Nineteen sixty-two--it's been called -the end of innocence, - as America witnessed the Cuban Missile Crisis and the following year saw the Kennedy assassination and the early stirrings of Vietnam.In baseball, 1962 was a thrilling season. Five years prior the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants had migrated west to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively, leaving New York to the Yankees. In 1962, those same Giants and Dodgers faced off to see who would advance to the World Series. Waiting to do battle were the Yankees, who were also battling for allegiance in New York with the Mets'...
Nineteen sixty-two--it's been called -the end of innocence, - as America witnessed the Cuban Missile Crisis and the following year saw the Kennedy ass...
Forget Ring Lardner, Grantland Rice, and Jerome Holtzman. Jim Murray of the Los Angeles Times was the single greatest sports columnist who ever lived--period. Known for his highly descriptive metaphors and phrasing--e.g., "a strike zone the size of Hitler's heart"--Murray was a poet. Time magazine sent the Connecticut native to Hollywood in 1948 to cover the movies. But it was at the Los Angeles Times (1961-1998) that Murray made his mark. The paper had experienced tremendous growth, and Murray had free rein to cover virtually any topic in his sports column. He defended...
Forget Ring Lardner, Grantland Rice, and Jerome Holtzman. Jim Murray of the Los Angeles Times was the single greatest sports columnist who ever...
Described by famed baseball scribe Roger Angell as looking like -a festive prison yard- during the 1962 World Series, Candlestick was loved and hated by sports teams and fans alike for its 43 years of existence. Built on a landfill above a garbage dump in a city rocked by an 8.6 earthquake only 54 years earlier, it was notorious for the tornadic winds that came off the bay, probably costing Willie Mays at least 100 career home runs. The fogs that rolled in looked like something God sent to pass over His Chosen people. And of course, there was the famous 1989 World Series earthquake that...
Described by famed baseball scribe Roger Angell as looking like -a festive prison yard- during the 1962 World Series, Candlestick was loved and hated ...
In 1975, after his two Godfather epics, Francis Ford Coppola went to the Philippines to film Apocalypse Now. Coppola filmed for four years. The shoot threatened to be the biggest disaster in movie history. Providing a detailed snapshot of American cinema during the Vietnam War, this book tells the story of how Apocalypse Now became one of the great films of all time.
In 1975, after his two Godfather epics, Francis Ford Coppola went to the Philippines to film Apocalypse Now. Coppola filmed for four years. The shoot ...
