Tag: writing
group name: sportsbooksrcool
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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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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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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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August 10, 2008 06:40 PM EDT --
What I always have admired about David Halberstam was his ability to write about diverse subjects and still hold my interest. He wrote 21 books and many more essays and articles during his career, covering . . . more
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August 19, 2008 08:22 PM EDT --
Wendell Scott was about to realize his dream.
After competing on the Southern stock car circuit for more than a decade, Scott was in the lead on the final lap in a 1963 race in Jacksonville, . . . more
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September 03, 2008 08:56 PM EDT --
George Wagner was a journeyman pro wrestler in the early 1940s, but he hit upon a formula that went against all convention and made him a huge star.
He transformed himself from a "babyface" . . . more
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