The Omaha World-Herald acknowledged in Tuesday editions that one of three people ticketed Monday for scalping College World Series Tickets is the brother of veteran World-Herald sports writer Steve Pivovar.
Greg Pivovar, owner of Stadiumview Sportscards (located directly across from Rosenblatt Stadium on 13th Street) was cited by Omaha Police, along with Robert Liddick and Randy Schufeldt. Police confiscated 170 reserved seat tickets, four general admission tickets and $2,500 in cash.
Greg Pivovar is known to greet customers by asking, "Hey, man. Want a beer?" He has reportedly given out more than 11,500 complimentary beers since 1993.
Steve Pivovar has covered the College World Series for the World-Herald for more than 25 years and is a past National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America Wilbur Snypp Award winner, honoring a professional for their contributions to the sport of collegiate baseball.
4 comments:
Trying to figure out how this merits a headline in your column. The story is not about Steve --its about his brother. The OWH properly disclosed that. Sean --keep stabbing people in the back like that and you will have nobody cooperating with you.Just another example of your twisted, inaccurate and agenda driven approach to reporting on local media. At least Ted doesn't pretend to be objective in his blog
Sean is Ted! And, there's proof
I don't believe I stabbed anyone in the back. Rather, I am acknowledging that the World-Herald properly and rightly disclosed that one of the three persons arrested for ticket scalping is the brother of an Omaha World-Herald employee.
It is unfortunate that one of the broadcast media outlets in Omaha has not acknowledged arrests/citations of their own on-air employees. As "public figures," this is akin to cover-ups going on in other markets across the country (i.e., the drunk driving arrests of several Albany reporters).
Sean, Then make that your headline--because your headline embarasses Steve. Secondly, if you have information about a media member that was arrested what's stopping you from reporting it. Good luck trying to explain your story to Steve.
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