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: 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…

Book Review: Unguarded

Review by Budd Bailey It doesn’t take Scottie Pippen long to make a point in his autobiography. It takes place on the cover, which may at least tie a record….

Book Review: Conflicted Scars

Review by Budd Bailey The first person to come to mind when reading Justin Davis’ “Conflicted Scars” was Andre Agassi. Yes, the tennis player. Agassi wrote a fabulous autobiography called…