Revisiting His Coach

The legendary sports journalist Red Smith wrote his last column five days before his death. Ira Berkow, who followed Smith as a columnist at the New York Times and later wrote a biography about him, plans very much to do the same. The 72-year-old Berkow continues to press full-throttle since his retirement from the Times in 2007, staying nearly as busy as he was during his 26-year career there. Berkow says he plans on writing "until I drop dead or until my wife stops feeding me."