The writers who put together the lauded Live From New York, which is an oral history of Saturday Night Live (one that is currently on its way to my apartment), will tackle an ESPN oral history too.
Tom Shales and Jim Miller were announced last week by Little Brown as the authors of an upcoming ESPN book called The Untitled ESPN Book.
“The authors have already interviewed many individuals present at the creation and growth of ESPN,” according to the press release, “as well as those who are involved with the company now. Many are speaking on the record for the first time, and there will be hundreds more interviews conducted.”
I’ve read a lot of things about this book and what it needs to be successful, and the common thing is that Miller and Shales need to find a Chevy Chase-type of a–hole at ESPN. I think I have the perfect candidate, based on this video…
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