His paddle pierced the water for what seemed like the thousandth time. With each stroke, he could feel the sweat begin to build under his jacket. As he looked over his shoulder, he could see that the distances between he and his pursuers was not enough.

“Faster…(stroke)…faster…(stroke)…,” he mumbled allowed as he fought to pick up the pace.

As he came around a bend in the lake, headwind he had b...

The contract negotiation process helped to all but solidify his decision. He was going to leave the network. The years spent hosting the evening news, capturing the hearts, minds, and ears of a nation were coming to an abrupt end. Network attorneys did their best to demonstrate the company’s hard-line stance on the deal. Their goal was to all but incapacitate any hope of finding a middle ground on...