Jan 24, 2019
Appearance details: Author: Jane Leavy Tour: The Big Fella Launch Book Tour Date: Feb 06 Time: 6:00pm Venue: New York Public Library Grand Central Library Branch City: New York , NY Address: 135 East 46th Street Country: US Notes: A MUST-SEE EVENT FOR ANY SPORTS FAN!...
Dec 29, 2018
There are a number of people bound to inspire biographies as long as the trees hold out. Abe Lincoln and Muhammad Ali are among that number. Jane Leavy has demonstrated that Babe Ruth belongs on the list, too. Her take? That Ruth, who played during the first flowering...
Dec 25, 2018
In 1902, 7-year-old George Herman Ruth was sent away to St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boys. “The little boy his family called ‘Little George,’ they abandoned to a reform school on the far western edge of Baltimore City,” writer Jane Leavy says....
Dec 20, 2018
Catch up on these interviews and reviews from October, November, and December: Catching up with Dave Zirin, Sports editor of The Nation: Leavy’s study of the man who hit 714 career home runs in Major League Baseball (including 60 in one year, the latter a record...
Dec 16, 2018
Jane joins Smerconish to talk about the legend. He hit more home runs than any player in his era – and was one of our first national celebrity brands. But what was Babe Ruth like behind the scenes? Source: CNN | Air date: December 15, 2018
