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Retired News Virginian sports editor Jim Gordon has passed away

Chris Graham

jim gordonRetired News Virginian sports editor Jim Gordon, 78, passed away on Wednesday.

Gordon came to the NV in the 1960s and won nine Virginia Press Association awards and was once named Sports Editor of the Year by the Associated Press.

After retirement, he served as an usher at UVA basketball games, which he had covered as a sportswriter for more than three decades, and was also a member of the Waynesboro Choral Society.

The Gordon family will receive friends on Sunday from 4-6 p.m. at McDow Funeral Home in Waynesboro.

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Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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