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A review by rebroxannape
Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN by Tom Shales, James Andrew Miller
4.0
This is a fascinating, exhaustive, and gossipy look behind the scenes at ESPN. Eye-opening history and juicy anecdotes abound. This was written before the "Me Too" movement. One of the striking things that interested me in this book was the behavior of some of the male sportscasters towards their female counterparts. A few were really guilty of disgusting behavior. And yes names were named. I couldn't help but believe that if this book had come out today, many heads would roll.
The best way to read this book is to go to the index and start with the personalities and topics that interest you the most. Do not read it front to back, because parts a quite dry ancient history. Once you start this way, you will find yourself reading background and going off on tangents as you want to find out more about topics and people that are mentioned while reading about your primary interests. Particularly entertaining is getting multiple viewpoints of the same people and incidents from different eyes. I ended up reading 75% of the book, even though there were really only a few personalities and topics I started off being interested in.
https://rebekahsreadingsandwatchings.com/
The best way to read this book is to go to the index and start with the personalities and topics that interest you the most. Do not read it front to back, because parts a quite dry ancient history. Once you start this way, you will find yourself reading background and going off on tangents as you want to find out more about topics and people that are mentioned while reading about your primary interests. Particularly entertaining is getting multiple viewpoints of the same people and incidents from different eyes. I ended up reading 75% of the book, even though there were really only a few personalities and topics I started off being interested in.
https://rebekahsreadingsandwatchings.com/