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Just picked up these from the used book store. $15 dollar bucks for all four--w00t.

Valvano - about halfway through and it is very good.
Good walk spoiled
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Caddy for Life

I'm a huge John Feinstein fan and have read most of his other books.

12/17/2007 9:35:53 AM

a little old now but:

Four Corners - about the history of the big four basketball powers in NC.

12/17/2007 10:08:26 AM

Face-Off by Matt Christopher oh yes!

12/17/2007 11:07:57 AM

I like the sports book at the MGM Grand. The one at the Venetian is nice as well.

12/17/2007 11:13:25 AM

Personal Fouls by Peter Golenbock . . .

j/k, that guy is a bastard

12/17/2007 11:18:28 AM

I didn't even know Matt Christopher was dead, but he died over ten years ago.

Back when I still read, along with RL Stein, he was the fucking man.

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12/17/2007 11:24:17 AM

12/17/2007 11:28:49 AM

Bj Penn's MMA Book of Knowledge

12/17/2007 11:52:20 AM

I thought this thread was about bookies.

12/17/2007 11:57:51 AM

Or anything else by Feinstein

'A Season on the Brink' is very good as well

Edit: Oh, and I see the thread starter gave a shout out to Feinstein.

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12/17/2007 12:06:31 PM

^very good read. also check out the last amateurs--i got my copy at the dollar store.

Quote :

"Personal Fouls by Peter Golenbock . . . "

Valvano wrote his autobiography in response to that piece of shit's book.

12/17/2007 12:15:32 PM

Ken Dryden - The Game
Nick Hornby - Fever Pitch

12/17/2007 6:12:43 PM

They Gave Me a Lifetime Contract Then They Declared Me Dead

12/17/2007 6:27:55 PM

i'm reading "When March Went Mad" by Tim Peeler.. the new one that's at the bookstore and it's pretty good so far

12/17/2007 6:32:31 PM

Just finished Valvano and Caddy for Life.

Caddy for Life was great, got me choked up in a few parts and it was awesome to get the inside story on some of Watson's memorable moments.

Valvano- I already knew alot of the story, but hearing it from his voice was kind of a downer. It just pissed me off more than anything. The N & O and some of the academic higher-ups at NCState really fucked him over.

Next up is Good Walk Spoiled.

1/3/2008 11:46:03 AM

haha Back to the Future 2 was on the other day

1/3/2008 11:56:10 AM

Anyone that likes college basketball would love this book.

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1/3/2008 11:59:55 AM

A Civil War: Army Vs. Navy a Year Inside College Football's Purest Rivalry
The Last Amateurs - Patriot League Basketball

(both were written about seasons when I was at Navy)

Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, With a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank, and the 2004 Red Sox

Bowls, Polls, and Tattered Souls: Tackling the Chaos and Controversy that Reign Over College Football

1/3/2008 5:05:21 PM

face off

1/3/2008 5:50:18 PM

I'm looking for a good baseball book to read? Any suggestions?

8/11/2010 9:16:22 AM

I read The Punch and it was pretty good. This was the book about Kermit Washington nearly killing Rudy Tom during an in-game fight with one punch. I learned a lot about the underbelly of the NBA as it was evolving in the 1970s before the glory years of Bird-Magic-Jordan.




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8/11/2010 9:24:17 AM

Say what you want about Peter Golenbock but he wrote two books that I've read that were fantastic. Bronx Zoo and the Billy Martin biography Wild, High and Tight.

8/11/2010 9:27:18 AM

I haven't read a baseball book in a while so these recommendations are old and you've probably read them

but Olney's book about the Yankees and License to Deal by Jerry Crasnick are two good ones

8/11/2010 9:28:43 AM

^^^^ Coaching Third by Bethany Bradsher is pretty good even if it is about EZU's coach



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8/11/2010 9:29:02 AM

Never read the Crasnick book -- I'll take a look at it. I did read Last Night of the Yankee's Dynasty though and it was great even though I'm not a huge Olney fan. Love the way Mo Rivera thinks about that Game 7 and how it was the best blown save someone has ever had (with the whole Enrique Wilson flight thing).

I'm a sucker for the old school NYC baseball books. There were a few great ones about the 50s that I liked that I can't remember.

** Anyone read Feinstein's Living on the Black? It'd probably be a painful read for me since it's based on the worst baseball season of my life, 2007 but he has wrote a ton of great books.

[Edited on August 11, 2010 at 9:38 AM. Reason : x]

8/11/2010 9:34:43 AM

Matt Christopher- Touchdown Tommy.

8/11/2010 9:35:37 AM

it's more about sports agents than baseball but it's interesting nonetheless

it's also funny because a lot of the book is centered the agent's relationship with Dontrelle Willis

8/11/2010 9:37:25 AM

I decided to get Living on the Black. Very good read so far. It basically follows Tom Glavine and Mike Mussina through their 2007 season but also gives some good insight on their early careers. I'm just getting in to the actual 2007 season now.

Probably going to read some more today at the pool if I can get my work done.

8/12/2010 12:44:06 PM

lol I started to reply and saw my old post from 2008 - epic bump

8/12/2010 1:02:35 PM

Moneyball

8/12/2010 1:03:16 PM

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning by Jonathan Mahler- This covers not just the 1977 Yankees, but the Son of Sam killings, the citywide blackout, the decline of New York, and the rise of new cultural phenomenons like hip hop and punk as well.

8/12/2010 5:15:08 PM

8/12/2010 5:24:04 PM