This Is Our City: Four Teams, Twelve Championships, and How Boston Became the Mo

Description: This Is Our City by Tony Massarotti Boston is a unique sports city. Unlike New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago, New Englanders loyalties are not divided among competing franchises; in the four major American sports, the city has one team each: the Red Sox, the Celtics, the Bruins, and the Patriots. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Tony Massarotti is an award-winning Boston-based sportswriter. He is the cohost of Felger & Mazz, the #1 sports radio show in New England, on 98.5 The Sports Hub, and the author or coauthor of four previous books, including Dynasty: In Inside Story of How the Red Sox Became a Baseball Powerhouse; Knuckler, with Tim Wakefield; and Big Papi, with David Ortiz. Review "Boston sports fans have been Americas luckiest in the new millennium. There have been twelve championships to savor in the first twenty-one years of the twenty-first century, including one dazzling run of seven years in which the Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics, and Bruins each won a title. And now Tony Massarotti gives them a chance to relive it all in This Is Our City, which refers to, of course, the famous David Ortiz declaration in the wake of the 2013 Marathon bombings. Tony has done the work, and we get to enjoy the fruits of his phenomenal labor. For those of us who have lived through it all, this is our story, too. Thanks, Tony." * Bob Ryan *"If anybody is qualified to riff about Boston sports in the last twenty years, its Tony Massarotti, and boy has he got plenty to riff about! Championships all over the place and the envy of every major sports city in the country. This wonderful book will bring back all those great memories. The Bs, Pats, Celts, Sox, and Massarotti! Whats better than that?" * Chris "Mad Dog" Russo *"I played in Boston, I was an executive in Boston, and theres no place like it. Someone needed to tell the story of the city and its incredible run over the past few decades, and Im so glad Tony Massarotti did it. This Is Our City is an entertaining and astute account by a guy who saw it all." * Danny Ainge *This blend of memoir and history, written from a fans perspective, is a love letter to the city of Boston and the four major sports teams that call it home. In a meticulously researched of the Beantown teams that dominated their respective sports in the early twenty-first century, Boston sportswriter and radio talk-show host Massarotti details how these franchises, at one point mired in mediocrity, managed to rise to championship level. Much of the book focuses on the Patriots and the Red Sox, but the Celtics and Bruins also get their fair share of analysis and breakdown. It would be easy for Massarotti to skip over the ugliness that has occasionally hung like a dark cloud over the city and its teams, but he isnt afraid to tell it like it is, even when discussing the citys reputation for racism. Casual sports fans will remember some of the teams celebrated here, but this book is best for Boston diehards, who can be found across the country. * Booklist *"While some of these moments will never leave the consciousness of a true Boston sports fan—The Steal, Anything Is Possible, Malcolm Butlers interception, to name a few—there are plenty more that readers will be thrilled to re-live here in these pages." * Boston.com * Promotional A celebration of the last two decades of sports success in Boston from the co-host of the #1 sports radio show in New England Details ISBN1419753592 Author Tony Massarotti Pages 384 Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781419753596 Format Paperback Imprint Abrams Press Subtitle Four Teams, Twelve Championships, and How Boston Became the Most Dominant Sports City in the World Language English ISBN-10 1419753592 UK Release Date 2023-09-28 Publisher Abrams Publication Date 2023-09-28 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2023-09-28 US Release Date 2023-09-28 DEWEY 796.0974461 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-08-28 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:144537412;

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