question: Ralph W. 'Bud' Leavitt Jr. was the executive sports editor of what rural Maine newspaper?
answer: Bangor Daily News
context: Title: Ralph W. Shattuck House
  Passage: The Ralph W. Shattuck House is a historic duplex house at 274–276 Broadway in Arlington, Massachusetts.  The 2-1/2 story wood frame double house was built c. 1875, and is one of the best-preserved Italianate houses in the town.  It has a heavily bracketed cornice line, a bracketed hood sheltering the two entrances, and decorative window surrounds with small brackets at the lintel.  It was owned by Ralph W. Shattuck, proprietor of Shattuck Hardware, one Arlington's longest-running businesses.
  Title: Jim Munro
  Passage: Jim Munro (born 1962 in England) is a British journalist and newspaper website editor.  He is currently Executive Sports Editor of The Sun's online edition and writes for the paper.
  Title: Ritter Collett
  Passage: Charles Ritter Collett (June 14, 1921 - September 26, 2001) was a sports editor and columnist for the "Dayton Journal-Herald" and "Dayton Daily News" for over fifty years.  Collett, a native of Ironton, Ohio, was the son of Katherine Ritter Collett and Charles L. Collett, the publisher of the "Ironton Tribune".  He began his career in 1946 for the then-"Dayton Journal".  After the "Journal" merged with the "Herald" in 1948, Collett became the sports editor for the "Journal-Herald" until 1986, when the paper merged with the "Dayton Daily News", and he became sports editor and columnist for that paper.
  Title: Benny Marshall
  Passage: Bennett "Benny" Marshall (November 6, 1919 - September 25, 1969) was a ten-time winner of the Alabama Sportswriter of the Year from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.  He is considered the top sports writer in Alabama newspaper history.  He became sports editor of "The Birmingham News" in 1959, replacing Zip Newman, and won numerous state and national awards.  His son, Phillip Marshall, was a sports writer for "The Huntsville News", "The Birmingham Post-Herald", "The Huntsville Times" and sports editor of "The Montgomery Advertiser".  Three other children - David, Ellen and Matt - are no longer living.  Marshall died on September 25, 1969, from a self-inflicted gunshot.  He was 49.
  Title: Smith Barrier
  Passage: Smith Barrier (died 2 June 1989), was an American sports journalist.  He was the longtime Executive Sports Editor of Greensboro News & Record and served as president of United States Basketball Writers Association from 1970 - 1971.  He is a charter member of the United States Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame.  In 1999, Barrier was awarded the Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Media Award for outstanding contributions in electronic and print media.  Barrier is also a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame (inducted in 1980).
  Title: Bill Dwyre
  Passage: Bill Dwyre (born April 7, 1944, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin) is a sportswriter and former newspaper sports editor.  Notable for his long tenure as sports editor of the "Los Angeles Times" beginning in June 1981, he moved to the writing ranks full-time in June 2006.  But for virtually his whole career he has worked both sides of the desk, as an editor and writer, and today writes several weekly columns for the "Times".
  Title: Tom McEwen (sportswriter)
  Passage: Thomas Massey "Tom" McEwen (March 16, 1923 – June 5, 2011) was an American sportswriter and sports editor for "The Tampa Tribune" in Tampa, Florida from 1962 until 1991, although he continued writing his column until 2001.  From 2001 to shortly before his death in 2011 McEwen continued to write for the Tampa Bay Online.  He was the Sports Editor during an era of growth for "The Tampa Tribune" and the Tampa bay area, and also during a period of great expansion of sports there.  Some credit McEwen with being among the most influential newspaper sports journalists of his day, affecting major development for sports in the Tampa Bay Area and facilitating the establishment of professional sports there, notably the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Rays and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
  Title: Bangor Daily News
  Passage: The Bangor Daily News is an American newspaper covering a large portion of rural Maine, published six days per week in Bangor, Maine.
  Title: Alison Kervin
  Passage: Alison Cristine Kervin OBE is the Sports Editor of the "Mail on Sunday" newspaper.  She is the first female in the UK to become sports editor of a major national newspaper.
  Title: Ralph W. 'Bud' Leavitt Jr.
  Passage: Ralph W. 'Bud' Leavitt Jr. (1917–1994) was a Maine newspaperman who was executive sports editor of "The Bangor Daily News", and a longtime outdoor columnist recognized statewide.  In addition to his writing, Leavitt hosted one of Maine's earliest television shows, which was devoted to fishing, hunting and the out-of-doors.  Leavitt's stature within the state was such that columnist Roy Blount Jr. wrote of the Maine sportswriter that he "fishes with Ted Williams and Red Smith – or, rather, they trout-fish with him."  An early conservationist and son of a paper mill union leader, Leavitt urged the state of Maine to acquire lands for public use; one such preserve is today named for the sportswriter and television personality.
citations: Bangor Daily News Ralph W. 'Bud' Leavitt Jr.