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Buzz Bissinger: One angry man

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Small Town Guy, Jun 2, 2010.

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  1. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Ball Four and A Season On the Bring are fantastic sports books, too. But you are basically compiling a list of the greatest sports books and of course reasonable people can disagree on the order. Here is that SI list. They put Ball Four at 3, Friday Night Lights at 4 and A Season on the Bring at 6.

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/features/2002/top_sports_books/1/
     
    The Big Ragu, Jun 22, 2010
    #25
  2. AD

    AD Active Member

    all this may be true about fnl. but the opening page of the book about la russa is one of the worst written of any sports book i've ever read....
     
    AD, Jun 22, 2010
    #26
  3. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I liked When Pride Still Mattered better than FNL. I liked Into Thin Air better than FNL.

    But even to call it the best sports book ever isn't that much of a stretch. I've read a good chunk of the books on the SI list and FNL is probably fifth or sixth.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Jun 22, 2010
    #27
  4. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    Second that. They'd give LaRussa a Noble Prize for Sports, if it existed.
     
    goalmouth, Jun 22, 2010
    #28
  5. MU_was_not_so_hard

    MU_was_not_so_hard Active Member

    After a few weeks following his rants on Twitter, I blocked him last night. Just too much hate for this world. Ha!
     
    MU_was_not_so_hard, Jun 22, 2010
    #29
  6. leo1

    leo1 Active Member

    so you guys are knocking FNL down a couple of pegs because his larussa book sucked. that doesn't make any sense.
     
    leo1, Jun 24, 2010
    #30
  7. Sleeper

    Sleeper Member

    Bissinger's Twitter stuff is fantastic. The man knows how to rant.

    In regards to Leitch, a couple days ago Bissinger actually listed him as one of the writers he respects.
     
    Sleeper, Jun 24, 2010
    #31
  8. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member


    Nope. FNL was very-well-put together, with an inspired choice of subject.
    for which Buzz gets full marks. I'm simply not prepared to canonize the guy,
    because his judgment (i. e. the "Who? Me? Asleep at the wheel?" lawyer)
    isn't bulletproof.
     
    Ben_Hecht, Jun 25, 2010
    #32
  9. leo1

    leo1 Active Member

    ok, that makes sense. my point was just that writing a mediocre book about a boring subject and being a d-bag doesn't tarnish FNL - or the skill it required to produce FNL - in the slightest for me.
     
    leo1, Jun 27, 2010
    #33
  10. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Buzz has been going crazy on Twitter lately, and this morning is no exception. He just tweeted that he has given Boobie Miles, one of the guys he wrote about in FNL, $80K over the years.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Aug 3, 2010
    #34
  11. Small Town Guy

    Small Town Guy Well-Known Member

    Bissinger and Simmons had a really good podcast last week. Lot of talk about Twitter, Buzz's rage, newspapers and Friday Night Lights.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/podcast/archive?id=2864045
     
    Small Town Guy, Aug 3, 2010
    #35
  12. Shaggy

    Shaggy Guest

    He had admitted in the past that he gave Boobie money over the years. Interesting to hear a dollar figure.
     
    Shaggy, Aug 3, 2010
    #36
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