five decades and his work influenced an entire generation of writers.
Known for:
- Red Smith on baseball
- The Red Smith Reader (1982)
- Views of sport (1954)
- To Absent Friends (1982)






