Scott, Stuart
Summary: The sports journalist describes his professional and personal achievements and reveals details about his struggle with the appendiceal cancer that eventually took his life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCOTT, STUART SCOO'Brien, Pat
Summary: Growing up, Pat O'Brien was the skinny midwestern kid with the divorced parents and the alcoholic father. He drove himself to the University of South Dakota after finishing his last late-night shift and moved in while his roommate was asleep. His life was unceremonious - until he was picked up in the student center by a professor who envisioned his future as the household television name he...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 O'BRIEN, PAT O'BrGlazer, Jay
Summary: "Jay Glazer--a top NFL insider on Fox NFL Sunday, an MMA coach, actor, and a veteran advocate and founder of MVP (Merging Vets and Players)--offers honest, in your face advice and insights gleaned from his fight through depression and anxiety, his successful careers in NFL journalism and business, as well as his work with military vets struggling with PTSD; the result is a relentless,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GLAZER, JAY GLAWalton, Bill
Summary: In February 2008, Bill Walton, after climbing to the top of every mountain he ever tried, suffered a catastrophic spinal collapse--the culmination of a lifetime of injuries--that left him in excruciating, debilitating, and unrelenting pain. Unable to walk, he underwent pioneering surgery and slowly recovered. The ordeal tested Walton to the fullest, but with extraordinary determination and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WALTON, BILL WALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WALTON WALKeegan, Tom
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Publisher / Publication Date: Triumph Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARWELL, ERNIE KEERibowsky, Mark.
Summary: A deeply misunderstood sports legend, once the most hated and loved man in America, gets his due in this absorbing, revelatory biography.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COSELL, HOWARD RIBSmith, Kenny
Summary: "A riveting memoir from Kenny Smith ("Kenny the Jet")-superstar basketball commentator, host of top-rated Inside the NBA, and two-time NBA champion. Smith reveals his thoughtful views on race, the NBA, his upbringing, and an abundance of poignant, colorful inside stories about the star players, coaches, and mentors who taught and inspired him along the way. In his playing career, Kenny Smith...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMITH, KENNY SMISchefter, Adam
Summary: "On September 11, 2001, Joe Maio went to work in the north tower of the World Trade Center. He never returned, leaving behind a wife, Sharri, and 15-month old son, Devon. Five years later, Sharri remarried, and Devon welcomed a new dad into his life. For thousands, the whole country really, 9/11 is a day of grief. For Adam and Sharri Maio Schefter and their family it's not just a day of grief,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCHEFTER, ADAM SCHBennett, Roger
Summary: "One-half of the celebrated Men in Blazers duo, longtime culture and soccer commentator Roger Bennett traces the origins of his love affair with America, and how he went from a depraved, pimply faced Jewish boy in 1980's Liverpool to become the quintessential Englishman in New York"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BENNETT, ROGER BENAdams, Katrina
Summary: One of professional tennis's Grand Slam Tournaments, the U.S. Open has been described as a fourteen-day Superbowl. This single tennis championship, held annually in New York City, attracts top professionals from around the globe, generates more money than any other sporting event--or any other sport over an entire season--and attracts more than 700,000 attendees and millions of television...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ADAMS, KATRINA M. ADAKindred, Dave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.83 KINRose, Jalen
Summary: No topic is off limits as Rose discusses growing up in Detroit in the 70s and 80s.; being the brash, trash-talking leader of the legendary "Fab Five" at the University of Michigan; and his 13-year NBA career. And certainly not as a commentator and analyst on ABC/ESPN and Grantland. His colorful collection of stories and opinions about basketball and life gives people the kind of insight and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROSE, JALEN ROSSmith, Stephen A. (Stephen Anthony)
Summary: "America's most popular sports media figure tells it like it is in this surprisingly personal book, not only dishing out his signature, uninhibited opinions but also revealing the challenges he overcame in childhood as well as at ESPN, and who he really is when the cameras are off. Stephen A. Smith has never been handed anything, nor was he an overnight success. Growing up poor in Queens, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 13A/Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMITH, STEPHEN A SMISaunders, John
Summary: A candid memoir by the late ESPN and ABC Sports broadcaster reveals his longtime battle with depression and his investigations into modern medical and homeopathic treatments, exploring how the disease affected his career and relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SAUNDERS, JOHN SAUSummary: In the early '80s, The NFL Today was one of the preeminent sports programs on television. It was a perfect combination of reporting, analysis, predictions, humor, and talent. But there was no personality on the show more popular that Jimmy 'The Greek' Snyder. Born in Steubenville, Ohio, to Greek immigrants, Jimmy overcame childhood tragedy, moved to Las Vegas, and eventually became the biggest...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: ESPN Films 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD LEGHerbstreit, Kirk
Summary: The face and voice of college football, in this riveting and revealing memoir, takes readers behind the scenes, describing how a combination of hard work, perseverance and a little luck landed him on the set of ESPN's iconic College GameDay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HERBSTREIT, KIRK HERSmith, Stephen A. (Stephen Anthony)
Summary: Stephen A. Smith has never been handed anything, nor was he an overnight success. Growing up poor in Queens, the son of Caribbean immigrants and the youngest of six children, he was a sports-obsessed kid who faced a number of struggles, from undiagnosed dyslexia to getting enough cereal to fill his bowl. As a basketball player at Winston-Salem State University, he got a glimmer of his true...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 SMITH, STEPHEN A SMIMichaels, Al
Summary: No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. During the course of his forty-plus-year career, he has logged more hours on live primetime network television than anyone in history, having covered all four major sports championships -- the Super Bowl, the World Series, the NBA finals, and the Stanley Cup final -- as well as the Olympic Games, the Triple Crown, and many...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 MICHAELS, AL MicMichaels, Al.
Summary: In this highly entertaining and insightful memoir, one of television’s most respected broadcasters interweaves the story of his life and career with lively firsthand tales of some of the most thrilling events and fascinating figures in modern sports. No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. Over the course of his forty-plus year career, he has logged more hours...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2014