Ken Lipshez
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Gender | Male |
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Industry | Communications or Media |
Occupation | Sports Writer/Reporter |
Location | Unionville, CT, United States |
Introduction | Ken Lipshez, a member of the CT High School Coaches Hall of Fame, covered local sports in central Connecticut from 1992 until 2018. He was past president and treasurer of the CT Sports Writers' Alliance, which staged the Gold Key Dinner. Ken worked both as an administrator (1981-88) and a beat reporter for Eastern League baseball (1996-2010). Aside from sports, his passions include American history and politics, classic movies (pre-1970), the Grateful Dead and 1960s TV shows, particularly westerns. |
Interests | History (Theodore Roosevelt, WW I, Civil War, Revolutionary War), Bluegrass Music, Grateful Dead, Classic Movies and TV Shows |
Favorite Movies | Casablanca, Mutiny on the Bounty, Captain Blood, Sea Hawk, Sergeant York, The Strawberry Blonde, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Northwest Passage |
Favorite Music | Grateful Dead, Bluegrass, Beatles, John Prine, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Allman Brothers |
Favorite Books | Blood and Thunder, The Killer Angels, The River of Doubt |