Lesley Visser is a true trailblazer. She became the first woman on the NFL sidelines, the first to provide color commentary, the first to be a beat writer for an NFL team, and covered 35 Super Bowls and 35 NCAA Final Fours, Visser has become a role model for inspiring young female reporters. She shares […]
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There have been books written about sports journalism in the United States, and biographies composed on sports journalists, but now we finally have the definite history of sports journalism. Authors Patrick S. Washburn and Chris Lamb trace the roots of sports journalism dating back to the early eighteen century, and shows how it evolved to
Talented author and researcher Tim Hornbaker looks at the unfortunate ending of one the baseball’s greatest hitter’s careers, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, in “Fall from Grace.” The question we are still faced with over one hundred years after the Chicago White Sox threw the 1919 World Series, did “Shoeless” Joe Jackson actively participate in the gambler’s
Rik Emmett of Triumph fame shares his engaging rock memoir, demonstrating he isn’t your typical rocker – engaging in sex, drugs, and rock and roll. It becomes overt that Emmett is a musician, taking pleasure in the art of creating and performing music. Unlike many rock stars that love to party, Emmett made sure he
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The fourth volume of this comprehensive work features hundreds of serial killers from Sacramento to Soviet Russia—plus numerous unsolved cases. The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers is the most complete reference guide on the subject, featuring more than 1,600 entries about the lives and crimes of serial killers from around the world. Defined by the
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“Alcatraz” by Michael Esslinger is meticulously researched and well written, this title definitely meets the criteria of “a definitive history.” Before it became the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in 1934, a place without hope for more than 1,500 inmates for 29 years, it was originally a lighthouse before becoming a military fortification and prison. The author
From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author’s life and art—from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to the formation of his legendary rock group, to thirty years of creation, experimentation, and wonder “Downtown scientists rejoice! For Thurston Moore has unearthed the missing links, the sacred
The controversy around the case of a former Green Beret’s murder of his wife shows the lengths the government will go to to keep its secrets hidden. It was a dreary winter afternoon in Ayer, Massachusetts, a quintessential New England town, the type that is romanticized in Robert Frost’s poems. But on January 30, 1979,
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What started out as an idea for a regional sports service, blossomed into a sports media giant. ESPN has turned sports fans into addicts, and in fact, caused a woman to file for divorce claiming the network ruined her marriage. Devout ESPN watchers have even named their children ESPN, Travis Vogan offers an academic look
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Before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947, Negro Leagues Baseball was the only game in town for black athletes. And those leagues owed their existence and success to savvy business people like Effa Manley, the black female co-owner of the Newark Eagles. Effa was the team’s business manager, leading her team
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