Author: Bill Mercer
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

2 reviews
Sales Rank: 701222

Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st Taylor Trade Pub. Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9

ISBN: 1589792246
Dewey Decimal Number: 070.449796092
EAN: 9781589792241
ASIN: 1589792246

Publication Date: September 25, 2007
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Condition: SOFT COVER book in excellent condition-fast ship

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Both a memoir and a how-to for anyone who aspires to a career in broadcast journalism, particularly in sports, this book calls on Mercer's vast experience and name-recognition in Texas to give an insider's view of everything from calling play-by-play to interviewing a celebrity athlete. Mercer began his career as the voice of professional wrestling in Dallas in the 1950s, and later went on to be a play-by-play announcer for teams ranging from the Dallas Cowboys to the Chicago White Sox in addition to a brief hard news stint at the time of the Kennedy assassination in Dallas in 1963.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars

Good book. January 1, 2008
Having heard Bill Mercer on the air all of my life, it was nice to read some inside stories of the sports broadcasting world.

5 out of 5 stars

Bill Mercer is Great July 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Anything Bill Mercer does reaks of class and sophistication. His career continues even today after over 50 years of hard work. I had the wonderful opportunity to work with Bill Mercer at many places with the first of them being KVIL radio. I remember him tearing through the front door of the radio station being scheduled to be on the air in 10 minutes. We're talking 4:30am. All of this after being up all night on a return trip from a UNT (NTSU) "Mean Green" game. His book describes the behind the scenes of sports in a way that you can't put the book down. Bill Mercer's book should be required reading in every school in the US and Canada and a few other countries

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