The Big Show - by Keith Olbermann & Dan Patrick (Paperback)

About the Book

The former tag-team partners of ESPN's award-winning "SportsCenter" shares with readers a controversial list of should-be Baseball Hall of Famers; the pantheon of all-time greatest athletes; the dirt on each other; what superstars and the press really think about them; and much more in this eye-opening look behind the scenes at ESPN.

Book Synopsis

From World Sports Headquarters in historic Bristol, Connecticut, comes the book that's more colorful than Dennis Rodman's hair. Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick, the former tag-team partners of ESPN's award winning SportsCenter, mark for the ages their most unforgettable moments, which have transformed the art of sports broadcasting -- bringing what People magazine calls their "Letterman-like loopiness and Koppelesque smarts" to the printed page in THE BIG SHOW
Less expensive (and easier to read) than a big-leaguer's autograph, The Big Show gives you the honest, horrifying, yet always entertaining story of two men, three cameras, and highlights run amok, including:

• How Keith and Dan made The Big Show run slicker than Pat Riley's hair
  
• The origins of Dan and Keith's patented phrases
  
• Keith and Dan's on-air flubs -- errors that made Bill Buckner's blunder seem minor
  
• Dan and Keith's pantheon of all-time greatest athletes (Okay, who picked Coach Reeves from The White Shadow?)
  
• And so much more we couldn't -- and wouldn't dare -- mention here!

Review Quotes

Detroit Free Press For those of you scoring at home...buy the book.

The Sporting News With Olbermann and Patrick, SportsCenter...achieved the perfect pitch.

Phil Rosenthal Chicago Sun-Times A fun read....highly recommended.

About the Author

Keith Olbermann was rescued from a sinking barge, and raised by wild ocelots in the Brazilian rain forest. Years later, he was found by a touring band of would-be soccer play-by-play announcers and brought back to civilization (well, Bristol).