Let's Go to the Videotape : All the Plays and Replays from My Life in Sports

by Wolf, Warner; Weisman, Larry

• ISBN13: 9780446609425
• ISBN10: 0446609420
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub

Summary

Famed sportscaster Warner Wolf, heard nationally on the syndicated radio show "Imus in the Morning", offers readers his observations, reminiscences, and his thoughts on sports, media, and celebrity in this collection of humorous anecdotes and essays.

Table of Contents

My Mission Statement	p. 1
Let's Go to the Videotape	p. 5
On the Radio	p. 9
No Big Deal	p. 11
Moe, Larry, Curly and Me	p. 12
Can't Go Home Again	p. 14
Meeting the Presidents	p. 22
Don't Look Now	p. 24
Prophetic Words	p. 26
The Imus Show	p. 27
The Future Is Now	p. 35
No Matinees	p. 37
Brotherly Love	p. 39
Early Riser	p. 40
Give Me a Break	p. 41
The Price of Fame	p. 43
Hands of Stone	p. 45
Warner the Jock	p. 47
I'm Enshrined	p. 50
A Living Lincoln Memorial	p. 52
Serving Uncle	p. 56
Memories	p. 61
20/20 Vision	p. 62
Leave Like Mike	p. 64
Shaq	p. 66
Wilted	p. 68
Ladies' Man	p. 70
Point, Mr. McEnroe	p. 71
Honest to Pete	p. 73
Loose Balls	p. 75
A Day at the Races	p. 77
The Sport of Kings	p. 80
Soccer, or Goooooooooo Awaaaaayyyyyyy	p. 81
Puck-Natious	p. 83
Let's Win One	p. 85
Hall of Records	p. 89
Different Sounds for Different Sports	p. 95
Pressing Issues	p. 99
Tenpins	p. 100
'98 Series Doesn't Rate	p. 102
Yankee Doodlings	p. 108
The Mets Blunder	p. 110
The Chain of Command	p. 112
The New George	p. 116
Inflation	p. 119
Tony, Tony, Tony	p. 121
An Order of Ribbies and a Full Plate of Baseball	p. 123
The Splendid Splinter	p. 136
The Voice of the Fan	p. 139
Medical Marvel	p. 140
Billy Ball	p. 142
Counting Pitches	p. 147
The Cheap Save	p. 149
Franchise Free Agency	p. 152
Misnomers	p. 155
Cliches	p. 157
The Arthur Mercante Story, or Here's Thumbs in Your Eye	p. 159
Decisions, Decisions	p. 166
Don't Be Like Mike	p. 169
Head Games	p. 171
Gentlemen, Start Your Engines	p. 173
Ballpark Blues	p. 175
Dining Out	p. 177
What's in a Name?	p. 181
The Eye of the Beholder	p. 186
Foreclosure	p. 189
Poster Boys	p. 190
Pete Rose	p. 192
Dope Is for Dopes	p. 194
Olympic Gold, Brought to You by...	p. 196
No Way, NCAA	p. 200
Hoop-LA	p. 203
Toll Booths, Shooting One	p. 205
The Large Apple	p. 206
Tuna Town	p. 209
Hall of Fame, or Hall of Shame?	p. 212
My Most Memorable Football Game	p. 214
America's Team	p. 217
The Day I Sacked the Redskins Quarterback	p. 221
OT	p. 223
The Kneel Deal	p. 224
Brown Power	p. 226
The Man in the Middle	p. 228
Hello, Allie	p. 230
Men in Stripes	p. 234
Just Pucker Up and Blow the Call	p. 236
Hollywood Nights	p. 238
Don't I Know You?	p. 241
Midday Cowboy	p. 243
Safari, So Goody	p. 245
Hello, Jerry	p. 247
Scene Stealers	p. 248
Take My Comedian, Please	p. 250
My Picks at the Flicks	p. 252
Chopper Alert	p. 257
All Sports, All the Time	p. 259
Jocks in the Booth	p. 262
Play-by-Play	p. 265
The Art of Interviewing	p. 268
Instant Access	p. 270
Washington and New York--More Than Miles Apart	p. 273
The Worst Rating Ever	p. 275
Bill Comes Due	p. 276
Good Taste	p. 277
A Helping Hand	p. 279
Ratings, Rantings, and Ravings	p. 281
Open Mouth, Insert Foot	p. 283
Our Way or the Highway	p. 285
Marathon Men, Women and Children	p. 286
Frank Field Saved from Choking	p. 288
World Series Roundup	p. 290
Points After	p. 302
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