Star Tribune sports columnist Sid Hartman is featured in a piece on
The Morning Delivery titled "Journalists in which the word 'retirement' just isn't in their vocabulary." [sic]
Hartman, who is 92 years old, is still meeting deadlines and speaking on the radio weekdays, it states.
Hartman, who was a high school dropout, never received any formal
journalism training, but after beginning as a delivery boy for the Star Tribune at
the age of 12, he was able to work his way up to full-time
columnist.
"Instead of wondering who Sid interviewed, a better question might be
who hasn't this celebrated veteran interviewed," the piece reads.
Hartman once followed New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath into the
shower for an interview, introduced Bobby Knight to Ted Williams, and
drove to the airport with Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford after the
funeral of Roger Maris, the article recounts.
Dennis Bracken, Assistant Sports Editor at the Star-Tribune, is quoted
as saying: "Name a major moment in Minnesota sports, and Sid was there and
probably had his hand in making the news."