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: Shut Out
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…
Review: Beauties
Review by Budd Bailey The United States and Canada share three of the big four major leagues in North America: Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, and the National…
Review: A History of the NBA in 12 Games
Review by Budd Bailey The title of “The History of the NBA in Twelve Games” sets the concept before the book is opened, and it’s an audacious one. Author Sean…
Book Review: Welcome to the Circus of Baseball
Review by Budd Bailey There’s something inherently charming about minor league baseball. It represents something of a throwback to a bygone era. For more than a hundred years, young baseball…
Book Review: The Blood and Guts
Review by Budd Bailey It’s two of the best words in football: “go long.” It means that the wide receiver should take off down the field as fast as possible….
Book review: The Book of Joe
Review by Budd Bailey Time has a funny way of changing the perspective on a book. Case in point: “The Book of Joe.” We start with the names on the…
Book Review: Unfiltered
Review by Budd Bailey Matthew Barnaby was a hockey writer’s dream. Take it from someone who was there at the time. The National Hockey League player was one of the…
Book Review: Moving the Chains
Review by Budd Bailey Sometimes advances in civil rights in the United States have come along so slowly that it’s like waiting for a glacier to recede. At other times,…
Book Review: Three Ring Circus
Review by Budd Bailey The biggest story line in the NBA in the years between 1996 and 2004 was the Los Angeles Lakers. They won three championships along the way,…
Review: A Giant Win
Review by Budd Bailey Former New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin has written a book about the Giants’ surprising and memorable win in the Super Bowl over the New England…
Book Review: Head On
Review by Budd Bailey Remember fullbacks? More to the point, remember when they actually ran the ball once in a while? As football has evolved over the years, the passing…
Book Review: Barkley
Review by Budd Bailey Who doesn’t like Charles Barkley? And who wouldn’t like to hit the town with him for at least a little while (knowing that you’ll never keep…
Book Review: The Series
Review by Budd Bailey My strongest reaction to Ken Dryden’s latest book, “The Series,” came from a single photo – and the accompanying coincidence it raised in my mind. It’s…
