Books Three Seconds in Munich: The Controversial 1972 Olympic Basketball Final David A. F. Sweet Praise from Publishers Weekly: “Sportswriter Sweet presents this clear-eyed account of the scandalous end to the 1972 Olympic men’s basketball final… Sweet’s excellent reporting sheds light … Continue reading News and Reviews
Jackson Adams is a publicist at UNP who wants you to subscribe to your local newspaper. I spent a significant percentage of the first six years of my professional life in courtrooms. I worked as a crime reporter, which meant … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: Covering Court and Justice in Plain Sight
Books Standing Up To Colonial Power: The Livers of Henry Roe and Elizabeth Bender Cloud Renya K. Ramirez Review in Publishers Weekly: “Ramirez (Gender, Belonging, and Native American Women) employs her professional skills as an anthropologist to tell the story … Continue reading News and Reviews
Twenty-five years ago, the rough and rowdy Philadelphia Phillies faced the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series. William Kashatus recounts the match—and the precluding season—in Macho Row: The 1993 Phillies and Baseball’s Unwritten Code (Nebraska, 2017). The following is an excerpt … Continue reading The 1993 World Series
The following is an excerpt from The Roger Kahn Reader: Six Decades of Sportswriting (June 2018) by Roger Kahn, edited and with an introduction by Bill Dwyre. Read more … Continue reading Excerpt: The Roger Kahn Reader
The following is a post from Amy Helene Forss, author of Black Print with a White Carnation Mildred Brown and the Omaha Star Newspaper, 1938-1989 (Nebraska, 2014). Forss has a PhD in African American history and teaches at Metropolitan Community … Continue reading From the desk of Amy Forss: A Triple Scoop of Mildred D. Brown
Tayler Lord and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP who share a cubicle currently filled with paper coffee cups. Today they also share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Mega-Novels, Newspaper Empires, and other June Books
The following contribution is from Dennis Snelling, author of the forthcoming book Lefty O’Doul: Baseball’s Forgotten Ambassador (May 2017). Snelling has been a senior writer for Helmar Baseball History and Art magazine and a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and the Pacific Coast League … Continue reading From the Desk of Dennis Snelling: Some Stories Never End
Rosemary Vestal is the publicity manager for UNP and accepts praise in the form of coffee, wine, or gold stars. In an age of instant gratification and impersonal emails, is it too much to ask for a little common courtesy? My … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: The Secret to Publicity and Getting What You Want Out of Marketing
An excerpt from The Newspaper Warrior: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins’s Campaign for American Indian Rights, 1864-1891 edited by Cari M. Carpenter and Carolyn Sorisio (June 2015). INTRODUCTION “Winnemucca’s role as advocate made her the mightiest word warrior of her time.” —LaVonne Brown … Continue reading EXCERPT: The Newspaper Warrior
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