Thursday, July 15th, 2021, 7pm EST. Online only via Zoom. Registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/160243407345
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A clash of NBA titans. Seven riveting games. One young reporter. Welcome to the 1969 NBA Finals.
Sports journalist Leigh Montville visits Gibson's Bookstore virtually to present Tall Men, Short Shorts: The 1969 NBA Finals: Wilt, Russ, Lakers, Celtics, and a Very Young Sports Reporter, a masterpiece of sports journalism with a charming touch of personal memoir. Leigh Montville has crafted his most entertaining book yet, richly enshrining luminous players and moments in a unique American time. Leigh will be joined in conversation by author Ian Thomsen (The Soul of Basketball).
Copies of Tall Men, Short Shorts purchased from Gibson's Bookstore will include a signed bookplate from Leigh Montville!
About the author: Three-time New York Times bestselling author LEIGH MONTVILLE is a former columnist at The Boston Globe and former senior writer at Sports Illustrated. He is the author of Sting Like A Bee, Evel, The Mysterious Montague, The Big Bam, Ted Williams, At the Altar of Speed, Manute, and Why Not Us? He lives in Boston.
Ian Thomsen, author of The Soul of Basketball, has been a sportswriter at Sports Illustrated magazine and the International Herald Tribune, among other places. His first job was with The Boston Globe, where he covered Doug Flutie at Boston College and became a colleague and friend of Leigh’s.
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This "part memoir, part sports story" (Wall Street Journal) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Big Bam chronicles the clash of NBA titans over seven riveting games—Celtics versus Lakers, Russell versus Chamberlain—covered by one young reporter. Welcome to the 1969 NBA Finals!
The charismatic basketball coach at the University of Connecticut reveals the victorious secrets behind his team's breathtaking journey to the 1999 NCAA Division I National Championship--and along the way shares his philosophy for winning.
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The Kid. The Splendid Splinter. Teddy Ballgame. One of the greatest figures of his generation, and arguably the greatest baseball hitter of all time. But what made Ted Williams a legend – and a lightning rod for controversy in life and in death?
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The Soul of Basketball tells the story of an NBA prodigy, his league and their sport in the throes of crisis during the pivotal 2010-11 season.