SPORTS BOOKSHELF By Harvey Frommer

SPORTS BOOKSHELF

By Harvey Frommer

NBA Play-offs looming and big-time books about basketball all over the

place. What follows is your faithful reviewers picks – all slam dunks.

Golden by Marcus Thompson II (Touchstone, $26.00, 259 pages) is sub-

titled “the miraculous rise of Seth Curry” and it is all about that and much more.

Thompson, who it claimed has been witness to every dribble of Curry’s pro career”

and had limitless access to his subject and all those around him that formed “the

family and friends and support circle” made good use of it. This is a terrific book

insightful, at times controversial, always worth reading. MUST READ

“Return of the King” by Brian Windhorst and Dave McMenamin (Grand

Central Publishing, $28.00, 264v pages) is all about as its sub-title proclaims:

LeBron James, The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Greatest Comeback in NBA

History. Both authors like Thompson II had limitless access it seems to the words

and the deeds of the player many consider the brightest star in the NBA galaxy.

We are there frontstage and backstage, thru the ups and downs, inside the locker

room and on the court. TERRIFIC READ


“FURIOUS GEORGE” by George Karl with Curt Sampson

(HarperCollins, $27.99, 228 pages) is a heck of a book that covers four decades of

George Karl’s experiences in the National Basketball Association. The ex-coach

spares no one as he recounts all the details of what his basketball life was like.

Controversial, eye opening, on point, honest – if only all sports memoirs were like

this. OUTSTANDING




BOOKENDS: College Football’s Greatest edited by Bill Syken (Sports

Illustrated, $32.95, 256 pages) is a mother lode of images, stats. Accounts of the

programs, the big men on campus, the running backs, the coaches, the rivalries.

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About the Author:   One of the most prolific and respected sports journalists and oral historians in the United States, author of the autobiographies of legends Nolan Ryan, Tony Dorsett, and Red Holzman, Dr. Harvey Frommer is an expert on the New York Yankees and has arguably written more books, articles and reviews on the New York Yankees than anyone.   In 2010, he was selected by the City of New York as an historical consultant for the re-imagined old Yankee Stadium site, Heritage Field. A professor in the MALS program at Dartmouth College, Frommer was dubbed “Dartmouth’s Mr. Baseball” by their alumni magazine.

His The Ultimate Yankee Book will be published fall 2017. Pre-order from Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Yankee-Book-Beginning-Today-Essential/dp/1624144330

“As a lifelong Yankees fan, I was devouring every last delicious new detail about my beloved Bronx Bombers in this fabulous new book.” —Ed Henry, author of 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

Article is Copyright © 2017 by Harvey Frommer.  All rights reserved worldwide.

Frommer’s work: His work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, New York Daily News, Newsday, USA Today, Men’s Heath, The Sporting News, Bleacher Report and more