Furman Bisher: A career in photos
![Bisher with fellow sportswriters Jesse Outlar and Edwin Pope. Outlar followed Bisher as Constitution sports editor after Bisher took the same job with the Journal in the 1950s, when the papers were fierce rivals. "I'd look at [the Constitution] each day and see how we could beat their ass," Bisher said in 2006. The merger of the Journal and Constitution in 1982 "was a blow to my gizzard."](http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/cnishared/tools/shared/mediahub/04/36/59/slideshow_559364_6.jpg)
Bisher with fellow sportswriters Jesse Outlar and Edwin Pope. Outlar followed Bisher as Constitution sports editor after Bisher took the same job with the Journal in the 1950s, when the papers were fierce rivals. "I'd look at [the Constitution] each day and see how we could beat their ass," Bisher said in 2006. The merger of the Journal and Constitution in 1982 "was a blow to my gizzard." AJC FILE
