This is a reminder to all those participating in our book club, you only have a little more than two weeks to finish Try for the Gold. Don't sweat, that is plenty of time to finish the book. Hopefully many of you have read it and will have plenty to contribute. We're looking forward to the discussion.
We're glad to inform everyone that next month we will be reading Winners & Losers: rants, riffs, and reflections on the world of sports by Bob Latham. For those of you who are unaware, Bob is an American that is the President of NACRA and sits on the IRB Executive Committee. He has put in countless hours into rugby in this country and is a constant advocate for the sport here at home. Winners & Losers is Bob's new book about his adventures in the world of sport and should be a good read. You can either visit Bob's website to learn more about the book, or you can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon. You can also follow the link on the left hand side of our page to learn more.
To celebrate the book we are giving out a free copy. But you're going to have to take the jump to find out more.
To win the book, all you have to do is follow us on twitter and send an e-mail to [email protected] saying you would like to enter the contest. When the contest ends we'll verify that you do follow us on twitter, and then we will RANDOMLY pick a name as the winner. If it sounds simple, that's because it is. The deadline for the competition will be in one week on October 16th and 11:59 p.m. et/8:59 p.m. pt.
Here is what your e-mail should look like:
Your Name
Your E-Mail
Your Twitter Name (for example ours is @ThisIsAmerRugby)
It's that simple.
We're glad to inform everyone that next month we will be reading Winners & Losers: rants, riffs, and reflections on the world of sports by Bob Latham. For those of you who are unaware, Bob is an American that is the President of NACRA and sits on the IRB Executive Committee. He has put in countless hours into rugby in this country and is a constant advocate for the sport here at home. Winners & Losers is Bob's new book about his adventures in the world of sport and should be a good read. You can either visit Bob's website to learn more about the book, or you can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon. You can also follow the link on the left hand side of our page to learn more.
To celebrate the book we are giving out a free copy. But you're going to have to take the jump to find out more.
To win the book, all you have to do is follow us on twitter and send an e-mail to [email protected] saying you would like to enter the contest. When the contest ends we'll verify that you do follow us on twitter, and then we will RANDOMLY pick a name as the winner. If it sounds simple, that's because it is. The deadline for the competition will be in one week on October 16th and 11:59 p.m. et/8:59 p.m. pt.
Here is what your e-mail should look like:
Your Name
Your E-Mail
Your Twitter Name (for example ours is @ThisIsAmerRugby)
It's that simple.
Winners & Losers:
Rants, Riffs & Reflections on the World of Sports
Leading Dallas-based trial lawyer, sports columnist and sports administrator, Bob Latham, has published his first book entitled Winners & Losers: Rants, Riffs & Reflections on the World of Sports.
More at home in the bleachers than the press box, Latham brings his unique court-side perspective to his reflections on the drama, personalities, issues and events that color the world of sports.
U.S. Davis Cup captain and multiple Grand Slam tournament winner, Jim Courier, says, “The real stories in sport are located somewhere beyond the box scores. This collection of essays enlightens, entertains, and spotlights the reason we care so much about sports - the people involved.”
The 58 essays and articles contained in the book chronicle Latham’s many pilgrimages to sporting cathedrals and famed events within the US and around the world. Readers will enjoy first hand accounts of events as diverse as Muhammad Ali’s seventieth birthday party to hockey at Wrigley Field and the Super Bowl.
Latham also reflects on a variety of issues from the common living room musings of which sports event in history would you most like to have witnessed to a humorous examination of the NCAA policy on mascots. He even manages to work Fonzie and Nelson Mandela into the same essay.
CEO Worldwide of advertising giant Saatchi & Saatchi, Kevin Roberts says, “Passion, harmony and joy. We love all three, and they’re here in these great stories. When Rolf Jensen said that the heroes of the twenty-first century will be the storytellers, who’d have thought he had in mind a rugby-playing Texas lawyer?”
Other sports and events covered in the collected stories include:
- TheBelmontStakes
- RugbyWorld Cup
- Il Palio inSiena,Italy
- NHL Hockey
- Wimbledon
- The Olympics
- NASCAR
- Baseball
Winners & Losers will be published by Greenleaf Book Group on October 2, 2012 and will be available from Barnes & Noble stores nationwide and book retail websites. Pre-order on Amazon.
Bob Latham is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Virginia Law School. A top commercial litigation attorney he has been included in The Best Lawyers in America in multiple disciplines. Pegasus News in Texas recently analogized having Bob Latham in the courtroom with you to having Mike Tyson in the ring with you. Bob is also a columnist for SportsTravel magazine and has held a number of positions in the world of sports, including member of the Board of Directors of the US Olympic Committee, Chairman of USA Rugby, and International Rugby Board Executive Committee member.
Website: www.lathamsports.com
For media inquiries:
Jon Bier
SweeneyVesty USA Ltd
New York
Cell: 646-541-5256
Office: 212 905 3349
Excerpts:
At Mohammad Ali’s 70th birthday party: “At one point when I pulled out my camera to capture a particular scene I realized that in one frame I had the unlikely trio of Ali, Snoop Dogg and Buzz Aldrin.”
At Belmont Park: “The [Secretariat] statue looked like something you would see on a wedding cake - a small model of a horse almost invisible to the general public in the paddock area. It’s too bad Secretariat’s greatness came when New York was having budget problems.”
At Wimbledon: “I asked a nearby usher why the roof had been partially closed. ‘The sun was hitting the royal box,’ came the reply. Well there you go. Somewhere Donald Trump is plotting his U.S. Open strategy and thinking, ‘you can do that?’”
Visiting the Old Course at St. Andrews and encountering a Jerry Springer look alike: “Scotland exports the game of golf: We export Jerry Springer. The U.S. trade deficit continues to grow.”
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