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Jose Quintana fires one in early in his outing on Saturday evening. Photo by Jason Schott. |
The Mets shutout the Cincinnati Reds, 4-0, on Saturday evening at Citi Field, their ninth straight victory as they close in on a Wild Card berth.
The Early Days of ESPN: 300 Daydreams and Nightmares
By Peter Fox
Globe Pequot / Lyons Press; 200 pages; hardback, $29.95; eBook, $28.50
Peter Fox was the founding executive producer of ESPN, after he established himself with an advertising agency that he sold in the 1970s before he became an independent television producer who won Clio, Addy, and Golden Pen Awards. He then went on to become a producer, director, and writer of corporate communications materials for Lloyds of London Correspondent, DuPont, United Technologies, and PPG Industries. Currently, Fox is the Editor in Chief of SportsEdTV, the leader in online sports instruction, and managing director of its Learn to Win peak performance training, powered by HeartMath research and technology.
Chicago Cubs Firsts: The Players, Moments, and Records That Were First in Team History
By Al Yellon; foreword by Pat Hughes
Globe Pequot/Lyons Press; 226 pages; paperback, $22.95; eBook, $21.50
With the Yankees taking on the Chicago Cubs this weekend, it is a perfect opportunity to take a look at some of the illustrious history of the team that calls Wrigley Field home.
I Curse You With Joy
By Tiffany Haddish
Diversion Books; hardcover, 248 pages; $28.99
Tiffany Haddish is one of the freshest voices in comedy, with her meteoric rise starting with her first book, The Last Black Unicorn. Then, she was the breakout star of the smash hit "Girls Trip," which she co-starred with Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, and Regina Hall. The actress, producer, and comedian's additional credits include "The Last O.G.," with Tracy Morgan; "Night School," and as host of the 2018 MTV Movie and TV Awards.
In the first FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll for the 2024 college football season, Georgia claimed the top spot after they beat Clemson, 34-3.
You Belong With Me
By Mhairi McFarlane
Avon; paperback, 352 pages; 18.99; available today, Tuesday, September 3rd
Mhairi McFarlane is a Sunday Times bestselling author who hails from Scotland, and her unique name is pronounced Vah-Ree. She started her career in journalism, but found her calling writing fiction. Her first book, You Has Me At Hello, was an instant success, and she has now written ten novels. Her work straddles the line between being a romantic comedy, which has a humorous voice and a strong romantic hook at its core, and a women's fiction novel about complex relationships, self-discovery, friendship, family drama, coping with trauma and loss, and learning to love oneself. Her novels have earned Best of the Year recognition by Amazon, OprahMag, Insider, Cosmo, and BookPage.
With Labor Day Weekend upon us, it is the perfect opportunity to read one final book before work and school ramp up, and we will look at three books perfect to dive into on those final moments of vacation and lazy days: Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine, by Charles Lachman; The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture, by Tricia Romano; and A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks, by David Gribbin.