Happy Birthday, Sid!

Today (March 15) is Sid Hartman's 86th birthday. I found this biographical information on the Internet: Sid Hartman (March 15, 1920) is a longtime sports journalist for the Star Tribune and WCCO 830 AM known for exploiting his wide range of insider contacts in the sports world (his "close personal friends"), but yet also displaying a coarse personality. These attributes led him to be much-loved and much-hated at the same time. In the Twin Cities, Hartman in most cases is referred to as just "Sid." Hartman first penned a column in the Minneapolis Daily Times on Sept. 11, 1945, and continues to report six decades later. He is recognized as the dean of area sports reporters.