Whereas in my case I never wanted to do more than what I did. The other reason his superiors might not have recognized his last column for what it was, he told me, is that he's not sure they even read it. Which doesn't mean they didn't. I needed it. But it's still nice.
Compliments are still nice.
The next day he quit and was gone. His first assignment for the Rocky Mountain News will be the Saint Louis-Denver football game September 4. Bernie is very good at writing on deadline, and he's gone to the World Series the last few years. He'd be better suited for the baseball assignment. And I think the people of Chicago will care more about the Sox than they will about the Olympics.