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…
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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…
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…
Review: The Q Factor
Review by Budd Bailey Looking into the future when it comes to young pro football players is not exactly a science. That’s part of the fun of the NFL draft,…
Book Review: The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino
By Budd Bailey If you follow college basketball in particular or even sports in general, you probably heard about the FBI probe into recruiting in that particular sport in 2017….
Book Review: The New Baseball Bible
Review by Budd Bailey How much work went into this book? That’s the initial reaction to picking up a copy of “The New Baseball Bible.” It’s close to 400 pages,…
Book Review: Gods at Play
Review by Budd Bailey You hear the phrase “I couldn’t put it down” when it comes to books. That’s more rare than you’d think. Even the good ones call for…
