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Gainesville honors longtime writer, broadcaster Jackson
Media booth at Bobby Gruhn Field named for former Times sports editor
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Longtime Times sports editor and radio broadcaster Phil Jackson is surrounded by friends and family as he is honored by Gainesville High prior to Friday night's game at City Park Stadium. - photo by Jared Putnam
Phil Jackson’s big smile showed how much he appreciated the show of gratitude from Gainesville High before Friday’s Region 8-AAAAA championship game at City Park Stadium. Accompanied by family members and his longtime radio broadcast partner at midfield before the game, Jackson was given a proclamation from the Gainesville City Board of Education thanking him for a six-decade print media career and broadcast contributions to Gainesville High and the community. Part of the ceremony was an announcement renaming the press box above Bobby Gruhn Field to the Phil Jackson Media Booth.