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: The Book of Joe
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…
Book Review: The Grandest Stage
Book Review by Budd Bailey The subtitle of “The Grandest Stage” is “A History of the World Series.” That sounds rather deep and ponderous. You can almost imagine paragraphs that…
Book Review: Boston Red Sox
Review by Budd Bailey Sometimes I think I’ve been reading a little too much lately – at least on a particular subject. I can blame retirement, at least in part,…
Book Review: Majesty and Mayhem
Review by Budd Bailey One of the best parts of reviewing books is that sometimes you receive a nice surprise after opening the book. That’s what happened with Tom Danyluk’s…
Book Review: Saving Buffalo Baseball
Review by Budd Bailey Sometimes you just have to sit back in awe and admiration of someone else’s literary effort. That’s the case with Howard W. Henry’s book, “Saving Buffalo…
Book Review: The Point After
Review by Budd Bailey Every so often a movie comes along out of absolutely nowhere and catches on with the general public. The best example of that probably was “Rocky”…
Review: Never Shut Up
Review by Budd Bailey The popularity of the book that has the theme of “a stranger in a strange land” continues. After all, how better to describe the exploits of…
