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The Guy Who Reviews Sports Books - Lance Smith
06.07.2025
To my fellow American friends, I hope your Independence Day weekend has been safe and fun. And what would be more appropriate that reading a...
02.07.2025
Having been a fan of the Minnesota Timberwolves since their debut season of 1989-90, of course I wanted to read this book. Not only because...
27.06.2025
I used to follow horse racing more closely but the recent scandals, deaths of horses and general overall lack of enthusiasm about the sport ...
25.06.2025
As I have noted before, when I am riding on a bus or train to a sporting event, I like to have a book with me about that sport. I listened t...
17.06.2025
Having read this book as part of a Goodreads challenge, I found this to be okay. There was a lot of name dropping by the author as well as ...
15.06.2025
While I cannot say I am a big track and field fan, I do recognize the name Steve Prefontaine and knew that he is considered a legend in the ...
09.06.2025
Even though hockey and basketball are having their championship games currently, my to-do list is filled with baseball books. Therefore, wi...
05.06.2025
Just like the story of this book’s subject, Tony Barnette, my adventure with this book was interesting. The author was kind enough to send m...
01.06.2025
Finishing up a great month of reading with a book about baseball in a small town that lost its minor league team but is still enjoying baseb...
26.05.2025
Another bus ride to a game meant more reading time - in this case it was this book co-authored by a former caddie for Tiger Woods. Here is m...
22.05.2025
Three books finished in three days - not bad considering that the bulk of this audiobook was heard on one trip to and from a baseball game. ...
21.05.2025
While I have always liked to be working on at least two books at the same time, lately I have been finishing the two current books around th...
20.05.2025
While I consider myself to be more of a NASCAR fan than F1, I am finding that books about the latter are much more interesting for reading t...
14.05.2025
This is the second of the two books I finished over a rainy week - a very good baseball novel that was a Casey Award finalist. Here is my re...
13.05.2025
While the weather was better on Mother's Day (belated Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers or those who perform the duties of mothers) ther...
06.05.2025
It's not often that I complete books on two consecutive days, but with rainy weather in my area and re-discovering audio books, it's possibl...
05.05.2025
This book was one that while I received it before its publication before its 2024 publication date, I just never got around to reading it as...
28.04.2025
Sticking with the mountain climbing theme, this is the second book that I have read or listened to about this deadly day on K2. This time t...
26.04.2025
Having heard of this author because of her accomplishments on Mount Everest, I picked up this book hoping to learn more about Melissa Arnot ...
21.04.2025
Remembering that this book had recently been sent by the publisher to my NetGalley list, I immediately opened it after Rory McIlroy finall...
19.04.2025
Back to baseball here, I found the audio version of this gem and decided to play it during some dead times during the workday. Here is my ...
14.04.2025
Hard to believe that after nearly 12 years of writing book reviews, this one is the first one I have done on pool or billiards. It was a goo...
11.04.2025
My run of reading baseball books was temporarily interrupted by a notice from my local library that my hold for this book was ready. Having...
07.04.2025
Continuing with my baseball theme to start the new season, this was an audiobook I started on the bus trip back from the Mets home opener an...
06.04.2025
Continuing my baseball theme for the start of the 2025 season, this was a very quick and enjoyable read about the 1987 St. Louis Cardinals. ...
01.04.2025
Continuing with the posting of baseball book reviews to start the 2025 season, this was an enjoyable read about the 1978 season. It was muc...
30.03.2025
It’s the start of the 2025 baseball season and as is the case every year, I read a few baseball books to get in the swing of baseball. Here’...
26.03.2025
Hoosiers is certainly considered to be one of the best basketball movies ever made. This book is not about the movie, nor about Milan High,...
22.03.2025
This is one of the books I completed cover to cover on my recent trip to a conference in Washington, DC. One reason I prefer train travel w...
20.03.2025
Having been away for a few days in Washington, DC, I haven't had the opportunity to post reviews, but did get some quality reading in. This...
10.03.2025
Taking advantage of some significant downtime that allows for more reading, I finished this book within 24 hours of starting it. It was just...
09.03.2025
With spring training in full swing, it’s time to start reading the new baseball books coming out this year. This one that was published in F...
05.03.2025
Lately, there have been several interesting books on auto racing, and this is certainly one of them. A.J. Foyt has had a long and successfu...
26.02.2025
While both reading this book as part of a challenge and trying to clean out some books previously sent to me, I found this one. Having enjo...
25.02.2025
Admittedly, I did not follow Andre Ward very closely once he turned professional although I did see his bouts in the 2004 Olympics. So, whe...
19.02.2025
As one who loves to read books on boxing but really isn't enthusiastic about the product the sport puts out today, this book was right up my...
Admittedly, I don't watch a lot of soccer - MLS or otherwise, save for the World Cup. It's mainly because while I love to see matches in pe...
This was a book that was outside of my usual comfort zone, and it was well worth the time to read. It took careful reading to fully grasp t...
Books about umpires can be just as good as those about baseball players or managers. This book is one example of this. Winner of the 2025 SA...
29.01.2025
Knowing I would be in my car for a few hours when I drove to New Hampshire, I decided to download a book for the trip. This one has been on...