Peter Lisagor (August 5, 1915 – December 10, 1976) was Washington bureau chief of the Chicago Daily News from 1959 to 1976 and was one of the most respected and best-known journalists in the United States. Lisagor gained nationwide recognition from his syndicated column and appearances on such public-affairs broadcasts as Meet the Press , Face the Nation , Washington Week in Review , and Agronsky & Company .
10-432: Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker is a memoir published in 2003 by Chicago area author James McManus set during the 2000 World Series of Poker . On assignment from Harper's Magazine , McManus was sent to Las Vegas to cover the trial of Rick Tabish and Sandy Murphy, who were accused of murdering Binion's Horseshoe casino executive Ted Binion . The trial coincided with
20-706: A Master of Arts degree in 1977, both from UIC. He teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago , as well as the history section of Harvard's new online poker university. Peter Lisagor Lisagor was born in Keystone, West Virginia and moved to Chicago at age 14, where he attended Marshall High School . He graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in political science. Lisagor began his career in journalism in 1939 as
30-687: A sportswriter for the Daily News . During World War II he was a sergeant in the Army , serving as a correspondent and London editor for the service newspaper, Stars and Stripes . He returned to the Daily News after the war. In 1948 Lisagor was selected for a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University. He was a recipient of the Newspaper Guild 's Page One award, the George Foster Peabody Broadcasting award ,
40-659: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . James McManus James "Jim" McManus (born March 22, 1951) is an American teacher, writer and poker player living in Kenilworth, Illinois . He is a professor in the Master of Fine Arts program for writers at the Art Institute of Chicago . McManus is best known as the author of the book Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker ( ISBN 0-374-23648-8 ). The book
50-522: Is dedicated to his son, James McManus (1979–2001). The book is based on his trip to Las Vegas to cover the progress of women in the 2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and the death of Ted Binion . He used his advance to enter a satellite tournament for entry into the main event, defeating the likes of Hasan Habib to qualify for the seat. He made the final table of the Main Event, finishing in 5th place and winning $ 247,760. He credited his success in
60-597: The Peter Lisagor Award for Sports Journalism, fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations, and other awards. He was born to Kevin Joseph McManus (1927-1989) and Mary Agnes (née Madden) (1928-2016), both of Irish descent. McManus pursued undergraduate degrees from Loyola University Chicago and University of Illinois Chicago . He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974 and
70-403: The 2000 WSOP, which McManus entered. He won a satellite tournament into the Main Event, and reached the final table, placing fifth. The book is a two-track memoir of his coverage of the trial interspersed with and finally subsumed by the poker tournament. The book's title was inspired by Bob Dylan 's 1965 single " Positively 4th Street ". This article about a non-fiction book on games
80-1495: The William Allen White award and the Edward Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting. He served as president of the White House Correspondents' Association , the Gridiron Club , the Overseas Writers Association, and the State Department Correspondents Association. In 1977, the United States' largest chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists , the Chicago Headline Club, established the Peter Lisagor Awards "to inspire Chicago-area journalists to follow his outstanding example and to recognize truly superior contributions to journalism." After Peter Lisagor died, his colleagues on Washington Week in Review gave Mr. Lisagor's explanation of his own philosophy of reporting: "Ride down
90-714: The tournament to the book Championship No-Limit & Pot-Limit Hold'em ( ISBN 1-58042-127-X ) by T. J. Cloutier and Tom McEvoy . Cloutier, Habib and Chris Ferguson were also at the same final table. McManus made the quarter-finals of the 2006 National Heads-Up Poker Championship , where he was eliminated by Ferguson. McManus continues to play live poker when not teaching and raising two young daughters with his second wife, Jennifer Arra. As of 2012, his total live tournament winnings exceed $ 760,000. He has also written for The New York Times , The Boston Globe , Harper's Magazine , and The New Yorker among others. His Esquire article on stem cell research
100-1027: Was featured in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2005 and was a finalist for the National Magazine Award. He has been the poker columnist of the New York Times and currently writes the history column for Card Player . He has spoken about the game at Yale , Harvard , Google , Goldman Sachs , and on numerous media outlets. His work has also appeared in The Best American Poetry , Best American Magazine Writing , Best American Sports Writing , Best American Political Writing , Best Erotic Writing in Modern Fiction , The New Kings of Nonfiction , Richter 858 , The Book of Irish American Poetry , and other anthologies. He has received
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