(Editor’s Note: Reedy Press will be publishing “The Buffalo Bills: An Illustrated Timeline of a Storied Franchise” at the end of July. The book was written by Gregory Tranter and…
Buffalo Bills: November 27, 1960 – A storm arrives in Denver
Book Review: Baseball at the Abyss
Review by Budd Bailey Let’s go back in time almost a century, to the baseball offseason of 1926-27. It was almost a bad news/good news time when it came to…
Review: Coach K
Review by Budd Bailey In the spring of 2022, it was relatively easy to be tired of Mike Krzyzewski. The longtime Duke basketball coach had announced in the summer of…
Book Review: A Damn Near Perfect Game
Review by Budd Bailey There probably is a good book floating around in Joe Kelly’s head. “A Damn Near Perfect Game” isn’t it. The hard-throwing right-hander has had an unusual…
Book Review: The Cap
Review by Budd Bailey It might be the most important day in American sports history that no one notices, let alone celebrates. The day is October 8, 1982. The National…
Book Review: Never Ask “Why”
Review by Budd Bailey You’d have to call this one of the biggest surprises of the sports book year: a memoir by Ed Garvey, the executive director of the National…
Book Review: Shut Out
Review by Budd Bailey There is a great deal to unpack in “Shut Out,” a book that reviews the hockey life of Bernie Saunders. You get the idea immediately after…
Book Review: Gibby – Tales of a Baseball Lifer
Review by Budd Bailey Baseball managers more or less come with an expiration date. It’s understood that at some point the organization that hires a manager probably is going to…
TONY’S TAKE – 2023 STANLEY CUP FINAL PREVIEW
The 2023 Stanley Cup Final kicks off on Saturday night and – at least on paper – this year’s edition is shaping up to be a compelling matchup. The Florida…
Book Review: Sports Journalism
Review by Budd Bailey For decades, many looked down on the concept of “sports journalism.” Some called the sports department “The Toy Department” of a newspaper for years. The idea…
Book Review: Forever Green
Review by Budd Bailey How many books about the history of the Hartford Whalers are needed, especially if you don’t live in Central Connecticut? You’d think one would be enough….
TONY’S TAKE – 2023 EASTERN AND WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL PREVIEW
Welcome to this year’s editions of the NHL’s Eastern and Western Conference Finals, where four teams will battle for the right to become the final two squads to square off…
Review: The Year’s Best Sports Writing 2022
Review by Budd Bailey The series of books called “The Year’s Best Sports Writing” has been out for more than 30 years now, and it has been consistent … and…
TONY’S TAKE – 2023 STANLEY CUP SECOND ROUND SEMIFINAL PREVIEW
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Typically that’s a phrase one would hear around Christmas. But for hockey fans, there’s no better time of year to enjoy the…
