Praise for Flagrant Fouls

"Readers should know that this book is the product of two veteran and outstanding sports writers, who bring to this tale experience, knowledge and the storytelling skills to make it credible and highly readable." -John Hanc, author of The Coolest Race on Earth: Mud, Madmen, Glaciers and Grannies at at the Antarctica Marathon

"You'll be glad you read Flagrant Foul, and sad, too. Authors O'Connor and Stout are the Frazier and Monroe of noir detective novels, Flagrant Foul is a must-read." -Charlie Bulter, co-author of The Long Run: A New York City Firefighter's Triumphant Comeback from Crash Victim to Elite Athlete

"In Flagrant Fouls, protagonist Elgin O'Brien is a basketball-spinning, jazz-loving, case-cracking private eye who drives his 1989 royal blue Ford Mustang convertible like Clyde the Glide once did down the lane in Madison Square Garden, on a quest for his own Maltese Falcon."-John Glionna, author of Outback Nevada

Praise For Richard O'Connor's Memoir: Taking A Shot

"A moving coming-of-age of-age-memoir about a kid who made a tough decision, took risks, faced challenges, and wound up scoring big points in life." -Hubie Brown, NBA Hall of Fame Coach

"O'Connor's beautifully written book is about paths taken and not taken. From dreaming of being on the cover of Sports Illustrated to seeing his byline in the same magazine,

he shares life lessons in perfect prose." -Ben Guest, author of Zen and the Art of Coaching Basketball

Praise for Glenn Stout

"Great storytelling . . . Stout's moving book [Young Woman and the Sea] recovers the exhilarating story of a young girl who found her true self out in the water and paved the way for women in sports today." -Publishers Weekly

Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid is a "Rip-roaring account of the Jazz Age's most-feared gangster couple... Stout's fast-paced prose has a Mickey Spillane-like cadence to it that fits his

subject matter perfectly... A compulsively readable criminal biography as well as a vivid cultural snapshot of early Prohibition-era America." -Kirkus Reviews

"It's hard to have faith until you read Nine Months at Ground Zero. Are there any heroes left? The answer is a resounding yes in this beautiful and poignant, and important book." -Buzz Bissinger, author of Three Nights in August

"This inspiring story [Nine Months at Ground Zero] brings us all to a concrete-and-steel intimacy with a structure, its place, and its people. -Richard Ben Cramer, author of What It Takes: The Way to the White House