Boston Globe
Larry Whiteside, who died on Friday at age 69, was hired by the Globe in 1973 and quickly became the only black reporter covering a major league baseball team on a daily basis for a major metro. But "Sides" never wanted to be the story, writes
Christopher L. Gasper, he only wanted to report it. "The press box was whiter than the game at that time," says
Art Davidson of the MetroWest Daily News. "At dinner after games, he'd be the only black guy, but it wasn't a big deal. He was just Sides."
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Shaughnessy: Whiteside was "generous, kind, humble and dignified" (BG)
