Furman Bisher (b. November 4, 1918 in Denton, North Carolina) is the sports editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is a columnist for The Sporting News. Bisher has written for Sports Illustrated, The Saturday Evening Post and many other national publications. November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Denton is a town located in Davidson County, North Carolina. ... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily newspaper of Atlanta and metro Atlanta. ... The Sporting News (TSN) is an American-based sports newspaper. ... The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Matthews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ... A cover of the Saturday Evening Post from 1903 The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, 1969. ...

A 1938 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bisher became editor of the Lumberton Voice at the age of 20. He went on to work at the High Point Enterpirse and the Charlotte News, where he became the sports editor in 1948. 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...

Bisher was president of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association from 1974 to 1976, and was president of the Football Writers Association of America in 1959-60. 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... The Football Writers Association of America is the organization responsible for naming college footballs All-American team, freshman All-America team, Bronko Nagurski Trophy winner, Outland Trophy winner, Grantland Rice Trophy winner, Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, weekly defensive player of the week, scholarship program, surveys for better... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

In 1961, Time magazine named him one of the nation's five best columnists. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ...

Bisher, who is nearly 90 as the 2006 PGA golf season progresses, is the "dean" of the many hundreds of golf and general sports journalists who descend upon Augusta, GA each April for The Masters tournament, and was profiled as such between rounds two and three of the 2006 Masters by The Golf Channel. The Masters is one of four Grand Slam golf tournaments. ... The Golf Channel, sometimes abbreviated as TGC, is an American cable television network with coverage focused on the game of golf. ...

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