Leigh Montville Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Leigh Montville is a sportswriter. Aging sportswriter. Aging author. Aging human being. Hanging desperately to immaturity, foolishness and the pursuit of nonsense.
Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original
Howard BryantLeigh MontvilleThis is not a personality book. ... This is a baseball book, a chronicle of Rickey’s excellent work between the white lines in the biggest games in the biggest stadiums in America.
Paperback, 2023
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Tall Men, Short Shorts: The 1969 NBA Finals: Wilt, Russ, Lakers, Celtics, and a Very Young Sports Reporter
Leigh MontvilleLeigh MontvilleThe one part they made me scale down in this book was the homage to Johnny Egan. There's still a bunch of words about him, but if you grew up in the Dark Ages in Connecticut he was an absolute basketball wonder, amazing forever now in your grey head. RIP, Sir.
Paperback, 2022
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