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Framed photos signed by Wayne and Walter Gretzky and Rick Hansen hung beside those of his son Chris’ soccer teams, some of which Jim coached. There was also fan mail that would have insulted most other writers.
Jan 18, 2019 · Dirty 30 (Methuen, 1974) Born on March 16, 1937 in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Jim Taylor died on January 7, 2019, at the age of 82. For many years he was B.C.'s most widely-read sports columnist. He was also a successful B.C. author.
Jim Taylor was a sportswriter more entertaining than the teams he covered. He was certainly more popular. Generations of Vancouver sports fans knew that however disappointing the performance of hockey’s Canucks, soccer’s Whitecaps, or football’s B.C. Lions, they would be treated the following day to a funny, acerbic and satisfying sports ...
Jan 8, 2019 · Jim Taylor is a true professional, humourous, yet extremely knowledgeable and definitely on the list of Canada’s most prominent sports journalists. The following is mostly in his own words. He began his newspaper career in Victoria, B.C., in 1954 at the Daily Colonist, as a part-time sport reporter.
In an era when daily sports writing was becoming increasingly factual and statistically oriented, Jim Taylor successfully fused wit, sarcasm, and creativity while frequently posing the most overlooked question in sports journalism: “What if?”.
Jan 8, 2019 · Jim Taylor, who charmed and amused legions of fans over a long and prodigious career as a columnist, including writing sports for The Vancouver Sun and then The Province for nearly three...
Jan 8, 2019 · Taylor passed away Monday at his home in Shawnigan Lake, B.C. He was 81. Tributes are pouring in for the man who will be remembered as one of sharpest and funniest in Canadian sports. Jim...