A must have for fans of Baseball history The research for “Color Blind” by Tom Dunkel is simply meticulous. If you are a fan of baseball history, I simply can not recommend this audiobook strongly enough. The author brilliantly describes the events that led up the 1935 semi-pro baseball tournament in Wichita, Kansas, and allows […]
Is the legendary Scotty Bowman the greatest head coach of all time? Bowman, who won an astonishing nine Stanley Cup trophies in his illustrious career, is unquestionably the greatest National Hockey League coach, and in “Scotty,” hall of fame goaltender Ken Dryden makes a compelling argument that Bowman is the greatest coach in any sport,
The author offers an interesting perspective on the deadly 1967 Detroit riot, which lasted for a week, and caused $50 million in property damages. The riot caused 43 deaths, and more than 700 individuals were injured in these senseless acts of violence. Locke traces the root cause of the rioting, and points out what occurred
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It is disheartening to hear of police corruption, not being able to trust those that are assigned to serve and protect. Yet, we live in a imperfect world and “dirty” police officers are among us. Case in point, the rampant corruption that surrounded the seventy fifth precinct in New York City in the 80’s and
Exposing the control grid “You’ll own nothing and be happy” is phrase that you might have heard, but you may not fully recognize the control freaks obsessed with making it a reality. You will be branded a conspiracy theorist if you question anything in today’s society, but the truth is stranger (and scarier) than fiction.
A forgotten star from the golden age of baseball I doubt most baseball fans have ever heard the name, Urban Shocker. He is not in the hall of fame, despite winning more games than other pitchers in the early 1920s. Shocker debuted as a New York Yankee, but was traded to the lowly St. Louis
A comprehensive history of the NHL Talented hockey writer Sean McIndoe shares the many upd and downs of the National Hockey League in “Down Goes Brown,” which is an entertaining work for fans of pro pucks. I applaud McIndoe’s outstanding research in clearing up the original six’s origins, the league struggles with geography, and explains
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A MLB record that will never be broken Fanatics of major league baseball often talk about records that may never be broken. Records that seem unattainable include Pete Rose’s 4,256 career hits, Cal Ripken Jr.’s 2,632 consecutive games played, and of course, Cy Young’s 511 career wins. In 1884, Charles “Hoss” Radbourn, the work horse
A countdown of history’s worst figures Nigel Cawthorne takes a brutal survey of world’s leaders and dictators, and exposes their astonishing atrocities. The authors opens with Akhenaten, Pharoah of Egypt, and brings walks us through centuries of the most vile leaders – such as Russia’s Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Filipino politician Ferdinand Marcos, Mussolini, and
Even if you are not a fan of the New England Patriots, and I fall into this category, you will enjoy the “From Darkness to Dynasty,” which chronicles the unlikely path the team traveled from debuting as an original AFL franchise, to turning it around and becoming a NFL dynasty. As Thornton documents, the franchise
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