Overview

For 30 years, celebrated sports journalist Bob Hammel has reported on a variety of games and athletes-the Olympics, Pan American Games, 23 NCAA Final Fours, Major League Baseball playoffs and World Series, college football bowl games, Muhammad Ali's last championship victory, and dozens of Indiana high school basketball Final Fours. In all that time, however, he's never written much about himself-ntil now. In Last Press Bus Out of Middletown, Bob tells the story of how an Indiana sports journalist without a college degree, armed with talent, gumption, and a whole lot of inspiration and advice from those he worked with, earned national attention while still working for his small-town newspaper. From Bob Knight to Mark Spitz, from the horrors of the Munich Olympics tragedy to the Hoosiers' exhilarating clinching of the NCAA basketball championship, Bob Hammel's journey has been unforgettable. Even in his 80s, it's a dream that still has him smiling and storytelling.

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Author:   Bob Hammel ,  Michael Koryta
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
ISBN:  

9780253044679

ISBN 10:   0253044677
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   01 February 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface by Michael Koryta Prologue In the Beginning. . .Henry David, William Allen, Dad, and Mom BOOK ONE Journalism and I My ""Sundown Town"" Religion, Politics, and Me My College Years, in a Newsroom Four Schools, Four Towns, Second Grade The Herald-TELEPHONE? BOOK TWO Olympian Tales The Perry Stewart Effect BOOK THREE My Gift That Kept Giving Munich 1972 Even at Schwimmhalle, All Wasn't Golden About That Basketball Game Montreal 1976 Los Angeles 1984 Barcelona 1992 Atlanta 1996 BOOK FOUR The Bob Knight Effect BOOK FIVE Friendships and Relationships Acknowledgments"

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Michael Koryta is the New York Times-bestselling author of a dozen suspense novels, including Rise the Dark and How It Happened.

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