Sid!
The Sports Legends, the Inside Scoops, and the Close Personal Friends
Sid Hartman ; Patrick Reusse
- In
- this
- memoir,
- the
- Dean
- of
- Twin
- Cities
- sports
- journalism
- looks
- back
- on
- his
- memorable
- career
- and
- the
- stories
- he
- has
- covered.Sid
- Hartman
- has
- been
- at
- the
- center
- of
- Minnesota
- sports
- for
- more
- than
- sixty
- years,
- getting
- the
- inside
- scoop
- from
- players,
- coaches,
- owners,
- and
- his
- many
- “close
- personal
- friends.”
- This
- fascinating
- tell-all
- reveals
- Sid’s
- life
- and
- career,
- from
- his
- days
- as
- a
- newspaper
- boy
- in
- Minneapolis
- and
- his
- first
- scoops
- as
- a
- cub
- reporter
- with
- the
- Minneapolis
- Tribune,
- to
- his
- place
- as
- a
- true
- Minnesota
- legend.
- From
- his
- controversial
- role
- as
- de
- facto
- general
- manager
- of
- the
- Minneapolis
- Lakers
- to
- his
- fight
- to
- save
- the
- Twins,
- Sid
- has
- been
- in
- the
- thick
- of
- the
- local
- sports
- scene
- at
- all
- levels.In
- these
- pages,
- sports
- fans
- will
- be
- privy
- to
- Sid’s
- insight
- into
- hundreds
- of
- events
- and
- legendary
- figures,
- from
- Bud
- Grant
- and
- Bob
- Knight
- to
- Kirby
- Puckett
- and
- Kevin
- Garnett.
- As
- one
- of
- the
- most
- widely
- read
- and
- listened-to
- sports
- journalists
- in
- the
- Midwest
- for
- over
- half
- a
- century,
- Sid’s
- impact
- has
- been
- felt
- by
- fans
- from
- all
- walks
- of
- life,
- including
- renowned
- figures
- such
- as
- Tom
- Brokaw
- and
- Walter
- Mondale,
- who
- called
- Sid
- “one
- of
- America’s
- hardest-working,
- most
- widely
- read
- sportswriters.”Join
- Sid
- and
- his
- cast
- of
- thousands,
- and
- enjoy
- their
- outrageous
- stories—and
- learn
- some
- Minnesota
- sports
- history
- in
- the
- process.
- This
- updated
- edition
- includes
- Sid’s
- reminiscences
- on
- the
- past
- decade
- of
- Minnesota
- sports,
- including
- the
- resurgent
- Twins,
- the
- rocky
- Vikings,
- and
- his
- always-beloved Gophers.
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