Remembered for his infinite capacity for friendship and his bear-hug embrace of family - as well as being the guy who put the pun in sports punditry - longtime Atlanta Journal-Constitution writer Jack Wilkinson, 74, died June 1 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. His was a four-decade-long journalism career, spanning newspapers in his native New York, Miami, Chicago and for 24 years (1983-2007) Atlanta.