BLEACHERS BREW EST. MAY 2006

Someone asked me how my blog and newspaper column came to be titled "Bleachers Brew". It's like this, it's an amalgam of sorts of two things: The bleachers area in the stadium/arena where I used to sit when I would watch baseball, football, and basketball games and Miles Davis' great jazz album Bitches Brew. That's how it got culled together. I originally planned on calling it "The View from the Big Chair" that is a nod to Tears For Fear's second album, Songs from the Big Chair. So there.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

The Book on 'Bron


Woke up this morning to read an invite to review an advance copy of this book from it's American publisher. Of course, I said yes.

Cool, ain't it?

Here's the book description:

The definitive biography of basketball's hottest star . . .

This book is the most complete—and most colorful—look at LeBron's life and professional career to date.

#1 draft pick . . . Rookie of the Year . . . All Star . . . Olympic gold . . . Most Valuable Player—no one has had a faster and more exciting ride to superstardom. This book takes a close-up look at LeBron James—the player and the man—and tells how he has achieved so much so quickly.

Plain Dealer sports columnist Terry Pluto and NBA beat writer Brian Windhorst have covered the LeBron phenomenon closely from the start. Drawing from a decade of reporting and scores of personal interviews, their new book covers each stage of LeBron's development—how his childhood shaped his personality and sparked his drive to succeed; how budding stardom in high school challenged him to grow up fast; how his first steps in the NBA weren't always easy; how he quickly grew into a forceful team leader in the NBA and on Team USA; and how he now works relentlessly to improve his game.

Includes 90 large color photographs.



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