By Shane Goodman, editor and publisher shane@dmcityview.com

‘A long and fruitful run’

Those who were reading The Sunday Register prior to 1999 likely recall the Sunday Big Peach being part of their weekend rituals. This was truly a unique sports section, from its appearance to its content, with writers who were proud to be a part of it. The Register dropped the Sunday Big Peach in 1999, and a bit of the paper’s uniqueness died that day. This was more than a change in the color of paper stock; it was the beginning of a series of changes that pushed The Sunday Register from its heyday of 553,000 paid subscribers to about 235,000 today. America’s finest sports section was no longer.

Buck Turnbull spent 41 years in the sports department of The Des Moines Register, from 1952 to 1993. He shares his memories of the rise and fall of The Big Peach, former sports editor Sec Taylor and the changes in sports coverage in our cover story this week, providing an entertaining and educational story for sports and non-sports fans alike.

As always, thanks for reading. CV

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