Fever Pitch

This is one book that I should have read a long time ago. It is the memoirs of Nick Hornby and his addiction to his soccer team. Anyone that knows me knows that I love my sports. I may not be as bad as Nick is though, but in some ways I may even be [...]

Tiller: Not Your Average Joe

Last weekend I knew that something was up with the Purdue Football Coaching situation. I didn’t know the extent of it, but generally that things were going on behind the scenes. I was down on campus to catch a game, and I was buying some shirts that were on sale in the Purdue Pride store [...]

Playing for Pizza

I was very surprised when I went to the bookstore and found this book. I was actually looking for a different book by Grisham, and saw this one. I love the way that Grisham writes, and the book was about football. How could I go wrong? It turns out that I couldn’t. The book begins [...]

It’s Not About the Bike

I have been doing some biking lately, so I decided to pick up a book that I got a while back in the bargain bin written by Lance Armstrong. This book takes you through his battle with cancer, and then to his first two wins in the Tour de France. This is the second straight [...]

Summer of ‘49

While I was reading My Life I had to have a book to take with me on the road. The Clinton book was too big to tote around. I found Summer of ‘49 in my room, and figured spring is always a good time for a baseball book. This book focuses on the pennant race [...]