James Eugene (Jim) LeDoux, 67, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2024, at Vibra Hospital of Fargo. Jim (or Jimmy, take your pick) was born in Fargo on April 4th, 1956. He was the 3rd born of Duke and Bernice LeDoux’s 6 children, all of whom attended St. Mary’s grade school and Shanley High School. Jim excelled at sports through those years - All EDC in football, for instance - but wrestling was his forte. He always said wrestling was never “fun” for him but winning was, which in his case was most of the time, eventually as a ND state high school champion and junior college All-American at NDSCS.
Good morning!There was no such beast as sports talk radio in America until Cleveland’s Pete Franklin came along in 1967. Sports was relegated to two minutes on the half hour for a niche audience, the beer drinking crowd. “Franklin was the first to.