PositiveLibrary JournalDespite telling it like it was, Shaughnessy isn\'t interested in settling old scores here, and thereby holds up his place as a part of the team ... All basketball fans should enjoy this romp with one of the NBA\'s all-time great teams.
Leigh Montville
RaveLibrary JournalMontville’s book...brings into focus the dynamics of Celtics teammates John Havlicek and Sam Jones and Lakers legends Jerry West and Elgin Baylor—four players who set personal records. There are fast-paced chapters devoted to the cast of characters and to each of the hard-fought games. One could just take a glance at the record book to learn the winner of 1969 title, but Montville’s revealing anecdotes and suspenseful writing build the tension ... Over 50 years after he first covered these games, Montville gives basketball fans a book they won’t want to put down.
Mitchell Nathanson
PositiveLibrary JournalOne might wonder how a baseball pitcher with a resume of only 62 major league victories...merits a comprehensive biography. However, Nathanson...uses these pages to their fullest in presenting the life of Jim Bouton ... Baseball fans will laugh alongside and, ultimately, feel touched by this look at an iconoclastic, often quixotic man who, despite the charges that his landmark book had hurt the game, loved baseball to the very end.
Andrew R. M. Smith
PositiveLibrary JournalIn this well researched account, Smith...considers heavyweight George Foreman\'s life inside the ring and his longstanding contributions to boxing ... Foreman fans and those who remember his Rumble in the Jungle will enjoy this adept look at the champion’s life inside the ring.
Mark Kram
PositiveLibrary JournalKram...presents a readable account of what has been called the golden age of boxing and of the symbiotic rivalry between two of the all-time greats ... Ali must lurk in the shadows throughout this book, which documents Frazier\'s rise from rural poverty to world championship riches along with an on-and-off again music career ... Boxing historians and fans of both fighters should approve of this straightforward account.
Josh Rosenblatt
PositiveLibrary JournalSome readers might agree most with the author\'s admission of self-absorption, and others might question observations such as Jesus submitting to the cross in search of a transformative experience, but Rosenblatt offers much food for thought in this intellectual memoir blending sports and self-transformation.
