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From Peanuts to the Pressbox
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Eli Gold |
In this behind-the-scenes look at sports broadcasting Eli Gold tells how a kid from Brooklyn, New York, went from selling peanuts at Madison Square Garden to being one of the most recognizable voices… |
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Dick Francis's bloodline
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Felix Francis |
"When race caller and television presenter Mark Shillingford calls a race in which his twin sister, Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in second when she could have won, he believes … |
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The Whole Ten Yards
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Frank Gifford |
Like the man himself, this long-awaited memoir by football Hall-of-Famer and broadcaster Gifford is a measured, straightforward, good-natured piece of work. With the help of Newsweek's Waters, Giff… |
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Every day I fight
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Stuart Scott |
Shortly before he passed away, on January 4, 2015, Stuart Scott completed work on this memoir. It was both a labor of love and a love letter to life itself. Not only did Stuart relate his personal st… |
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The rocky road
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Eamon Dunphy |
For more than 30 years, no commentator on Irish sport, politics and culture has been the object of so much love, hatred and fascination as Eamon Dunphy. Now, in 'The Rocky Road', Dunphy takes us behi… |
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CMJ
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Christopher Martin-Jenkins |
"Christopher Martin-Jenkins, or CMJ to his many fans as well as listeners of Test Match Special, is perhaps the voice of cricket; an unparalleled authority whose insight and passion for cricket as we… |
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The interim
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Chris Earl |
"This was supposed to be Robb Markstran's first desk job. After an unsatisfying career as a reporter, Robb joins a Big Ten basketball program as an administrator. Yet when a plane crash kills the tea… |
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The baller
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Vi Keeland |
"The first time I met Brody Easton was in the men's locker room. It was my first interview as a professional sportscaster. The famed quarterback decided to bare all. And by all, I don't mean he told … |
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Role of a lifetime
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Brown, James |
We live in a world that all too often operates under the overriding template of self-promotion, embracing a "hooray for me" attitude, and which measures success in increasingly small timeframes dotte… |
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Always By My Side
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Jim Nantz |
From February to April 2007, starting with his play-by-play call of Super Bowl XLI, Jim Nantz had a historic 63-day broadcasting run as he became the first commentator to broadcast the Super Bowl, th… |
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