During his 3-year tenure as boxing columnist for the
Sun-Times, Larry Hamel wrote about many top
fighters. Felix Trinidad (left) and his father, Felix
Trinidad Sr., had their pictures snapped with Larry
during a news conference at Navy Pier before Tito's
welterweight title fight against Oscar De La Hoya
in 1999.
Larry Hamel was honored with a Dan Patch award for
media
in 1999. Maywood Park officials Duke Johnston (left)
and
Lester McKeever (right) present Larry with his plaque
after
the award banquet in Orlando, Fla.