Play-by-Play: Tales from a Sportscasting Insider

by Bill Mercer, William Mercer

Overview

Both a memoir and a "how-to" for anyone who aspires to a career in broadcast journalism, particularly sports, this book calls on Mercer's vast experience and name recognition in Texas to give an insider's view of everything from 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589792241
Publisher:	Taylor Trade Publishing
Publication date:	09/25/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

A member of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, Bill Mercer currently teaches bradcast journalism at University of North Texas and is co-author of When the News Went Live: Dallas 1963.

Table of Contents

Foreword   Mike Capps     ix
Preface     xi
Acknowledgments     xiii
The Cleats I Never Wore     1
Romancing the Diamond     123
Body Slams     239
Afterword     283
Index     285