Eggers, Kerry

Kerry Eggers has been writing sports for Portland newspapers since 1975. Eggers is a five-time winner of the Oregon Sportswriter of the Year award, most recently in 2011. He is past president of the Track & Field Writers of America and former winner of the Jesse Abramson Award as the nation's top track & field writer. This is Eggers's sixth book. Others include "Blazer Profiles" (1991), "Clyde 'The Glide' Drexler" (1998) and "Football Vault: The History of the Beavers" (2009).