Ron Rapoport was a sports columnist and also served as the sports commentator for NPR’s Weekend Edition for two decades. He is the author of Let’s Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub, the Life of Ernie Banks and editor of The Lost Journalism … Continue reading From the Desk of Ron Rapoport: Bobby Jones and the Masters
Will Geoghegan is an award-winning sportswriter in Rhode Island who covers the Newport Gulls and Ocean State Waves of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Since 2007 he has written about the Cape League at rightfieldfog.com. Why is Summer Baseball … Continue reading Will Geoghegan at Home: On Writing, Baseball, and Nostalgia
Roger Kahn passed away last Thursday in Mamaroneck, New York. He was 92. He has been called the dean of American sportswriters and was the author of the best-selling classic The Boys of Summer. He was also the author of eighteen nonfiction books … Continue reading Remembering Roger Kahn
The annual convention of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) begins today in San Diego and will last through the weekend. Open to all baseball fans, the meeting includes top featured speakers from around the baseball world—front office executives, players, managers, … Continue reading SABR49
Books No Place I Would Rather Be Roger Angell and a Life in Baseball Writing Joe Bonomo Praised in America Magazine: “Of the recent books I have read about baseball, Joe Bonomo’s book chronicling the career of Roger Angell, No … Continue reading News and Reviews
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Dream Like a Champion: Wins, Losses, and Leadership the Nebraska Volleyball Way (Nebraska, 2017). About the Book: Since becoming the Nebraska … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Dream Like a Champion
From fan confessions to championship reflections, two new editions highlight the ups and downs of being a Husker fan. Steve Smith immerses readers in the mad, mad world of Husker football fandom in Forever Red: More Confessions of a Husker … Continue reading New Books Give Husker Fans More from their Favorite Teams
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
Books The Integration of the Pacific Coast League: Race and Baseball on the West Coast Amy Essington Included in the New York Times Book Review’s Summer Reading List. The Roger Kahn Reader: Six Decades of Sportswriting Roger Kahn; … Continue reading News and Reviews
Jackson Adams and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP. Today they share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will be published in June. Anna Weir: Welcome to Team Publicity, Jackson! I hope … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Cultural Perspectives, True Crime, and Other June Books
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