Lew Freedman was sports editor for The Republic in Columbus, Indiana and the Anchorage Daily News. He also reported for the Chicago Tribune and the Philadelphia Inquirer. His many sports-related books include Father of the Iditarod: The Life of Joe Redington, For the Love of the Chicago Cubs, Latino Baseball Legends: An Encyclopedia, and Bradford Washburn: An Extraordinary Life, and Don Hutson and the Making of the NFL Passing Game, also published by the UW Press.