AVAILABLE AT: Amazon | Amazon UK | B&N Online | Support Local Bookshop.org | Trades: Two Rivers Step into a world of rap moguls turned fight promoters, boxers turned rappers, and rappers turned boxers. From Mike Tyson to Tupac, from Roy Jones Jr. to J. Prince, explore how a cultural collision forever altered the relationship between music, race, sports, and politics. Daryl McDonald of […]
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Todd Snyder talks about the legacy of Drew Bundini Brown on “Al Bernstein Unplugged.”
Bundini: Don’t Believe the Hype [Official Trailer]
Thomas Hauser Reviews “12 Rounds in Lo’s Gym”
Legendary boxing writer Thomas Hauser recently reviewed 12 Rounds in Lo’s Gym: Boxing and Manhood in Appalachia for The Sweet Science. Hauser, author of Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times and Muhammad Ali: A Tribute (among numerous other publications), is one of boxing’s most accomplished scribes. Winner of the Nat Fleischer Award for Career Excellence […]
Book Tour Update (Part 3)
May 14, 2018 – Munguia vs. Ali (Turning Stone Resort and Casino, Verona, NY) After the Jaime Munguia vs. Sadam Ali Jr. Middleweight Championship bout at Turnstone Resort and Casino in Verona, New York, my father had the opportunity to give a copy of “12 Rounds in Lo’s Gym” to HBO boxing commentator/ESPN analyist Max […]
Lo’s Gym Book Tour Update
March 12: I had the pleasure of introducing Masta Killa (of the iconic Hip-Hop group Wu-Tang Clan) before his keynote lecture at Siena College’s 5th Annual Hip-Hop Week, sponsored by the Damietta Cross-Cultural Center. Past keynote speakers have been Chuck D and Professor Griff (of Public Enemy), Sha Rock (of the Funky 4 +1), and […]