From World Sports Headquarters in historic Bristol, Connecticut, comes the book that´s more colorful than Dennis Rodman´s hair. Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick, the former tag-team partners of ESPN´s award winning SportsCenter, mark for the ages their most unforgettable moments, which have transformed the art of sports broadcasting -- bringing what
People magazine calls their "Letterman-like loopiness and Koppelesque smarts" to the printed page in
THE BIG SHOW Less expensive (and easier to read) than a big-leaguer´s autograph,
The Big Show gives you the honest, horrifying, yet always entertaining story of two men, three cameras, and highlights run amok, including:
- How Keith and Dan made The Big Show run slicker than Pat Riley´s hair
- The origins of Dan and Keith´s patented phrases
- Keith and Dan´s on-air flubs -- errors that made Bill Buckner´s blunder seem minor
- Dan and Keith´s pantheon of all-time greatest athletes (Okay, who picked Coach Reeves from The White Shadow?)
- And so much more we couldn´t -- and wouldn´t dare -- mention here!
The former tag-team partners of ESPN's award-winning "SportsCenter" shares with readers a controversial list of should-be Baseball Hall of Famers; the pantheon of all-time greatest athletes; the dirt on each other; what superstars and the press really think about them; and much more in this eye-opening look behind the scenes at ESPN.
The Sporting News With Olbermann and Patrick, SportsCenter...achieved the perfect pitch.