Overview
"Take a trip through sports history through the eyes of those covering the biggest events of all time. In I Was There! seventy of the biggest names in sports broadcasting and journalism share their personal experiences at the top five sports moments they each saw in person.From cultural phenomena like the Super Bowl, World Series, and Olympics to less-well-known sports and games, the people who brought you these moments on television and radio or wrote the stories you read in the newspaper or online give you a firsthand look at what made these events so special. Join such legends of the business as Marv Albert, Joe Buck, Bob Costas, Jim Nantz, Bob Ryan, and Dick Stockton as they tell their stories from these indelible moments and explain why their five moments stand above all of the others they have seen, and find out why each of them is proud to say ""I was there!"""
Full Product Details
Author: Eric Mirlis ,
Marv Albert
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Imprint: Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9781683582113
ISBN 10: 168358211
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 17 May 2018
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Compelling --Los Angeles Times A Must-Read for Sports Fans --CBS New York A great mix of widely-significant moments (such as David Tyree's helmet catch in Super Bowl XLII and Vince Young's performance in the 2006 Rose Bowl), lesser-known moments (such as Frank Deford's account of the 1964 Princeton-Michigan regular-season basketball clash or Joe Posnanski's stew story from the 2000 Olympics, and moments that resonated more for their significance to the media member (such as Michelle Beadle's experience at the inaugural Austin Ice Bats game or Scott Ferrall's momentous trip to Talledega.) --Awful Announcing.com
Compelling --Los Angeles Times A Must-Read for Sports Fans --CBS New York A great mix of widely-significant moments (such as David Tyree's helmet catch in Super Bowl XLII and Vince Young's performance in the 2006 Rose Bowl), lesser-known moments (such as Frank Deford's account of the 1964 Princeton-Michigan regular-season basketball clash or Joe Posnanski's stew story from the 2000 Olympics, and moments that resonated more for their significance to the media member (such as Michelle Beadle's experience at the inaugural Austin Ice Bats game or Scott Ferrall's momentous trip to Talledega.) --Awful Announcing.com
Author Information
Eric Mirlis is a veteran of twenty-five years of the sports world. Most recently, Eric was coordinating producer for Fox Sports, with stops before that at CBS Sports Network, NCAA.com, CSTV.com, the NBA, and the New York Islanders. He was also a talent statistician with multiple networks for hundreds of games, most notably with Kenny Albert on NFL and NHL broadcasts and Marv Albert, Mike Breen, and Ian Eagle on NBA broadcasts. Eric's first book, Being There: 100 Sports Pros Talk About the Best Sporting Events They Ever Witnessed Firsthand was published by Lyons Press in 2007. He was also host of Mirl On Sports on Long Island's WGBB radio. Among the events he has worked are six NBA All-Star Games, two Stanley Cup Finals, a Final Four, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Mirlis lives with his family on Long Island.
