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Bill Millsaps(1943-2020)

"Almost no one called William Millsaps "Bill" - he was 'Saps to friends, family and the people he wrote about so eloquently for so many years in The Richmond Times-Dispatch".

He was a sportswriter and executive of the Richmond Times-Dispatch from 1966 to 2005. He began his journalistic career at the The Knoxville Journal.

Basketball career
He played basketball at the University of Tennessee.

Awards and honors
Millsaps was a 2019 inductee into the Virginia Golf Hall of Fame. He was named ... He participated in the annual Bill Brill Invitational golf tournament in southwest Virginia.

Biography
He was an award-winning sports writer for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Established Red Smith Award. He sometimes wrote book reviews or recommended sports books to his readers.