The newspaper industry provided me a four-decade career experiencing inspiration, dedication and just plain fun. The start of my career while covering the Chargers, college, high school sports and Olympic athletes came full circle with Don Coryell’s Pro Football Hall of Fame induction on August 5 in Canton, Ohio. I helped Hall of Famer Dan Fouts with research on Coryell’s remarkable record of first-time Pro Bowlers with the SAN DIEGO Chargers and Cardinal for Fouts’ presentation to the voters. I’ve…

ILLUSTRATION: Michigan State College Football Hall of Fame coach Duffy Daugherty. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report My letter to new Michigan State football coach Jonathan Smith: Coach Smith: Welcome to Spartan Nation. A plethora of people – and political factions creating palace intrigue – are no doubt in your ear offering Michigan State-styled advice about the early signing period, the transfer portal, NIL, where to eat and whatever else compounds a modern-day college football coach’s job. But if…