Boston Red Sox - Larry Whiteside; Globe writer aided other black journalists - The Boston Globe

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Larry Whiteside broke both barriers and stories as a baseball writer for the Boston Globe. Mr. Whiteside, who died at age 69 yesterday at Kindred Hospital-Boston in Brighton after a lengthy illness, was hired by the Globe in 1973 and quickly became the only African-American reporter covering a major league baseball team on a daily basis for a major metropolitan newspaper. He was also the first ... [link]

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Larry Whiteside, RIP
Published 6/16/2007 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... (the Globe’s obituary)

Red Sox News & Notes
Published 6/16/2007 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... Former Boston Globe writer Larry Whiteside passed away at the age of 69. [Boston Globe]

Larry Whiteside Died Last Week
Published 6/20/2007 by yerfatma at SportsFilter
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