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The Wolves of Sports Television

Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN by James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales

March 5, 2023 by Halbs Leave a Comment

The thing I appreciated about this book the most was how it came into my possession. Several years ago (pre-COVID), I went to an estate sale in my parents’ neighborhood. From what I could tell, the person for whom the estate sale was held was a retired military guy, very into sports and “dad” books, with great taste in music. He had lots of interesting books and music CDs, and I bought this book, an old Yardbirds live recording, and a random tool. Sometimes estate […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: ESPN, James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales, sports, sports writing

Halbs's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: ESPN, James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales, sports, sports writing ·
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The sportswriter in granny glasses

Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber by Sue Macy

November 30, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is BlackRaven reporting on Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber by Sue Macy and illustrated by C. F. Payne. And I would like to say READ THIS BOOK! Okay, so you might want to know why. And the why is Because I said so! And it is a good book about a woman in sports that we do not know of and is (in my not so humble opinion) more important than the sports players themselves. Because if Mary Garber […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: 20th Century, C.F. Payne, Mary Garber, Media Studies, North Carolina, sports, sports writing, Sue Macy

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:579 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: 20th Century, C.F. Payne, Mary Garber, Media Studies, North Carolina, sports, sports writing, Sue Macy ·
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