Clarkson Final Four
March 8, 2013
March Madness this year will mark the 75th anniversary of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships — the Final Four. The individual who had attended, and covered with cameras, more Final Fours than anyone else is our boss Rich Clarkson.
Rich’s work is chronicled in a story and 12 pages of pictures in Sports Illustrated which is on newsstands now.
Sports Illustrated writer Lars Anderson tells of Rich’s first basketball championship while a freshman at the University of Kansas. His portrait of newly-arrived basketball star Wilt Chamberlain was his first published photograph in Sports Illustrated and led to the first of many assignments that spans 59 years.
Rich will be courtside April 6-8 for this year’s Final Four — his 59th tournament.
Along the way, Rich has become friends with many of the nation’s basketball coaches ranging from Dr. Forrest C. “Phog” Allen, the Kansas coach when he attended KU, to Bob Knight, John Wooden, Mike Krzyzewski, Dean Smith and Ted Owens.
Another accomplishment on a list that never seems to end. Below is a link to the SI article, it is worth getting out and buying a copy!
We are all very proud to have been a part of a handful of them!
