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On Someone Else's Nickel - A Life in Television, Sports, and Travel (Hardcover)
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On Someone Else's Nickel - A Life in Television, Sports, and Travel (Hardcover)
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Tim Ryan is no doubt the only sportscaster who has crash-landed in
the Namib desert, been charged by a rhino in Zimbabwe, herded sheep
at the beginning of a Winter Olympics telecast, and dodged flying
bottles at a professional boxing match. In his new memoir, On
Someone Else's Nickel, Ryan recounts all of these tales and more in
the lively, trustworthy voice that sports fans will recognize from
televised sporting events of the past fifty years. Armchair
travelers and sports enthusiasts alike will be taken on a riveting
journey as Ryan shares anecdotes from his adventures in
broadcasting that span thirty sports in more than twenty countries
over fifty years. And while the events themselves are
impressive-ten Olympic Games, more than three hundred championship
boxing matches, Wimbledon and U.S. Open tennis, World Cup Skiing,
just to name a few-it's the lesser-known stories that happened
along the way to the big events that really stand out in Ryan's
telling. As he details how he came to call the first Ali-Frazier
fight for the Armed Forces Network, or hosted a tennis tournament
featuring the McEnroe brothers to raise money for the Alzheimer's
Association, Ryan shines a light on sports and the world beyond
sports-the world of family, friends, colleagues, and connections
that endure when the game has been won, the medals awarded, the
champion crowned, and the mic turned off.
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