Bill DwyreThanks to Bill Dwyre, the stories of sportsmen and sportswomen who have overcome adversity have been part of the award-winning coverage in the Los Angeles Times for many years. As the long-time sports editor of The Times, he ensured that these storie appeared, and is now directing a new venture designed to enlighten and encourage young people to read by telling such tales in an accessible format. The company is Back Story Publishing. Dwyre has long experience in leading such efforts, having served as an award-winning sports editor of the Milwaukee Journal and then the Los Angeles Times for more than 30 years. He is the only sports editor to have ever been named Editor of the Year by the National Press Foundation and also received the National Headliners Award for his role organizing The Times' comprehensive coverage of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Dwyre's team of more than 100 writers, photographers and editors produced 24 special, daily editions that covered the Games more thoroughly than any newspaper had ever attempted. After concluding a quarter-century as The Times sports editor, he went back to writing as a columnist, covering a myriad of sports and was recognized for his reporting and writing excellence with awards in boxing, golf, horse racing and tennis. For his boxing writing, he received the Nat Fleisher Award, a lifetime achievement honor from the Boxing Writers Association of America and the Bill Leggett Award from the Breeders' Cup. At Back Story Publishing, Dwyre undertook the task of writing the company's first book, Tim Bradley: Hard to Heart, chronicling his inspirational rise from a difficult childhood to a world champion boxer. He began his newspaper career, after graduation from the University of Notre Dame in 1966, with a position in the sports department of the Des Moines Register. Read More Read Less