Comments on: Only One Person Could Call Ali Cassius http://www.voice-tribune.com/sports/earl-cox-sports/only-one-person-could-call-ali-cassius/ The Voice Of Louisville Mon, 20 May 2013 04:29:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Carl Lutes http://www.voice-tribune.com/sports/earl-cox-sports/only-one-person-could-call-ali-cassius/#comment-28951 Carl Lutes Thu, 05 Jul 2012 01:15:49 +0000 http://www.voice-tribune.com/?p=60600#comment-28951 Earl, this column sure brought back some memories that I had completely forgotten about. It was the mention of "Slick". Many years ago I spent my Tuesday and Friday nights (during basketball season) and Friday and Saturday nights (football) answering the phone in the CJ Sports department when you were heading up that dept. We took phone calls from around the state so that we could include the score and the leading scorer/star of the game. At that time, as you know, there were various "star" editions so that paper for the eastern part of the state went out much earlier than the local (seven start I think). We worked from 10 PM until 1 AM or so and I loved every minute of it, feeling like a "real" sportswriter even though all we did was answer the phone. Or make a call to contacts who forgot to call in their results. Anyway, at the time, in addition to Slick, some of the other names from that time were Gary Tuell and Frank Hartley Jr. Anyway, thanks for the memories, and thanks for great columns every week. It's the only reason I pick up the Voice regularly. Carl Lutes Earl, this column sure brought back some memories that I had completely forgotten about. It was the mention of “Slick”. Many years ago I spent my Tuesday and Friday nights (during basketball season) and Friday and Saturday nights (football) answering the phone in the CJ Sports department when you were heading up that dept. We took phone calls from around the state so that we could include the score and the leading scorer/star of the game. At that time, as you know, there were various “star” editions so that paper for the eastern part of the state went out much earlier than the local (seven start I think). We worked from 10 PM until 1 AM or so and I loved every minute of it, feeling like a “real” sportswriter even though all we did was answer the phone. Or make a call to contacts who forgot to call in their results.

Anyway, at the time, in addition to Slick, some of the other names from that time were Gary Tuell and Frank Hartley Jr.

Anyway, thanks for the memories, and thanks for great columns every week. It’s the only reason I pick up the Voice regularly.

Carl Lutes

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