NO CHEERING IN THE PRESS BOX: PIONEERING SPORTS WRITER CLUNG TO HIS PRINCIPLES

The boos were growing louder and louder at John Paul Jones Arena – and they weren’t directed at either of the teams, the coaches or the officials.

The animosity was aimed at a middle-aged man in khakis and Topsiders who had just been announced to the crowd during a timeout, and who was now making his way from his seat along press row to the free-throw line closest to the University of Virginia men’s basketball team’s bench…