This is the Books & Biceps interview with author Russ Bengtson about his new book, A History of Basketball in Fifteen Sneakers. From the minute I heard about this book I couldn’t wait to read it for three reasons: One, it’s written by Russ Bengtson, the former Editor-in-Chief of Slam Magazine (one of my favorite […]
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Books & Biceps Interview with Lowdown Road Author Scott Von Doviak
This Books & Biceps interview with Lowdown Road author Scott Von Doviak appeared in issue #257 of my Books & Biceps newsletter. The phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover” is flat out stupid. I’ve always hated it. It makes no sense. The whole entire point of a book cover is for it to […]
My Five Favorite Biographies on the Founding Fathers
Because I write the Books & Biceps newsletter every week to thousands of my fellow sophisticated meatheads, I get asked for book recs in all kinds of niches, but one that pops up a lot is the Revolutionary War and in particular, the founding fathers. To answer that question directly, these are my five favorite […]