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Scribe : my life in sports / Bob Ryan.
Van Pelt Library GV742.42.R93 A3 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ryan, Bob, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ryan, Bob, 1946-.
- Ryan, Bob.
- Sportswriters--United States--Biography.
- Sportswriters.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. Edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury, 2014.
- Summary:
- A respected sportswriter for the "Boston Globe" traces his early love of sports, experiences as a dedicated fan, and human observations behind pivotal sports moments. --Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Shootaround: "Do you mind if I call red first?"
- "The sportster"
- Trenton born
- Trenton made
- Boston College
- Becoming a reporter
- Joining the club
- Take me out to the ball game
- "You'd eat that?"
- It was still in my blood
- "Now that's a foul!"
- Time to powder up
- The glorious NBA
- "I'll decide"
- ESPN
- This guy ain't no hick
- The Olympics
- Beat me, whip me, take my picture
- The sub heard round the world
- Smitten by a lady of low repute
- Bob Knight
- I can hardly believe it's legal
- Ending the curse
- Violence mixed with chivalry
- Doc and the 2008 champs
- The prince of pessimism
- Michael v. LeBron
- A good walk, always
- Can't live without music
- No complaints
- Short takes.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781620405062
- 1620405067
- OCLC:
- 884961398
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