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: Barkley
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…
Top Ten Sports Books of the Year
By Budd Bailey I’m at 81 books and counting for the year, representing more than 24,000 pages. That’s a step down from last year, when I polished off 96 books….
Book Review: The Last Folk Hero
Review by Budd Bailey I loved “The Last Folk Hero” at hello, as the line from the movie “Jerry Maguire” goes. The hello in this case is the introduction. Author…
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…
Book Review: Blood in the Garden
Review by Budd Bailey It was easy to hate the New York Knicks of the 1990s. They were, in the eyes of opposing players and fans, thugs in shorts. That…
Book Review: Path Lit by Lightning
Review by Budd Bailey Those who are driving along Interstate 476 in Eastern Pennsylvania for the first time might be a little surprised to see an exit sign that reads…
