Michael G. Bryson (August 22, 1942 – May 22, 2012) was a news and sports reporter and editor from

Des Moines Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, ...

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and the elder brother of travel writer

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. He co-authored a book ''The Babe Didn't Point: And Other Stories About Iowans and Sports'' with his son Michael G. Bryson Jr in 1989. He wrote '' The Twenty-Four-Inch Home Run'' in 1990. Bryson was an editor and associate publisher of the Sun Press Newspapers in Hawaii from 1979 to 1986. He covered the

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in 1969 while a sports reporter for the

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. He was a news reporter for the ''

Des Moines Register and Tribune ''The Des Moines Register'' is the daily morning newspaper of Des Moines, Iowa. History Early period The first newspaper in Des Moines was the ''Iowa Star''. In July 1849, Barlow Granger began the paper in an abandoned log cabin by the junctio ...

'' from 1970 to 1979. He attended

Drake University Drake University is a private university in Des Moines, Iowa. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, including professional programs in business, law, and pharmacy. Drake's law school is among the 25 oldest in the United States. Hi ...

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