And the Fans Roared; The Sports Broadcasts That Kept Us on the Edge of Our Seats

Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc, 2000. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Oversized. xiii, [1], 177, [1] pages+ 2 CD's. DJ has some wear and soiling. Price clipped. CD Narration by Bob Costas. Profusely illustrated (some in color). Foreword by George Foreman. Joseph Garner is a former radio executive (Westwood One Radio Networks), American author, and keynote speaker who resides in Los Angeles. Garner spent twenty years working in the radio industry. He contributed to the creation and production of numerous audiobooks for Simon & Schuster. Garner has become an author of historical books, both traditional and multimedia. With his book We Interrupt This Broadcast, he combined storytelling and history describe landmark events. His pairing of broadcast audio with photographs and the written word attained the New York Times Bestseller List in two consecutive years. He has documented events in sports with And the Crowd Goes Wild (1999) and And the Fans Roared (2000). Featuring the riveting stories that bring you back to the moment, acclaimed sports photographs and two audio CDs narrated by award-winning sports journalist Bob Costas, And The Fans Roared delivers more than forty of the most spine-tingling sports moments ever broadcast. In gripping style, And The Fans Roared highlights announcers' surprised, amazed and awestruck calls from every major sports arena--from baseball, football, basketball and the Olympics, to hockey, auto and horse racing, tennis, boxing, cycling and golf. The two audio CDs highlight the exciting moments that brought us to our feet, when heroes reached for the stars, announcers reached for the words to describe them...and the fans roared Relive the most electrifying sports moments ever broadcast. Hear each memorable broadcast again--or for the very first time in this New York Times bestseller.