Dan Shaughnessy
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on unprecedented access and personal experiences that would not be possible for any reporter today, Shaughnessy takes us inside the legendary Larry Bird-led Celtics teams, capturing the camaraderie as they rose to dominate the NBA. Fans can witness the cockiness of Larry Bird (who once walked into an All Star Weekend locker room, announced that he was going to win the three-point contest, and did); the ageless athleticism of Robert Parish;...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
In Senior Year, Dan Shaughnessy focuses his acclaimed sports writing talents on his son Sam's senior year of high school, a turning point in any young life and certainly in the relationship between father and son. Using that experience, Shaughnessy circles back to his own boyhood and calls on the many sports greats he's known over the years -- Ted Williams, Roger Clemens, Larry Bird -- to capture that uniquely American rite of passage that is sports.
Growing...
Series
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In 1918, the Boston Red Sox won their fifth World Series, thanks in great part to the young pitching and hitting sensation Babe Ruth, or The Bambino. Following the 1919 season, in which the team failed to make the Series, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold the Babe to the New York Yankees. The Sox have never won a Series since. Told with humor in the face of heartache, focuses not on the players who have come and gone, but on the die-hard fans who live...