Tucson Festival of Books

A Sports Book Feast


Three of the most accomplished sports authors we have -- Joe Posnanski, Jack McCallum and Keith O'Brien -- will compare notes with themselves and all of us here today. It will be hard to keep score. Their stories are from football, basketball and baseball, but all three are winners in our book.


Panelists
Jack McCallum

Jack McCallum was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated for more than 30 years and remains a contributing writer at the magazine. He is known primarily for his coverage of the National Basketball Association but covered a variety of other sports and also edited the Scorecard section of the magazine....

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Keith O'Brien

Keith O'Brien is an award-winning journalist and a New York Times bestselling author. He has written four books and has contributed to multiple publications over the years, including the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, the Washington Post and National Public Radio....

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Joe Posnanski

Joe Posnanski is the New York Times bestselling author of "Paterno," "The Machine," "The Secret of Golf" and "Why We Love Baseball." Joe served as Senior Writer for The Athletic, MLB, NBC Sports, and Sports Illustrated, and co-founder of Passions in America....

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Books:
The Real Hoosiers
Crispus Attucks High School, Oscar Robertson, and the Hidden History of Hoops
Jack McCallum
Sports
Hachette Books
March 2024
ISBN 9780306830754
336 pages
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Charlie Hustle
The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
Keith O'Brien
Sports
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
March 2024
ISBN 9780593317372
464 pages
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Why We Love Football
A History in 100 Moments
Joe Posnanski
Sports
Penguin Publishing Group
September 2024
ISBN 9780593475522
416 pages
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