SPORTSWRITER BOB RYAN will be the guest at the next Author’s Corner at the Melrose Public Library.
MELROSE — Melrose Public Library is hosting Bob Ryan at The Author’s Corner on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. The doors will open at 6:45.
Bob Ryan is one of America’s most respected sports reporters, writers and columnists.
He is the author of many books including “Forty-Eight Minutes: A Night in the Life of the NBA,” “The Four Seasons,” “Wait Till I Make the Show: Baseball in the Minor Leagues” and “The Boston Celtics: The History, Legends, and Images of America’s Most Celebrated Team.”
Bob will be talking about his newest book, “Scribe: My Life in Sports.”
His insight as a reporter and skills as a writer have been matched by an ability to connect with people – players, management, the reading public — probably because, at heart, he has always been as much a fan as a reporter. More than anything, “Scribe” reveals the people behind the stories, as only Bob Ryan can, from the NBA to 11 Olympics to his surprising favorite sport to cover: Golf.
After graduating from Boston College with a degree in history in 1968, Ryan started as a sports intern for the Globe on the same day as Peter Gammons and later worked with other Globe sports writing legends Will McDonough and Leigh Montville. Ryan announced in early 2012 his retirement from sports writing after 44 years once the 2012 Olympic Games concluded. His final column in The Boston Globe was published Aug. 12, 2012.
He continues to appear regularly on various ESPN shows and has also done humanitarian fundraisers for years to help inner-city teenagers with their educations
Bob lives in Hingham with his wife, Elaine.
Seating is limited. Please sign up online at melrosepubliclibrary.org on the Events & Programs calendar or have a librarian register you. 781-665-2313.
Dick Haley of Haley Booksellers will have books available for purchase and signing.
Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the Friends of the Melrose Public Library.
