An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport

by Kenny Mayne

Book Overview

Wisecracking sports broadcaster Mayne keeps dubious score of the sports' absurdities, true and unsubstantiated history, off-the-wall trivia, and all things real and possibly made-up in this hilarious... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307396150
• ISBN13: 9780307396150
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

More Random thoughts than sports

I am a Kenny Mayne fan and I enjoyed his book. Parts had me laughing out loud. Other parts made no sense. Much like Kenny's segments on NFL Countdown. The drawings by his kids were a great extra.

Kenny Mayne book

I bought this book because I like Kenny's sense of humor. I was right, it was funny and a quick delightful read.

A GIFT FROM MY FATHER

My Father bought me the book and warned me that I could not stop reading it once I started. For everyone who loves Kenny's unique sense of humor and that "special way" of reporting sports and other stories at ESPN, the book is every bit written with the same humor only much more. One does not have to be a sports fanatic (although I am) to enjoy the book. It only requires wanting to be entertained for a couple hours and forget about the ills of the world for awhile (especially the election crap) The book tells a lot about Kenny Mayne, his family and his life in a very humorous way. My father who is 61 years of age told me he could identify with almost every sport mentioned. He also said that he (Bob Carper Ashley,Ohio 1958 holds the record (988) for wiffle ball home runs in a summer in case Kenny reads this review. But at 28, I must say, I loved the book. BUY IT! YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT! THANKS FATHER! AARON CARPER.

Amusing, but got a little tired by the end

Overall, Kenny Mayne cracks me up. I love his Dance Center segments on ABC's Dancing With The Stars. I've long enjoyed him on SportsCenter as well. I expected more of the same stuff in this book, and that's exactly what I got. Even though it's supposed to be an incomplete and inaccurate history of sport, I honestly expected a little more about the sports themselves. Instead Kenny seems to segue a lot into childhood memories. While I wanted more of his quirky take on sports, I found myself really enjoying the look back to childhood. His talking about wiffle ball, and it being the second greatest sport of all time really made me laugh because it sparked memories of my own. While I can't claim to have hit 843 home runs in a single summer, I laughed and reminisced about my own childhood while reading through his. There were chapters in there that seemed a little like filler and nothing more, and frankly, I wouldn't have minded more about the relation to sports growing up. Overall though, it was a quick, fun read. I was done with it in a day. If you like Kenny Mayne's sense of humor, you'll enjoy the book.

Fabulous Sports Book

This book was a great read. With Kenny Mayne's quirky sense of humor, splashes of childhood stories, drawing by his daughters, and touching moments through his life, I couldn't put the thing down. Seriously it took me like 3 or 4 days to finish the book. The chapter about his Dancing with the Stars appearance was one of my favorites. if you are a fan of his Mayne Event segments on ESPN you will love this book