Tim Dahlberg

@ralphDrussoATH Congrats Ralph!

One more thing: Thank you all for following, reading and interacting with me on here. It has made the job more fun in some ways. More stressful in others. Those who enjoy what I do, share my passion for CFB, provide enormous motivation for me to work hard to keep you coming back

News about me: Yesterday was my last working for The Associated Press. It has been an honor to call AP home for 29 of the last 31 years. I was fortunate to work with great people and great journalist. I was privileged to receive amazing opportunities, including my dream job. 1/?

@RingsideSeatMag Was ringside that night, still one of my top 5 fights I covered

In one of the biggest fights of the '80s, Sugar Ray Leonard beat Thomas Hearns in their welterweight championship unification showdown OTD in 1981 in Las Vegas. Hearns led on all scorecards when referee Davey Pearl stopped it in the 14th round. VC: Top Rank Boxing ringsideseatmag.com

The trials she covered were legendary, from Sirhan Sirhan to Manson to OJ. Her coverage of those trials was also legendary in our business.

BREAKING: Linda Deutsch, one of America’s best-known trial reporters and a special correspondent for AP, has died. Deutsch covered dozens of the most significant trials in the U.S., including Charles Manson, O.J. Simpson and Michael Jackson. She was 80. apnews.com/article/linda-…

@MatthewAguilar5 @CaesarsPalace Intimate, yes, it was a converted tennis pavilion. Smelled like cigar smoke, steamed hot dogs, sweat and Caesar’s Woman perfume. Intoxicating. And yes I was ringside for that fight.

@timdahlberg @CaesarsPalace Because it was so intimate? Seems like arenas now are too big. Nothing anymore like this or the Blue Horizon or the Olympic.

43 yrs ago Aug. 21: Salvador Sanchez stops Wilfredo Gomez in 8, retains WBC 126lb title, @CaesarsPalace, LV. Sanchez, making 6th defense, destroys pound-for-pound best fighter & 9-5 favorite, Gomez (32-0-1, 32 KOs), in legendary performance that solidifies place in boxing history

@bruce_arthur Some fine writing here, I’m awarding you the gold

The IBA press conference in Paris today about Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting was the most bizarre, hate-filled, incompetent, humiliating - if the IBA can be humiliated - and buffoonish thing I have ever seen anywhere near an Olympics. Except for one part. thestar.com/sports/olympic…

Orlando Cepeda and Willie Mays. Gone too soon but never forgotten 🧡🖤 📸 @baseballinpix

@MatthewAguilar5 @MuhammadAli Ali called that card The Soul Brothers vs. The Quarry Brothers.

52 yrs ago June 27: @MuhammadAli stops Jerry Quarry in 7, heavyweights, Convention Center LV. On comeback trail since first loss to Joe Frazier, Ali dominates Quarry for 2nd time in 2 years. Also, Bob Foster flattens Quarry’s undefeated brother Mike in 4, retains WBC/WBA 175.

@MatthewAguilar5 It was brutally hot ringside for that fight, I remember that and the buzz about them finding the bodies of the Spilotro brothers earlier that day

Two years after devastating Hearns KO loss, Duran was back after two wins over journeymen in Panama. Sims, the half brother of Marvin Hagler, was a top contender. Duran was deducted a point for low blows which cost him a big upset win. 3 years later, he’d beat Iran Barkley.

Take 2 minutes out of your day for the great Reggie Jackson to give you a powerful history lesson

I will always be thankful to the Peter Magowan group for making the address of the ballpark 24 Willie Mays Plaza, and building that beautiful statue. Willie spent the last quarter century of his life having that honor.

One thing that the Giants incredible team of broadcasters consistently does is make sure we never forget that they're human, we're human, and we're watching a game played by humans. Flem couldn't have done a better job with a heartbreaking situation. He let us in.

I’d like to see #MLB retire Willie Mays’ #24 to honor the greatest player the game has ever seen. Nobody should ever wear #24 again in a Major League Baseball Game.

This conversation between Willie Mays and Vin Scully is amazing ❤️

@BruceTrampler I disagree. He wasn’t one of the great players ever, he was the greatest player ever.

One of the great players ever, the Say Hey Kid Willie Mays, passed away minutes ago at age 93. Possibly the only player who graded 80 in baseball scout lingo, or a 10 to laymen, in all offensive and defensive categories. RIP, Willie!

@timkawakami Best Mays piece I’ve read today

The column I wanted and needed to read, from Mays' great friend the great John Shea >>>

@annkillion @timkawakami Greatest player ever in my opinion.

For more than six (!) decades, there has been one answer: Willie Mays

@DanRafael1 I’d have to count them up but my guess is I was ringside for maybe 80 of those 100.

List of all 100 MGM Grand Garden Arena main events printed on inside cover of the scorebook being given to press in the media center. #boxing

@KevinI I was just thinking about that when I heard the news. I think that was the TPC course. My only encounter with him and it was a brief one

Was playing golf in 2002 at the #TysonLewis fight on a new course in Memphis with @timdahlberg George Kimball, Dave Anderson and others. A single came up behind our foursome and we waved him through. Turns out it was Jerry West. Couldn't have been nicer. RIP