Review by Budd Bailey Mike Emrick deserves all sorts of credit in the field of sports broadcasting. He’s outlasted just about everyone when it comes to hockey announcing in the…
Book Review: Off Mike
Book Review: 24
By Budd Bailey My favorite quote about baseball legend Willie Mays comes from, of all people, actress Tallulah Bankhead, Apparently around 1962, she said something like “There have only been…
Book Review: Commander in Cheat
Review by Budd Bailey The first question about Rick Reilly’s book, “Commander in Cheat,” is a basic one. Does it deserve to be put on a website that includes sports…
Book Review: I Came as a Shadow
Review by Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page On a personal level, my first reaction when I heard the news of the death of basketball coach John Thompson was that the…
The Year in Sports Books
By Budd Bailey If you’re anything like me, you probably have had time to do some reading in the past several months. Funny how a pandemic frees up time for…
Review: Hockey’s Hot Stove
Review by Budd Bailey Sometimes good information from Al Strachan can pop up when it is least expected. Here’s an example. Strachan writes in his book, “Hockey’s Hot Stove,” about…
Book Review: Tom Yawkey
By Budd Bailey Tom Yawkey always had been something of a man of mystery during his time as an adult. He bought the Boston Red Sox as a young man…
Book Review: Smokin’ Joe
Review by Budd Bailey In individual sports, the great ones often need a talented rival to show just how good they really were. Jack Nicklaus needed to surpass Arnold Palmer…
Book Review: The Blueprint
Review by Budd Bailey It’s the most obvious rule in the book of sports publishing. A team wins a title in a major sport, and you put out a book…
Book Review: The Wizard of Foz
Review by Budd Bailey If you are going to buy one book on a high jumper, this is the one to get. On the surface, Dick Fosbury has a great…
Book Review: Madness
Review by Budd Bailey Veteran college basketball fans probably looked at the cover of this book and thought, “I probably could write this.” After all, they thought, how hard is…
Book Review: The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell
Review by Budd Bailey The book, “The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell,” carries with it more than a little poignancy before reading a single page. Author Lonnie Wheeler…
Book Review: Beating the Odds
Review by Budd Bailey Eddie Olczyk certainly has led an interesting life to date. He was a good hockey player in his day, and went on to make a seamless…
Book Review: Clearing the Bases
Review by Budd Bailey The next time someone claims that the sports section is the Toy Department of a newspaper or magazine, tell them about Jim Kaplan. Better yet, show…
