Scholastic Roundup: A call Arthur Solomon never expected
Arthur Solomon got his start as a sportswriter in junior high school with the
Winthrop Owl — at Brooklyn’s Winthrop Junior High School. He recently got his biggest surprise after writing a piece for Sports Broadcast Journal.
“Personally,” he wrote, “my favorite (announcer) growing up in New York was Marty Glickman, a name that many of today’s sports fans probably never heard of, but very well known in the trade as one of the best ever.” Solomon worked with Glickman for eight years on The Schaefer Circle of Sports TV series. “He treated everyone with kindness and consideration, in addition to