Two of Washington DC’s sports icons were memorialized on Saturday at Povich Field in Bethesda. The ‘Shirley & Walter’ bronze sculpture was unveiled in front of an invitation-only crowd of about 100 people at the home of Big Train Baseball. Speakers included Maury Povich, son of Shirley, Hank Thomas, grandson of Walter Johnson, ESPN baseball […]
Shirley Povich
November 8, 2021 |
November 5, 2021 |
Walter Johnson, Shirley Povich Sculpture to be Unveiled Saturday
Washington DC sports icons Walter Johnson and Shirley Povich will be memorialized with a sculpture on Saturday, Nov. 6 at Povich Field, home of the Bethesda Big Train baseball league, in Bethesda. The life-sized bronze sculpture, called “Shirley & Walter,” depicts legendary Washington Post sports columnist Shirley Povich interviewing Washington Senators’ Hall of Fame pitcher […]
November 2, 2021 |
MoCo’s Most Famous: Maury Povich
Maury Povich, host of the longtime daytime show Maury, spent many of his formative years in Montgomery County. He talks about growing up in MoCo, making a name for himself locally as a news and sports anchor at WTTG-TV (now FOX5), his wife Connie Chung, and his legendary Washington Post sports columnist father, Shirley, who is […]
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