Release date: 2025
In this volume, read about Michael Jordan’s return to NBA action after an 18-month hiatus to play minor league baseball, and MJ’s thoughts about Nike’s Tinker Hatfield, who designed a lion’s share of Air Jordans.
Check out a story with Tiger Woods prior to winning his third straight U.S. Amateur in 1996. There are three pieces on Danny Ainge — as a college star at Brigham Young in 1978, as a member of the Trail Blazers in 1990, after his run as head coach of the Phoenix Suns in 2000. A look at Mike Tyson in a tormented confessional in Memphis after the final professional boxing victory of his career. A couple of stories with the playful Shaquille O’Neal as “the Big Diesel” began his Hall of Fame career with the Orlando Magic.
There is the first interview with the NBA’s first two women referees, Violet Palmer and Dee Kantner. Arvydas Sabonis at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. A reunion (featuring Kurt Russell) of baseball’s zany Portland Mavericks. Pieces with Nike’s Phil Knight in 1986, with Paul Allen in 1997 and Mark Cuban in 2011. A ride of the Trail Blazers’ first airplane, “Blazer One.” An interview with the most well-rounded sportscaster in history, Bob Costas. The story of Canby’s Larry Owings and the greatest upset in the history of college wrestling — a victory over Dan Gable.
Read accounts of the tortured but tremendous lives and careers of Jerry West and George Karl; a look back at history with nonagenarians Bud Ossey and Andy Landforce; profiles on characters Frank “the Flake” Peters and Jim “Crazy Horse” Barnett, and an inside look at NBA scouting with Blazers director of player personnel Kevin Pritchard. Read about controversial Blazers Rasheed Wallace and Ruben Patterson and about tennis great John McEnroe, who encountered plenty of controversy himself.
Check out offbeat stories like the denting of the Chancellor’s Trophy; the Trail Blazers’ Kangaroo Court; the short fathers of very tall Blazer players; New Year’s Sports Resolutions for 1995; the joys of autograph and sports card collecting, and a collection of the greatest (or most unusual) names in sports history.
Release date: 2025
In this volume, read about Michael Jordan’s return to NBA action after an 18-month hiatus to play minor league baseball, and MJ’s thoughts about Nike’s Tinker Hatfield, who designed a lion’s share of Air Jordans.
Check out a story with Tiger Woods prior to winning his third straight U.S. Amateur in 1996. There are three pieces on Danny Ainge — as a college star at Brigham Young in 1978, as a member of the Trail Blazers in 1990, after his run as head coach of the Phoenix Suns in 2000. A look at Mike Tyson in a tormented confessional in Memphis after the final professional boxing victory of his career. A couple of stories with the playful Shaquille O’Neal as “the Big Diesel” began his Hall of Fame career with the Orlando Magic.
There is the first interview with the NBA’s first two women referees, Violet Palmer and Dee Kantner. Arvydas Sabonis at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. A reunion (featuring Kurt Russell) of baseball’s zany Portland Mavericks. Pieces with Nike’s Phil Knight in 1986, with Paul Allen in 1997 and Mark Cuban in 2011. A ride of the Trail Blazers’ first airplane, “Blazer One.” An interview with the most well-rounded sportscaster in history, Bob Costas. The story of Canby’s Larry Owings and the greatest upset in the history of college wrestling — a victory over Dan Gable.
Read accounts of the tortured but tremendous lives and careers of Jerry West and George Karl; a look back at history with nonagenarians Bud Ossey and Andy Landforce; profiles on characters Frank “the Flake” Peters and Jim “Crazy Horse” Barnett, and an inside look at NBA scouting with Blazers director of player personnel Kevin Pritchard. Read about controversial Blazers Rasheed Wallace and Ruben Patterson and about tennis great John McEnroe, who encountered plenty of controversy himself.
Check out offbeat stories like the denting of the Chancellor’s Trophy; the Trail Blazers’ Kangaroo Court; the short fathers of very tall Blazer players; New Year’s Sports Resolutions for 1995; the joys of autograph and sports card collecting, and a collection of the greatest (or most unusual) names in sports history.
