Ed Hinton

Edward Talmage Hinton (born July 21, 1948 in Laurel, Mississippi) is one of the most well-known and respected motor racing sportswriters in the United States and around the world.

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Hinton graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1970 and began working for the Orlando Sentinel covering the NASCAR racing circuit. Hinton moved to Atlanta, Georgia and married his current wife, Snow, in 1983. In the late 1980s, Hinton joined the new sports daily newspaper, The National, which folded after only a few years. In 1988, he and his wife had their only child, Tyler.

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In 1993 Hinton joined Dallas Cowboys football coach Jimmy Johnson and wrote Turning the Thing Around. Hinton was then hired as a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, widely considered the greatest sports magazine in the U.S.

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In 1999, Hinton and his family moved to North Carolina, and in 2000, Hinton returned to the Sentinel and the Chicago Tribune newspaper chain.

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July 21: July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining....

1948: 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar)....

Laurel, Mississippi: Laurel is a city located in Jones County in Mississippi, a state of the United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 18,393. Located in southeast Mississippi, southeast of Jackson on Tallahala Creek, Laurel was founded in 1881. One of Laurel's major employers ...

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