Of Mikes and Men: From Ray Scott to Curt Gowdy: Tales from the Pro Football Booth

by Curt Smith

Book Overview

Drawing fans to the stadium, person or by radio/TV, the Voices in this book shaped the way generations experience the game. This book shares their recollections many todl expressly for this book-about subjects as diverse as the early AFL, Lombardi and Landry.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 188869811X
• ISBN13: 9781888698114
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

An amusing, entertaining read.

Curt Smith replicates the format of his earlier "The Storytellers," this time turning the "mikes" over to football rather than baseball announcers. Personally, I liked the earlier collection better, perhaps because I prefer the diamond to the gridiron. And Smith's own passages, in the announcer profiles and chapter introductions, once again show a lot of duplication from his earlier books like the aforementioned "Storytellers" and "Voices Of The Game." Nonetheless, there's no shortage of great anecdotes here and this book should be more than welcome for fans of football or broadcasting.