In \;Players\, Teams\, and Stadium Ghosts\, \;sportswriter Bob Hunter has assembled a Hall of Fame collection of his best writing from the \;Columbus Dispatch. \;Fan s will encounter some of the biggest names in sports and relive great mome nts from games played by amateurs and pros. They&rsquo\;ll encounter forgo tten players and teams that struggled.
\nHunter shows us LeBron Jame s when he was a 15-year-old high school freshman\, already capturing the w orld&rsquo\;s attention\; 20-year-old Derek Jeter&rsquo\;s meteoric rise t hrough the minors\, including the Columbus Clippers\; a strange encounter with Pete Rose hustling frozen pizzas\; and the excitement of watching fut ure WNBA star Katie Smith dominate a Columbus Quest championship game. The common thread is the personal touch that Hunter consistently uses to take readers beyond the final scores and the dazzle of lights. These are the p eople behind the athletes. They&rsquo\;re remembered for how they played\, but Hunter reminds us who they were.
\nBob Hunter \;was a sport swriter for the \;Columbus Dispatch \;for more than forty years\, including the last twenty-four as sports columnist. He is the author of ni ne books\, including \;Thurberville \;and \;A Historical G uidebook to Old Columbus. \;Hunter is a native of Hamilton\, Ohio \, and a graduate of Ohio University.
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