Review:
I strongly endorse this book for anyone who loves Cleveland sports, or who simply wants to read a Hall of Fame writer at the top of his game.--Terry Pluto"Akron Beacon Journal" (06/06/2004)
Sports fans and casual fans will enjoy Lebovitz's honest and straightforward style.--Phil Keren"Bedford Times-Register" (08/05/2004)
A unique opportunity to become better acquainted with a brilliant writer, a keen observer of truths and lies, and a true Clevelander. This one shouldn't be missed.-- (07/15/2004)
If you love reading about the history of Cleveland sports, there is no better way to do it than through the words of Hal . . . widely regarded as Cleveland's greatest living sportswriter.-- (06/17/2004)
An educational walk through Cleveland sports history. Lebovitz gave fair, honest and genuinely warm treatment to some of Cleveland's greatest Black athletes, among them Luke Easter, Satchel Paige, Jim Brown, Paul Warfield, Jesse Owens and even George Hendrick.-- (12/09/2004)
About the Author:
Hal Lebovitz was inducted into the writer’s wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000. He was a sportswriter for more than six decades. He got his first job covering high school sports for the Cleveland News in 1942 and soon became a beat writer covering the Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Indians. He was hired by the Plain Dealer in 1960 to cover baseball and was that paper’s sports editor from 1964–1982. “Ask Hal, the Referee,” his popular column on sports rules, began in 1957 and also appeared in the Sporting News. A former college athlete, he also coached baseball, basketball, and football and officiated all three sports, including a stint as a referee traveling with the Harlem Globetrotters. His sportswriting continued to appear regularly in the News-Herald (Lake County, Ohio), the Morning Journal (Lorain, Ohio), and several other newspapers, until his death, at age 89, in 2005.
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