The Steamer: Bud Furillo and the Golden Age of L.A. Sports
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (923 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1595800883 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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A wonderful read for sports lovers, and for lovers of great stories! R. Sawyer I'm so glad I pre-ordered this wonderful book, and got a head start on everyone else when it arrived. Just couldn't put it down! "The Steamer," Bud Furillo, is well remembered among those of us who lived in Southern California during his heyday, but he wasn't such a home-to. What a great read! What a great author! Cherie Bud would have been deeply honored with how his son, Andy, chronicled his life. This book was so artfully written and so interesting to read. Anyone curious about the evolution of sports in the times that Furillo covered would/will love this book. Including the Steamer's co. "Very Readable and Enjoyable History of Sports During a Newsman's Reign" according to shirlhock. This book is fantastic! The chapter on Ali alone is worth the price of the book.The early history of The Steamer's family brings some laughs and surprise. Fascinating.Andy Furillo is a good writer. You don't have to be a sports nut to enjoy this book. It has something for e
On his watch, L.A. Sports, Furillo’s son, Andy, himself a longtime newspaperman, uses his father’s lens to give focus to the city’s rise as a sports empire. For nearly sixty years, Bud Furillo wrote and talked about sports in Southern California. For fifteen of those years, he authored a popular column for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner called The Steam Room, which gave him the nickname that lasted him for the rest of his life: the Steamer.”As a reporter, columnist, editor, and pioneer of sports talk radio, the Steamer dished out insight and understanding to Southern California sports fans while Los Angeles grew into a sports empire. acquired the Rams from Cleveland, the Dodgers from Brooklyn, and the Lakers from Minneapolis. He covered them all while they won championships for the city.In The Steamer: Bud Furillo and the Golden Age of L.A. The Steamer is a history of a great sports town at its most dynamic, told from the point of view of a legendary reporter who used his phenomenal access to reveal the inside story of the greatest athletes and teams to ever play in Los Angeles.
sports scene of his father’s heyday. But they weren’t like critics. and the rest of the nation, is told in this fascinating biography by his journalist son, Andy. Over the years, he got it BETTER THAN PERFECT!”Bill Walton, UCLA basketball player, member of the Pro Basketball Hall of FameThe Steamer was definitely an Only’ a hard-hitting but fair and humorous columnist and a dedicated sports editor who gave a lot of young writers their first break. By looking through his father’s eyes, author Andy Furillo lovingly relives The Steam Room column era of the ’60s and ’70s. He never did. He was definitely one of a kind.”Steve Bisheff, ESPN L.A. Working under Bud at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner wasn’t just a job, it was a privilege. They weren’t house guys they’d get o