Still recovering from a near-fatal stroke suffered a year ago, O.K. “Buddy” Davis of the Rustin Daily Leader is one of six people who will be honored on Aug. 2 by the Ark-La-Tex Sports Museum of Champions. Click here to read a profile of Buddy by Jimmy Watson of the Shreveport Times.
Long-time Ruston (La.) Daily Leader sportswriter and columnist Buddy Davis has been battling health problems in recent months since suffering a stroke on July 5 and has been in and out of Louisiana health facilities, but he is still writing!
He also is still winning awards. He is one of five individuals who will be inducted into the Louisiana Tech’s Athletic Hall of Fame on Nov. 9. He also has been recognized as the university’s College of Liberal Arts’ Alumnus of the Year. Davis, a 1969 journalism graduate, has spent nearly 50 years working as a sports writer for the same newspaper.
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