“I am a little biased because coach Summitt was my favorite basketball coach ever, man or woman, college or professional,” Smith said. Smith is such a big fan he ordered an autographed copy of the book when it was released, and it remains one of his prized possessions.
She retired at age 59 in 2012, released the book in early 2014 and died in June 2016, two weeks after her 64th birthday. It still stings to remember the end of Summitt’s career after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. And adorably, two of my good friends and golf buddies just adopted a mini labradoodle and named her Summitt (and her middle name is McGraw.) His ultimate favorite is Summitt’s “Sum It Up,” which has been on my mind since reading a fascinating book club thread about the book on Power Plays. The third choice had no such time restriction.
We came up with this criteria: Two of the books had to be released in the past six months or so. He generously offered to help with my sports book club recommendations. The 58-year-old moved with his wife to the Capital Region in September from Dutchess County where he has spent the past 20 years. The East Greenbush resident has read and reviewed more than 700 sports books in that span. First published in January 2000, it is my favorite book about the '99ers and I was delighted to read the Netflix movie details in Yahoo Sports shortly after I recommended Longman’s account of the season that culminated in the team’s 1999 World Cup title in front of 93,000 fans at the Rose Bowl.īut one of the most interesting emails came from “The Guy Who Reviews Sports Books.” His name is Lance Smith, and he has written his blog since 2013. Women’s Soccer Team and How It Changed The World,” made news last week when Netflix revealed it had purchased rights to make a movie based on the book. Meanwhile, one of my first book recommendations, Jere Longman’s “The Girls of Summer: The U.S. More on Layden and his book in a future book club-themed column. Half-way through an excellent read.)Īnd Tom Bulger, founder and former coach of Siena's women's cross country team, recommended I dive into Joe Layden’s 1997 book "Women in Sports: The Complete Book on the World's Greatest Female Athletes." I found a hardcover copy online and it is (slowly) en route to my house. (Try this one: “The Henna Artist” by Alka Joshi. My Aunt Rita Duncan of Brunswick reached out to tell me how much she loves to read my column and looks forward to more columns about books. My first column on sports books generated several emails from readers.
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