Friday, March 14, 2008

Save of the day

One thing I forgot to mention last night was the "Save of the day." The award goes to one journalist who comes through in the clutch.
Early on, I was going to give the award to myself. I managed to solve South Boston News & Record ace reporter Tucker McLaughlin's word document issues and helped him send his story back to the office via e-mail. But I was later outdone by my Media General brother and former Register & Bee sports writer Andy Bitter. During the Virginia/Georgia Tech game, a couple of players went diving out of bounds for a ball that bounced right into Andy's direction on press row. Without hesitation, like a true champion, Andy picked up his laptop by the side of the screen, lifted it up so the keyboard and screen formed a vertical line and thus saved the computer from being crunched by the two players that landed on the table.
Fellow Register & Bee scribe Jason Wolf also got consideration for writing two versions of his Maryland gamer last night on deadline, but it was not enough to overcome Bitter's magnificent feat.

1 comment:

Dribbles said...

Did Jason write his story on two different computers at the same time? That ought to move him up in the standings.