Career in Boston
He moved to Boston in 1973 where he worked for most of his career. At that stage, he was the only black journalist covering Major League Baseball on a daily basis for a major paper.
Whiteside covered many of the most notable events in Boston baseball history, ranging from Bucky Dent's home run to defeat the Boston Red Sox in the 1978 American League East playoff, to the Red Sox losing the 1986 World Series to the New York Mets, to Roger Clemens' second 20-strikeout game.
Whiteside was an expert on Negro league baseball, and was one of the first American journalists to follow baseball in other countries.
The National Association of Black Journalists gave Whiteside a lifetime achievement award in 1999. He was part of the panel that chose the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.
Whiteside developed Parkinson's disease early in the 21st century, which led to the end of his career with The Boston Globe in 2004. After his death, the Red Sox observed a minute's silence in his honor prior to a game against the San Francisco Giants.
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