In his book Not Too Old, David Faust recounts the story of the writer George Plimpton, renowned for his writing about sports.
By the time he died in 2003, at age 76, Plimpton had experienced “an amazing variety of adventures.”
He boxed against Sugar Ray Robinson and Archie Moore, who gave him a bloody nose. He trained with the Detroit Lions’ football team, played golf with Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, and pitched less than one inning in an exhibition baseball game. Continue reading
