Buster Olney: 4 books
How Lucky You Can Be
The Story of Coach Don Meyer
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
In September 2008, Northern State University men’s basketball coach Don Meyer stood on the brink of immortality. He was about to surpass the legendary Bobby Knight to become the all-time NCAA wins leader in men’s basketball. Then, on a two-lane road in South Dakota, everything changed in an instant.
In...
The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty
The Game, the Team, and the Cost of Greatness
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
For six extraordinary years around the turn of the millennium, the Yankees were baseball's unstoppable force, with players such as Paul O'Neill, Derek Jeter, and Mariano Rivera. But for the players and the coaches, baseball Yankees-style was also an almost unbearable pressure cooker of anxiety, expectation,...
One Base at a Time
How I Survived PTSD and Found My Field of Dreams
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2019
On July 10, 1981, David Mellor was just a baseball-crazed kid, a star high school pitcher preparing to go to college and dreaming of one day taking the mound in Fenway Park for his beloved Boston Red Sox. His dream was derailed as he crossed the parking lot of a McDonald’s. He heard the racing engine,...
Yankees Index
Every Number Tells a Story
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Yankees fans have witnessed improbable feats, extraordinary achievements, and unmatched performances during the team's 100-plus seasons. The Yankees Index details the numbers every Yankees fan—from the rookie attending his first game at Yankee Stadium to the veteran who recalls Ron Guidry's days...