Stanley Isaacs (April 22, 1929 – April 3, 2013) was an Americansportswriter andcolumnist most known for his work withNewsday. He was also one of the first columnists to write about televised sports.[1][2]
Isaacs was born inWilliamsburg, Brooklyn, on April 22, 1929. He attendedEastern District High School and thenBrooklyn College before working for theDaily Compass. He moved toNewsday in 1954.[1]
Isaacs's column was calledOut of Left Field. He covered multiple historic sporting events, includingBobby Thomson'sShot Heard 'Round the World,Roger Maris's chase ofBabe Ruth's single-season home run record, bouts betweenMuhammad Ali andJoe Frazier and theNew York Islanders multipleStanley Cup victories in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He also pushed and promoted the idea of having a statue ofPee Wee Reese andJackie Robinson constructed. It now stands outsideMCU Park, home of theBrooklyn Cyclones.[1]
When he began his televised sports column in 1978, only one other major newspaper had one - theBoston Globe.
He wrote his finalNewsday column in 1992.[3]
Isaacs died on April 3, 2013, inHaverford, Pennsylvania.