Tag: books
group name: sportsbooksrcool
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May 06, 2008 06:14 PM EDT --
Hey all,
What sports book are you reading at the moment? I am reading John Feinstein's latest, "Living on the Black," which follows the 2007 seasons of Mike Mussina and Tom Glavine. . . . more
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March 17, 2008 06:46 PM EST --
Here is a nice travelogue for a baseball fan. And in fact, some baseball fanatics fans might even try to visit every place listed in Josh Pahigan's book, "101 Baseball Places To See Before You . . . more
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April 25, 2008 12:55 AM EDT --
Quite naturally Amazon has been hawking its Kindle reader using the praises of Nobel laureates and best-selling authors. Of course neither of those categories mean much to me as a predictor . . . more
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August 19, 2008 01:45 AM EDT --
Seeing the opening hoopla briefly and from a distance reminded me of the show Dr. Goebbels put on in the 30's...releasing hundreds, maybe thousands, "doves of peace"...
uh . . . more
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March 21, 2008 08:43 PM EST --
Fans of Yogi Berra should thank Carlo DeVito for making his biography necessary.
Berra's fractured language sometimes overshadowed his Hall of Fame baseball career. In "Yogi: The . . . more
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April 16, 2008 06:03 PM EDT --
It would not have been a far-fetched scenario.
Bill Veeck, returning from World War II, buys the Philadelphia Athletics from Connie Mack. Baseball's biggest maverick then stocks . . . more
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May 03, 2008 07:47 PM EDT --
Some golfers hate to review their round after hacking their way around the course. It's just too painful to recall, and those duffers are content to sit at the clubhouse bar and muse about . . . more
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April 02, 2008 08:18 PM EST --
Jose Canseco begins his sequel to "Juiced" with a rant about Roger Clemens and implies a coverup. At times he blends vindication with a dash of vindictiveness, but by the time he is . . . more
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May 03, 2008 07:37 PM EDT --
The Red Sox may have glamour stars like Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz and Dice-K, but I like guys like Mike Lowell. Players like Lowell are truly the heart and soul of the squad.
Lowell's . . . more
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April 09, 2008 10:05 PM EDT --
These days, Bucky Dent's three-run homer that propelled the New York Yankees past the Boston Red Sox in a 1978 playoff game seems stilted and grainy on film. But certainly at the time, . . . more
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May 17, 2008 10:36 PM EDT --
In today's multimedia, Internet-driven, YouTube culture, John Montague's private life would have been made public within days of his splashy debut in Hollywood -- and his story may have ended . . . more
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June 11, 2008 07:44 PM EDT --
I have to admit that I rooted for the New York Yankees during the late 1960s and early 1970s, which took a little bit of courage. After all, the haughty dynasty that rang up 29 pennants and 21 World Series . . . more
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August 15, 2008 03:18 PM EDT --
POLITICAL COMMENTATORS ANONYMOUS
CASTING OFF THE OBSESSION by John W. Cassell
Do you find yourself boiling inside when you see a so-called "news program"? or when you listen to the . . . more
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September 15, 2008 11:55 AM EDT --
REVIEW OF E. DON HARPE'S LAST OF THE SOUTH TOWN RINKY DINKS by John W. Cassell
The Last of the South Town Rinky Dinks
I HAVE TO BE CANDID HERE...you will only enjoy . . . more
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September 01, 2008 11:21 PM EDT --
What sports books have y'all been reading? I have recently finished "Urban's Way" by Buddy Martin, about UF football coach Urban Meyer, and "Gorgeous George," by John Capouya, . . . more
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August 14, 2008 02:29 AM EDT --
A BOOK TRANSCENDANT
DEADLY DECEPTION by Jack Engelhard
Remove the dustcover from this hardbound book (sorry...I can't abide snakes) and it is a medium blue....the same color as my . . . more
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August 26, 2008 02:30 AM EDT --
One of the more delightful honors that now and then come my way is the invitation from one of my writer friends to read a new manuscript they are preparing for publication.
Author Jeff Howe gave me . . . more
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June 04, 2008 08:26 PM EDT --
If you want to be a fly on the wall in an athletic setting, just read the work of John Feinstein. He has been providing that view for more than two decades.
Feinstein has taken us to the locker . . . more
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June 25, 2008 10:16 PM EDT --
Here is a book that has something for everyone: athletic competition and controversy, outstanding performances, a whiff of scandal and plenty of Cold War intrigue.
No, it's not a spy novel . . . more
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August 09, 2008 09:02 PM EDT --
"Love trumps journalism every time," suggests golf writer Jack Brannon. "Anybody with sense knows that."
It certainly makes sense to a guy like Brannon, the smart-alecky, perceptive, . . . more
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