Ron Drogo, The Record local sports editor for over ten years, passed away suddenly Sunday morning. He was 61.
Drogo was as schoolteacher who never want disappoint.
As editor of local sports, he devoted himself to all the work involved. He loved his peanuts, basketball, baseball, and newspapers, not necessarily in that order.
"Nobody knew more or more refined on Ron, sports" The Record sports editor, said John Balkun. "It was a local sports legend."
It was by far his favorite time of year on the calendar of North Jersey sports. Behind his back, it looks like he campaigned for a spot on the Bergen Jamboree boys basketball Committee.
He went to every game County could and said happy girls to play Sunday afternoon, because he had not seen all girls games in a long time. He had planned to make a day of it.
That is why the news of his passage Sunday hit local sports personal so hard. Drogo was supposed to be seated at the press line, fascinate Leonte Carroo and Don Bosco (and as a proud alum Bergen Catholic, it pained him to say). He enjoyed the Teaneck tempo. We had not planned for a moment of silence on its kind favorite of the day.
It was largely behind the scenes, but responsible for much of what you see in these pages every day.
Part of our job was to check in with Drogo, when we turned in our stories. It's always satisfying when you had this tidbit of news about someone he knew or the big story you worked on and finally nailed. You could feel his excitement over the phone.
Timber Ridge resident had a long and distinguished career. One year before leaving the Rider College, Drogo began his career in The Record, where he worked for 10 years, covering mainly Bergen and Passaic counties sports schools and the Knicks when they won the 1973 NBA title. He spent most of the next decade in the Star-Ledger, where he was a hands-on Willie Klein, sports editor.
Drogo liked to revive Klein claims: "Drogo, you do you anything I tell you to do." And he did because he could.
He could cover the Knicks or giants, take a trip a week with the Yankees and the next night to the desk copy. Any working group was done with passion.
He returned to recording in the 1990s and has worked on the copy desk. He was promoted local sportswriter 10 years with his memory of North Jersey athletes, coaches and events as vivid as it was the day that his departure. It was also dedicated to young athletes as it was for young reporters he fed.
It is sad that we his voice at the other end of the phone after we cover a double-overtime thriller. And we will never hear him remember the old days once again.
We do him hear tell us it is on deadline and cannot talk or discuss the woes of the dish or his disgust with the Yankees.
He had a sense of the great news, great feeling for what mattered and what is not. He was a journalist, a breed endangered.
We wanted to make him proud. We hope that we have done.
Arrangements are by funeral Kimak Carlstadt.
Local sports assignment editor Rob Tanenbaum has contributed to this story.
Ron Drogo, The Record local sports editor for over ten years, passed away suddenly Sunday morning. He was 61.
Drogo was as schoolteacher who never want disappoint.
As editor of local sports, he devoted himself to all the work involved. He loved his peanuts, basketball, baseball, and newspapers, not necessarily in that order.
"Nobody knew more or more refined on Ron, sports" The Record sports editor, said John Balkun. "It was a local sports legend."
It was by far his favorite time of year on the calendar of North Jersey sports. Behind his back, it looks like he campaigned for a spot on the Bergen Jamboree boys basketball Committee.
He went to every game County could and said happy girls to play Sunday afternoon, because he had not seen all girls games in a long time. He had planned to make a day of it.
That is why the news of his passage Sunday hit local sports personal so hard. Drogo was supposed to be seated at the press line, fascinate Leonte Carroo and Don Bosco (and as a proud alum Bergen Catholic, it pained him to say). He enjoyed the Teaneck tempo. We had not planned for a moment of silence on its kind favorite of the day.
It was largely behind the scenes, but responsible for much of what you see in these pages every day.
Part of our job was to check in with Drogo, when we turned in our stories. It's always satisfying when you had this tidbit of news about someone he knew or the big story you worked on and finally nailed. You could feel his excitement over the phone.
Timber Ridge resident had a long and distinguished career. One year before leaving the Rider College, Drogo began his career in The Record, where he worked for 10 years, covering mainly Bergen and Passaic counties sports schools and the Knicks when they won the 1973 NBA title. He spent most of the next decade in the Star-Ledger, where he was a hands-on Willie Klein, sports editor.
Drogo liked to revive Klein claims: "Drogo, you do you anything I tell you to do." And he did because he could.
He could cover the Knicks or giants, take a trip a week with the Yankees and the next night to the desk copy. Any working group was done with passion.
He returned to recording in the 1990s and has worked on the copy desk. He was promoted local sportswriter 10 years with his memory of North Jersey athletes, coaches and events as vivid as it was the day that his departure. It was also dedicated to young athletes as it was for young reporters he fed.
It is sad that we his voice at the other end of the phone after we cover a double-overtime thriller. And we will never hear him remember the old days once again.
We do him hear tell us it is on deadline and cannot talk or discuss the woes of the dish or his disgust with the Yankees.
He had a sense of the great news, great feeling for what mattered and what is not. He was a journalist, a breed endangered.
We wanted to make him proud. We hope that we have done.
Arrangements are by funeral Kimak Carlstadt.
Local sports assignment editor Rob Tanenbaum has contributed to this story.
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