One of motorsport’s most respected journalists, Shav Glick of the LA Times, was presented with the prestigious Jim Murray Outstanding Journalist Award during last night’s All-American Football Foundation’s “Banquet of Champions XXXIX” at the Pasadena Hilton. Murray’s widow, Linda McCoy Murray made the presentation citing Glick’s long friendship with the late Pulitzer Prize-winning author and commenting upon both men’s love of the game of golf, citing some humorous examples of their zeal to play even under climatic conditions that were far less than ideal (like a raging hurricane). She also indicated how proud she was to be able to give Glick and award named for Jim Murray. Glick’s acceptance speech was brief and self-effacing. He gave credit to all of the unsung heros back at the newspaper office who daily have the task of turning sportswriter’s dispatches into presentable stories for the public. He also reminisced about his displacement as Murray’s “driver” (Murray suffered from very poor eyesight which precluded him from driving a car) when Jack and Linda met in Indianapolis. A lifetime Pasadena resident, when he was contacted by the All American Football Foundation about his availability to be “in town” and on hand for the presentation, Glick told association President Jimmy McDowell that he would be there, “If I have to walk to the Hilton.”( Open Wheel Racing )(3-13-2003)
