Terry Pluto
Autor de Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association
Sobre El Autor
Terry Pluto is a sports columnist for The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com and author of more than 30 books. He was named Best Sports Columnist in the National Headliner Awards in 2020 and has been Ohio Sportswriter of the Year 11 times. He broadcasts weekly sports commentaries with Amanda Rabinowitz mostrar más on WKSU and other Northeast Ohio NPR stations. He also is heard a few times each week on WTAM, including Browns pregame shows. mostrar menos
Obras de Terry Pluto
Tall Tales: The Glory Years of the NBA, in the Words of the Men Who Played, Coached, and Built Pro Basketball (1992) 48 copias
Dealing: The Cleveland Indians' New Ballgame: Inside the Front Office and the Process of Rebuilding a Contender (2006) 19 copias
Joe Tait: It's Been a Real Ball: Stories from a Hall-of-Fame Sports Broadcasting Career (2011) 14 copias
Everyday Faith: Practical Essays on Personal Faith and the Ethical Choices We Face in Daily Life (from the Pages of the… (2004) 12 copias
The Comeback: LeBron, the Cavs & Cleveland: How LeBron James Came Home and Brought Cleveland a Championship (2016) 11 copias
The Greatest Summer: The Remarkable Story of Jim Bouton's Comeback to Major League Baseball (1979) 8 copias
The Browns Blues: Two Decades of Utter Frustration: Why Everything Kept Going Wrong for the Cleveland Browns (2018) 6 copias
Vintage Cavs: A Warm Look Back at the Cavaliers of the Cleveland Arena and Richfield Coliseum Years (2019) 2 copias
Vintage Browns: A Warm Look Back at the Cleveland Browns of the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s and More (2021) 2 copias
The Curse of Rocky Colavito : 1 copia
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"Loose Balls" is a collection of oral histories about the ABA. Those oral histories, told mostly by businessmen, although a few coaches and players make contributions, are sometimes a little dry. The owners talk quite a bit about the deals they made, their Spartan front offices, and their thoughts about merging with the NBA. The anecdotes from the coaches and players really shine, though. They are much more interesting than the self-congratulatory businessmen.
The book follows a very loose chronological order. There are no details about specific games or championships. There are no insights into the minds of specific players or the logic behind decisions. Stories about locker rooms, outrageous players, and amazing athletes give the book interest.… (más)