The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting 300 people who have made New Orleans New Orleans, featuring original artwork commissioned by NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune with Where Y'Art gallery. Today: broadcast journalist Jim Henderson.
The icon: Jim Henderson.
The legacy: Any sports reporter worth his or her electrolytes is, beneath it all, a student of the game. Rare, however, is the sportswriter who is as adept at the "writing" part of the job as New Orleans broadcasting giant Jim Henderson.