National Sports Media Association Convention Book Reading & Signing with Sports Authors
Join the NSMA Awards Weekend & National Convention for an afternoon with sportswriters on Sunday, June 26!
This is a free event at Bookmarks and opened to the public. Each author will read a section of the book, then there will be a post-event booksigning line.
Here are the highlighted authors:
Bethany Bradsher - Covering all the Bases & The Big Rock
Bob Glauber - The Forgotten First
Bob Ryan - In Scoring Position Triumph Books
Ed Southern - Fight Songs
Wright Thompson - Pappyland
Seth Wickersham - It's Better To Be Feared
Details:
- When: Sunday, June 26 from 2 to 5 pm
- Where: Bookmarks
- Cost: Free; Open to the Public
- Books will be available for purchase at the event
- Booksigning with all authors after the readings
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The unknown story of the Black pioneers who collectively changed the face of the NFL in 1946.
THE FORGOTTEN FIRST chronicles the lives of four incredible men, the racism they experienced as Black players entering a segregated sport, the burden of expectation they carried, and their many achievements, which would go on to affect football for generations to come.
A wry and witty commentary on college sports and identity in the complicated social landscape of the South.
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SPORTS ILLUSTRATED • NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
National Sports Media Association • Book of the Year
Kirkus Reviews • Best Nonfiction of the Year“[H]onest, sprawling, meticulously reported, and beautifully written."
—Chad Finn, Boston Globe
An instant New York Times bestseller
From the bestselling author of The Cost of These Dreams
