The 43rd president isn't the only extraordinarily divisive guy named George. New York Yankees owner George M. Steinbrenner III has done much to keep his team true to its heritage as the most successful franchise in sports history. He has, some would argue, accomplished it at a great cost to the health of the game and by cutting more than a few legal and ethical corners. Peter Golenbock, a veteran Yankees watcher, portrays all sides of Mr. Steinbrenner in "George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankee Empire." It's a valuable book for those who want to know almost all there is to know about the man who is not so affectionately called "the Boss.
During this season of joy and goodwill, it's disheartening - make that disgusting - to learn that opportunistic author Peter Golenbock has written a book offering lurid and imaginary accounts of Mickey Mantle's sexual exploits supposedly told in the baseball star's own voice. Considering how tortured the Mick's real life was, can't we at least let him rest in peace? Alas, this does not fit into Golenbock's game plan. His 266-page work of fiction, appropriately entitled "7: The Mickey Mantle Novel," will be published March 1 - just in time to ensnare unsuspecting fans as a new season approaches.
He was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of men and the worst of men, the most protean, most ridiculous, and most sublime. No more baffling, exasperating soldier ever wore a uniform. Flamboyant, imperious, and apocalyptic, he carried the plumage of a flamingo, could not acknowledge errors, and tried to cover up his mistakes with sly, childish tricks. Yet he was also endowed with great personal charm, a will of iron, and a soaring intellect. Unquestionably he was the most gifted man-at-arms this nation has produced... That's part of the lead-in to "American Caesar," a biography of Gen. Douglas MacArthur by the late William Manchester published nearly 30 years ago by Little, Brown. One of the 20th century's great...
...But neither was I.". Peter Golenbock tugged at my sleeve in his book "Wild, H...
Country music superstar Martina McBride has announced her 2007 tour, which includes a Pittsburgh concert on May 11 at the Petersen Events Center, in Oakland. The tour will include performances by new artists Little Big Town and Rodney Atkins.
... not be part of the new regime: Peter Golenbock's "7: The Mickey Mantle Novel," which had been cri...
...AUTHOR: Golenbock, Peter. PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons. PUBLISH DATE...
They have been revered and romanticized, lauded and celebrated. The Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s are among the most famous teams in baseball history, simultaneously recognized as both "The Boys of Summer" and "Dem Bums" while growing into a symbol of a bygone era.
... as Roger Kahn's "The Boys of Summer," and Peter Golenbock's "Bums.". "You may glory in a team triu...
What if you strike a dramatic pose... and no one pays attention? That deflated, less-than-important feeling might be dogging some in the state Legislature these days, since they've wasted so much of the session debating a resolution on the Iraq war that has no force of law and few outside the capitol building seem to care about. The Gazette on Monday reported that a Democrat-championed resolution calling for an end to the Iraq war, though it's been one of the most contentious issues debated this session, hasn't been noticed in Washington, where congressional Democrats have been trying to send the White House a similar message. A few members of Congress interviewed for the story gave lip service to caring what the Statehouse thinks about Iraq, but most understand it's beside the point.
...As teammate Rex Barney recalled in Peter Golenbock's book, "Bums," great challenges bring o...
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NEW YORK - O.J. Simpson's would-be publisher, Judith Regan, was fired Friday, her sensational, scandalous tenure at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. ending with the tersest of announcements. Judith Regan's employment with HarperCollins has been terminated effective immediately," HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman said in a statement. "The REGAN publishing program and staff will continue as part of the HarperCollins General Books Group.
...war in Iraq; and sports writer Peter Golenbock's "7: The Mickey Mantle Novel," a raunch...
One by one, owners of the six other teams cast their votes at the National League's midseason meetings in Chicago: Phil Wrigley of the Cubs, Gussie Busch of the Cardinals, Lou Perini of the Braves, Bob Carpenter of the Phillies, Powel Crosley of the Reds and John Galbreath of the Pirates. The vote was unanimous, and so Walter O'Malley of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Horace Stoneham of the New York Giants had permission to move their ballclubs to the West Coast.
... intending to move," Stoneham told author Peter Golenbock. "I had intended to go to Minneapolis. W...
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