Lee always in motion

By Al Montano

From time to time I tend to see a blur; I'm not really sure what it is, it just passes by every once in a while. 

Is their a ghost at SJI?

Both Leon Carter and Sandra Rosenbush have been in the room with us in our boot camp from the get-go teaching us about what is takes to make it in the sports business.

Even David Squires, assistant managing editor at the Sporting News, and Malcolm Moran, director of the National Sports Journalism Center at Indiana University, spent a few days with us and lecturing us. 

Today is the last day of SJI and I think I've discovered who the ghost of SJI is. 

We've been attending classes all week long at the Columbia Missourian news room and have had the privilege of listening to a lot of inspiring stories from some of the best journalists in the country.

From Bryan Burwell, Scott Brooks and Gerry Ahern to Stephen A. Smith, Greg Bowers and Arnie Robbins. 

However, their was one person who would miss class from time to time, Greg Lee.

Lee, who besides being a part of the Sports Journalism Institute along with Mr. Carter and Ms. Rosenbush, is the president of the National Association of Black Journalists and executive sports editor at the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

This guy was busy 24/7, it was crazy how many times he would run in and out of the news room talking on the phone. 

I later realized that Lee had been juggling all three of jobs at the same time. Lee is also the only SJI graduate to be a part of the organization part of the program. 

I find it inspiring that Lee has not only done his normal job, but he also carried his job duties as president and and organizer. 

He is the future of SJI.

He knows how to have fun but takes care of business when he has too.

I will never forget the times when he would jam out to artists like Michael Jackson in the red Dodge and dance to the music.