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Joe McCarthy: Architect of the Yankee Dynasty.(Book review)
Alan H. Levy. Joe McCarthy: Architect of the Yankee Dynasty. Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2005. 429 pp. Paper, $35. Joe McCarthy managed in the...
Nine, 09/22/06 by Gietschier, Steve · More from publication -
13 stories tall: we like to think Al Spink's baseball team was the second-best thing he founded in the 1880s, but that team still is one of our 13 stories of the decades—one for each decade we have existed
1880s 1880s The St. Louis Browns, which SPORTING NEWS founder Alfred Spink was involved in organizing, win four straight American Association...
Sporting News, The, 03/17/06 by Steve Gietschier · More from publication -
Playing the numbers game: now more than ever, the sports world is looking to statistics for performance-enhancing insight, fueling the quest to devise perfect predictors of success
The world of sports is awash in statistics, drowning in them, some would say, and we fans are paddling along in a very small boat. Even before the...
Sporting News, The, 08/26/05 by Steve Gietschier · More from publication -
The Giants and the Dodgers: Four Cities, Two Teams, One Rivalry.(Book Review)
Andrew Goldblatt. The Giants and the Dodgers: Four Cities, Two Teams, One Rivalry. Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2003. 296 pp. Paper, $29.95. ...
Nine, 03/22/05 by Gietschier, Steve · More from publication -
Seasons in the Sun: The Story of Big League Baseball in Missouri.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
Roger D. Launius. Seasons in the Sun: The Story of Big League Baseball in Missouri. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2002. 175 pp. Cloth,...
Nine, 03/22/04 by Gietschier, Steve · More from publication -
Stanford stands tall
The Cardinal rises to the top of our exclusive rankings of 115 college athletic departments The Cardinal rises to the top of our exclusive...
Sporting News, The, 02/26/01 by Steve Gietschier · More from publication -
Havana Heat: A Novel.(Review) (book review)
Darryl Brock. Havana Heat: A Novel. New York. Total Sports Illustrated, 2000.304 pp. Cloth, $24.95. The protagonist in Darryl Brock's new...
Nine, 09/22/00 by Gietschier, Steve · More from publication -
The Books of Summer
With baseball's opening day right around the corner, there's no better time to review the great and not-so-great new books written about our...
Sporting News, The, 03/27/00 by Steve Gietschier · More from publication -
20th century AD
The others ... from a tough ol' bird (Judge Landis) to a funny one (the Famous Chicken) The others ... from a tough ol' bird (Judge Landis) to a...
Sporting News, The, 12/20/99 by Steve Gietschier · More from publication -
Grades Are In
Our exclusive ranking of 112 college athletic departments goes far beyond wins and losses Our exclusive ranking of 112 college athletic...
Sporting News, The, 09/13/99 by Steve Gietschier · More from publication
