Rapoport Discusses New Bobby Jones Biography

By Robert Siegel,

Ron Rapoport

Published March 30, 2005 at 11:00 PM CST

Robert Siegel talks sports columnist and author Ron Rapoport about his new book, The Immortal Bobby: Bobby Jones and the Golden Age of Golf. In 1930, golf extraordinaire Jones achieved a string of victories that became known as the Grand Slam.

Robert Siegel

Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.

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Ron Rapoport

Ron Rapoport is a sports columnist for The Chicago Sun-Times whose conversations about sports with Scott Simon on Weekend Edition Saturday are noted for their relevance, their light-hearted approach, and their often hilariously wrong predictions.