Longtime AP sports writer Ed Shearer dies at 82

In this circa 1988 photo, AP sports writer Ed Shearer covers an NCAA college football game between Georgia and Tennessee at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga. Shearer, a longtime sports writer with The Associated Press who covered the Olympics, Super Bowl, World Series and Hank Aaron's 715th homer but left his most lasting mark as the "SEC Seer," a prognosticator of Southern football known throughout the nation, died Monday., June 14, 2019. He was 82. (AP Corporate Archives via AP)

This undated family photo provided by the Shearer family shows Ed Shearer, a longtime sports writer with The Associated Press. Shearer covered the Olympics, Super Bowl, World Series and Hank Aaron's 715th homer, but left his most lasting mark as the "SEC Seer," a prognosticator of Southern football known throughout the nation. Shearer's son, Jim, said he died Monday, June 24, 2019. He was 82. (Courtesy of the Shearer family via AP)