Review by Budd Bailey Here’s a book that did not age well, even though it might have seemed like a reasonable idea at the time It’s called “Hurricane Season,” and…
Book Review: Hurricane Season
Book Review: Glory Days
Review by Budd Bailey Year-in-review books usually represent something of “hanging fruit” when it comes to books. Pick a year, review what happened, perhaps overstate its importance, and … you…
Book Review: Teemu Selanne
Review by Budd Bailey It’s tough to know where to begin when discussing Teemu Selanne’s semi-autobiography, “My Life.” But that word, “semi-autobiography,” seems like a good place to start. Selanne,…
Book Review: Stealing Home
Review by Budd Bailey Some of the best sports books are the ones that barely touch the activity that takes place on the playing field. “Stealing Home” can be found…
Book Review: Heart and Steel
Review by Budd Bailey At the end of the author’s note that starts his autobiography, Bill Cowher writes, “All in all, I coached the Steelers for 261 games. Fifteen years…
Book Review: Fenway 1946
Review by Budd Bailey There’s never been a baseball season quite like the one in 1946. After almost 40 years of stability and growth, major league baseball faced some difficult…
Book Review: Steve Kerr
Review by Budd Bailey It is the age-old question in the world of books. What’s more valuable: biography or autobiography? That is to say, what’s the best way of learning…
Book Review: Burke’s Law
Review by Budd Bailey I still remember the first time I met Brian Burke, and where it happened. I’m just not sure when it was. I was working for the…
Book Review: A Farewell to Arms, Legs, & Jockstraps
Review by Budd Bailey Care to see the story of women and sports journalism evolve in less than three hours? “A Farewell to Arms, Legs, & Jockstraps” is your book….
Book Review: Our Team
Review by Budd Bailey It takes some imagination to picture the scene. Think about four men, who couldn’t be more different, racing toward a mutual destiny. That’s part of the…
Book Review: Tall Men, Short Shorts
Review by Budd Bailey Leigh Montville was a member of the “Dream Team” even before the term was used in association with basketball. Montville was part of the sports department…
Book Review: Buzz Saw
Review by Budd Bailey When a sports team approaches a championship, you can bet that there’s one thing that always on the back of the mind of the reporters who…
Book Review: Forty Years a Giant
Review by Budd Bailey The photo on the cover of “Forty Years a Giant” is telling. Horace Stoneham is sitting in the front row of a baseball stadium,, with patriots…
Book Review: Overtime
Review by Budd Bailey It may be time to call John U. Bacon the writer-in-residence for the University of Michigan’s football program. He’s earned that title. After all, Bacon has…
