This was in the 1980s, at a New York Giants-Chicago Bears playoff game at old Soldier Field. Dave Anderson was seated to the left of me in the press box, and to the left of him was a relatively new sports editor of the New York Times, for which Anderson would write for decades, a man brought in from news side. A few minutes before kickoff, the sports editor, a bit unsettled, said to Anderson, “So, Dave, I’d like to tell the office. What are you going to write?” Without an ounce of irritation, Anderson answered, “I think I’ll wait until they play the game before I decide.”
