When I’m not reading crime fiction, I like to kick back with a good hockey or wrestling memoir. While I no longer watch nearly as much hockey as I used to, I find something about the game endlessly readable. Like wrestling, hockey has been gifted with a tremendous history that can be equal parts dramatic…
After finishing Jericho’s previous book, “The Best in the World (At What I Have No Idea)”, I was pretty confident that if he chose to write a fourth book, I wouldn’t be picking it up. I found it boring, lacking in substance and purely a money-grab. Yet, here we are. You can blame Kindle for…
The Late Shift is the story of David Letterman, Jay Leno and the insanity surrounding The Tonight Show following Johnny Carson’s exit in 1992. Before I picked this up, I had read the author’s follow-up book, “The War for Late Night” which discussed at length the controversy surrounding Conan O’Brien’s boot from The Tonight Show…
When I couldn’t figure out what to read after the latest Dennis Lehane novel and before Don Winslow’s forthcoming epic due out later this month (The Force), Alaina handed me a book that she had been suggesting I read for a while now – Will Ferguson’s “Bastards & Boneheads”. Annoyed with the same old criteria…
On the heels of an explosion in the women’s division of WWE, comes Pat LaPrade and Dan Murphy’s Sisterhood of the Squared Circle: The History & Rise of Women’s Wrestling. Up until the last four years or so, women’s wrestling in WWE was presented as more of a time-filler. Seeing as WWE formed the basis…
In 99: Stories of the Game, Wayne Gretzky celebrates the 99th anniversary of the NHL by penning short stories that help to illuminate the history of the league. Intertwining his own career with that of several legendary players like Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe, Mark Messier and Bobby Orr, Gretzky presents a compelling take on the…
Bleeding Blue is the story of the career of Wendel Clark. Drafted first overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1986, Clark went on to play in the NHL until 2000 when he was forced to retire due to injuries. While he didn’t win a Stanley Cup, Clark was an absolute force during his tenure…
Sam Maggs’ Wonder Women takes a look at many women throughout history that have had their accomplishments either long since buried or stolen by a member of the opposite sex. Twenty-five women are featured – with an additional forty-two in blurbs – in the categories of science, engineering, mathematics, adventuring, and inventions. Each mini-biography is…
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