michael hiestand

24-years columnist/feature writer at USA Today on sports biz/media, after sr. edit jobs at Adweek, Newsweek, Simon & Schuster. Prolific freelancer/on-air TV.

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

Former Bend OR mayor and longtime 'pillar of Bend's civic life,' says NY Times article that's classic great writing, ends up in homeless shelter. With his story mirroring town's change. Just read this. pray for the guy's soul if you're into that.
https://t.co/nFrLFW6KQM

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

Former Bend OR mayor and longtime 'pillar of Bend's civic life,' says NY Times article that's classic great writing, ends up in homeless shelter. With his story mirroring town's change. Just read this. pray for the guy's soul if you're into that.
https://t.co/nFrLFW6KQM

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

I'll try to be serious. Disney, grossing $82 billion, sneezes and ESPN's there-from-the-creation Mike Soltys, is on a tossed Kleenex. A guy who always knew his stuff. What's weird: Soltys never got rattled, lose civility -- even with me. Could barely BS.

https://t.co/PYhclLhSi7

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

I'll try to be serious. Disney, grossing $82 billion, sneezes and ESPN's there-from-the-creation Mike Soltys, is on a tossed Kleenex. A guy who always knew his stuff. What's weird: Soltys never got rattled, lose civility -- even with me. Could barely BS.

https://t.co/PYhclLhSi7

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

so sue me. i think terry bradshaw epitomizes living large, albeit not in a way to teach in sunday schools. he'd go for it on about anything? we had some strange chats, never miles from boring . funny tough offbeat, e-z 2 admire -- hope his he hangs in.
https://t.co/J9bO7Z60UG

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

granted, a guy in mismatched socks can spawn online hubbub. and there's a saudi-backed golf circuit, only the umpteenth breakaway/renegade league. but the mau-mau over nick faldo? up there with johnny miller and feherty, he's good as anybody in tv golf.
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[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

guy serving life w/out parole recounts hanging w/ oj simpson in prison, on excellent website https://t.co/UKoB5mxJ5B, which pioneered the genre. turns out, the lifer recalls, 'once O.J. started talking, it was practically impossible to get him to stop.'
https://t.co/dTPD3AxFdj

[Keith Olbermann @KeithOlbermann]

29 years ago this month, dying playwright Dennis Potter said “I call my cancer, the main one, the pancreas one, I call it Rupert, so I can get close to it.”

Today, YOU AND I will pay $213 MILLION of Rupert’s Dominion settlement.

WEEKEND COUNTDOWN PODCAST https://t.co/WLohUx8bF0

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

if you missed it -- out awhile -- pick up dick ebersol's autobio. straightforward. my take on our little encounters: his brain is a sponge, met everybody and never stopped trying, wants to know everything. a born explorer. i'll admit: hugely admirable. https://t.co/HDHIbkmRT2

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

so sue me. i think terry bradshaw epitomizes living large, albeit not in a way to teach in sunday schools. he'd go for it on about anything? we had some strange chats, never miles from boring . funny tough offbeat, e-z 2 admire -- hope his he hangs in.
https://t.co/J9bO7Z60UG

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

the late billy packer. oh brother. his grumpiness just one side of guy really into living. can't find an old profile where i got to look under his (mental) hood as we drove NC. this story, when he exited CBS, has tidbits. I liked his free, weird spirit. https://t.co/yhzNmRVoGE

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

don't know anybody involved. just think it's exceptionally well written.

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

10 Seconds That Ended My 20 Year Marriage by Unbecoming https://t.co/ObYdKJpEMz

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

@awriteratlarge in our demo, we've all used a toilet stall next to gerald ford, sat next to buddy hackett at a bar, rear-ended newt gingrich. i have those anecdotes until i drop dead. when i lecture, i'm lecturing myself. so, chuck, let's do new material. like our trick knees predict weather.

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

@awriteratlarge chuck, feeling like i can judgmental over any old thing, to me is like getting prostate cancer (had high number in my last physical, which as far as i know was my first-ever physical) or the idea i'll end up another old guy with a bunch of old stories. but shit, more tk

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

@awriteratlarge so, bartender asks shriver, among guys who work in beer breweries, what'll you have? Shriver is decisive, good for prez material: 'i'd like a courvoisier.' point is, nothing wrong with hustle. even if some sliver of people think your help should handle details without being told.

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

@awriteratlarge so big-shots' staffers, who i happened to often see as sphincter-tightening experts, have him hit a bar by milwaukee's mega breweries. maybe advance guys greased his arrival the with free rounds or respect for his franco-american demarches, he gets back patting. Gets to bar: tk

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

@awriteratlarge another example, though format is like food pellets doled out to lab roots. maybe 8 guys pass before sargent shriver become mcgovern's gilligan veep. runs for prez in 76. he had been ambassador to france. so, staff guys say its like he hadn't had seminars/briefings on americans.

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

@awriteratlarge on teddy, in his navy blue cashmere double-breasted overcoat trying to shake hands because he's a and dad-appointed senator then needing actual votes, and factory guy noting he's never worked. because factory guy adds: 'and you haven't a goddamned thing.' It's good to mingle.

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

@awriteratlarge 2 points: its good to have supposed big shots mix it up, not just be briefed by suck-ups. teddy k gets kicked out of college/law school, get put in the senate by family. shakes hands at a factory gate. guy says, 'teddy, you haven't worked (an expletive) day in your life.' folo tk

[michael hiestand @byhiestand]

@awriteratlarge A guy's $500 in educ. ira is lamer than the charge of the light brigade, with colleges riding about no new supply of snazzy credential-granting with growing demand. So a guy hustles like a regular guy. like clinton hit dunkin donuts at 1 am, yaks the counter guy to vote for him.