Buzz Bissinger
Auteur de Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
A propos de l'auteur
H. G. "Buzz" Bissinger graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976. He has worked for many newspapers, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, and he shared a Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 1987 for a series on the Philadelphia Court System. He has written for magazines including Sports afficher plus Illustrated, The New York Times Magazine, and Vanity Fair, for which he has been a contributing editor since 1996. Bissinger also co-produced and wrote for the ABC television drama NYPD Blue and published the nonfiction books Friday Night Lights, A Prayer for the City and Three Nights in August. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Buzz Bissinger
Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager (2005) 650 exemplaires
After Friday Night Lights: When the Games Ended, Real Life Began. An Unlikely Love Story. (Kindle Single) (2012) 27 exemplaires
Citizenship and Personal, Social and Health Education: Teacher Book Bk. 4 (Citizenship & PSHE) 1 exemplaire
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beekeeping 1 exemplaire
Vanity Fair (Issue #659) "Call Me Caitlyn" 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Bissinger, Buzz
- Nom légal
- Bissinger, Harry Gerard, III
- Autres noms
- Bissinger, H. G.
- Date de naissance
- 1954-11-01
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
- Études
- Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, USA
University of Pennsylvania (BA|1976) - Professions
- reporter
journalist
author - Relations
- Berg, Peter (cousin)
- Organisations
- Ledger-Star
St. Paul Pioneer Press
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Chicago Tribune
Vanity Fair - Prix et distinctions
- Neiman Fellowship, Harvard University
Pulitzer Prize (Investigative Reporting, 1987)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 14
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 4,153
- Popularité
- #6,060
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 104
- ISBN
- 80
- Langues
- 1
- Favoris
- 2
It does go into pitch-by-pitch commentary at times, discussing how the game and the psychology changes at each point, what options La Russa is considering and what counters he anticipates.
The writing is ok. But the author does repeatedly use bad metaphors to emphasize points at times, I’m not quite sure he knows what his target audience is, but it did kind of remind me of some baseball announcers I’ve heard.
Overall I enjoyed the book, it is a good read for the baseball enthusiast.… (plus d'informations)