Posnanski video promo for new Paterno book now seems off base; ‘Humanitarian’?
The countdown is on for the most anticipated sports book of the year: Joe Posnanski’s biography Paterno. Published by Simon & Schuster, the 416-page book is due out on Aug. 21. The former Sports...
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Payton biographer thinks Posnanski should scrap Paterno book; says past...
Like me, Jeff Pearlman, who wrote the bestselling Walter Payton biography, has some concerns about Joe Posnanski’s ability to pull off the Joe Paterno book. He writes on his blog: I scrap the whole...
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Sports Illustrated’s Wertheim: Posnanski book may be ‘literary version of...
Yet another post in the continuing saga of the Paterno book: Jon Wertheim appears on The Sports-Casters podcast this week. Wertheim has been part of Sports Illustrated’s coverage of Penn State and...
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Why isn’t Simon & Schuster doing more to promote Paterno book on its site?...
Perhaps I’m reading too much into this, but I find it interesting that Simon & Schuster is doing minimal promotion on its site for Joe Posnanski’s Paterno book. All that really exists is a separate...
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Paterno book: Early reviews mixed; Full excerpt on GQ show coach being out of...
The Paterno book hits the bookstores tomorrow. But thanks to an excerpt on GQ and some early reviews, feedback is starting to come in on Joe Posnanski’s effort. Rich Hoffman of the Philadelphia Daily...
View ArticleToday Show interview: Posnanski says Paterno story, ‘very, very complicated’
After much anticipation, Joe Posnanski’s biography, Paterno, hits the bookstores today. I received my copy yesterday. There’s a lot of stuff to digest, and I’ll post a review tomorrow. After being...
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Paterno review: Posnanski book disjointed; hardly was objective observer
Clearly, this wasn’t the book Joe Posnanski wanted to write. Posnanski wanted his version of Paterno to be an inside look at a legendary coach who did it the right way. The coach who was beloved...
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Paterno reviews aren’t kind: Time says ‘Bad timing’; Atlantic cites ‘failed...
I’m not the only one. The reviews have been tough on Joe Posnanski’s new book Paterno. They cite many of the same themes I had in my review. The Atlantic’s Allen Barra writes: It’s not enough to say...
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Is Sports on Earth another version of Grantland?
ESPN’s Grantland has been around for just over a year and it already has an imitator. Impressive. At first glance, the new Sports on Earth site looks to be another version of Grantland. After a soft...
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Bad blood: Whitlock rips former teammate Posnanski, Paterno book; questions...
Let’s just say Jason Whitlock isn’t a member of the Joe Posnanski fan club. There have been plenty of harsh reviews about Posnanski’s book, Paterno. But few were more vicious than the one written by...
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Costas interview with Posnanski: Author believes Freeh report flawed; wasn’t...
Perhaps this is why Joe Posnanski is not doing a big media tour to promote his book Paterno. It would take too much out of him to repeatedly defend a coach nobody wants to hear being defended....
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Q/A with Sports on Earth execs: Why it isn’t Grantland; Luring Posnanski from...
Sports on Earth is another Grantland, right? Like Grantland, SOE features a daily offering of select stories by top writers. It has a similar look. Grantland has Bill Simmons; Sports on Earth has Joe...
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Top newsmakers for 2012: No denying that everyone talked about Skip Bayless
When I launched ShermanReport on April 16, I had some initial concerns that there might not be enough fresh content to do a daily site. Couldn’t have been more wrong. There’s so much territory to...
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