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    Sidelined.    Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America.   Julie DiCaro.   At first, this book reads like another feminist writing over-dramatically about how the world and workplace has mistreated her in just about every way possible.     After delving through Sidelined, though, the reader can see that this book is much more than that.     Author Julie DiCaro has plenty to say about being a woman in a male dominated sports culture.     It does not take long to see why she has myriad plather to discuss in her book and for good reason, too.   DiCaro, a “recovering lawyer” and now sports journalist, discusses topics ranging from talk radio, pushback on woman’s voice, domestic violence, workplace sexual discrimination, women working together and female sports around the globe amid others as well.     Her experience as a one-time talk show host and encounters with many interesting ...

    By the Grace of the Game.    The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an unprecedented American Dream. Dan Grunfeld. If you happen to be a basketball fan, the Grunfeld name may sound familiar.     Ernie Grunfeld was a star player for the Tennessee Volunteers in the 1970’s, a hometown hero with the New York Knicks and later became a successful general manager for a few NBA franchises.     Son, Dan, was a solid college player in his own right at Stanford and carved out a professional playing career in Europe and Israel.   What most may not know is the story of the authors grandparents and how they came to America.     In this book, By the Grace of the Game, it is proclaimed that the authors father is believed to be the only NBA player whose parents survived the holocaust.   The author admits to leading a privileged life while growing up in New Jersey and later Milwaukee, Wisconsin in his youth.   ...

    My Losing Season.    Pat Conroy. A Memoir.   It may have been fate tempting the exploration of this book, My Losing Season, authored by Pat Conroy.     An older book, published in 2002, yet still a relatively timeless story.     The opportunity was passed over when perusing it at a rental home while away on vacation.     A few months later, this memoir was waiting to be found in the local library.    This time a commitment and engagement were forthcoming.     Uninformed about Conroy, the esteemed author, it became pretty apparent that he penned several other distinguished and acclaimed novels.     An immediate upside upon engagement is that the reader gets to experience a piece of Conroy’s life as a youngster and the years leading through his collegiate and plebe days at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina.    Conroy did not have it easy growing up ...