Jack Scott (sportswriter)

Jack Scott was an American sportswriter and activist. He was most famous for his association with the Radical Sports Movement of the 1970s,[1] his friendship with NBA star Bill Walton,[2] and his alleged involvement harboring the fugitive Patty Hearst.[3] Scott received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley and taught for a time at Oberlin College.[4] His most famous work, Bill Walton: On the road with the Portland Trail Blazers, was published in 1978.[5] Scott died at the age of 57 in 2000.[6]

References
  1. Hoberman, John M. (March 28, 1976). "Radical Sport Movement Re‐Examined". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. Joseph, Pat. "Jack Scott and the Jock Liberation Army". California Magazine. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. O’Neill, Ann W. "Jack Scott, Friend to SLA, Dies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. Kennedy, Ray. "The Man Who Stood Sports On Its Head". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  5. Scott, Jack (January 1, 1978). Bill Walton: On the road with the Portland Trail Blazers (1 ed.). Crowell. ISBN 978-0690016949.
  6. Goldstein, Richard. "Jack Scott, a Prominent Critic Of Sport's Excesses, Dies at 57". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
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