Sidney Hartman[2] (March 15, 1920 – October 18, 2020) was an American sports journalist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the WCCO 830 AM radio station.

For 20 years, he was also a panelist on the weekly television program Sports Show with Mike Max, which aired Sunday nights at 9:30 p.m. on WUCW 23 in the Twin Cities metro area.

[6] His father, Jack Hechtman, was born in Russia and immigrated to the United States at age 16,[4] changing his name to Hartman after he arrived.

[4] Sid Hartman's mother, Celia Weinberg, immigrated to the United States from Latvia at age nine.

"[13] After Pearl Harbor, Hartman attempted to enlist in the United States military during World War II but was rejected because of his asthma.

[14] In the early 1940s, Hartman got a key break from Louie Mohs, the circulation manager of the Minneapolis Times.

[13] Mohs gave him the Times news run for downtown Minneapolis, which paid well and got Hartman out of the vacuum business.

Dick Cullum, Hartman's first editor, explained it this way: "Writers are a dime a dozen, but reporters are impossible to find."

Over the years, his "close personal friends" have included George Steinbrenner,[19] Bob Knight, Lou Holtz,[20] and Carl Yastrzemski.

[23] Moreover, a pizza – the Sid's Special – was named in tribute to him at the Italian restaurant Vescio's in Dinkytown, Minneapolis (closed in March 2018).

[28] Hartman described former Lakers player, former Vikings coach and frequent radio guest Bud Grant, whom he had known since 1945, as his "close personal friend".

[32] Hartman also met with renowned local musician Prince during the time he was preparing for his 2007 Super Bowl XLI halftime show performance.

[16][34] His final column, a discussion with Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen, was published by the Star Tribune that same day.