Dedication Ceremony for the Shirley Povich Media Center
Dedication Ceremony for the Shirley Povich Media Center at Nationals Park and unveiling of historic memorabilia from the life of the esteemed journalist.
On September 16, 2007, the Washington Nationals announced that the
press box in the new ballpark would be named in honor of the late Shirley Povich.
WHO:
Stan Kasten, President, Washington Nationals
Members of the Povich Family
Members of the Lerner Family
Members of The Washington Post family
WHEN:
Sunday, June 22, 2008
12:30 pm
WHERE:
Level 6 of Shirley Povich Media Center (Press Box)
Nationals Park
1500 South Capitol Street, SE
About Shirley Povich
Shirley Lewis Povich was a longtime sports columnist and reporter for The Washington Post, having begun his career at the newspaper in 1923. In 1925, Povich was named Editor of Sports, and served in that capacity for 41 years. In 1933, he became a sports columnist and contributed pieces until his death in 1998. Povich was selected in 1975 as the Baseball Writers Association of America's J.G. Taylor Spink Award recipient, the Baseball Hall of Fame honor for sportswriters. Although he retired in 1973, Povich continued to write hundreds of articles and cover the World Series for the Post and
was the author of The Washington Senators (1954) and All These Mornings (1969). His last column appeared in the Post on June 4, 1998, one day before his death on June 5th.
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