Speaking to GOATs: The Moments You Keep in mind and the Tales You By no means Heard

INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!

WITH A FOREWORD BY TOM BRADY

 “As a sportscaster and sports activities historian, Jim’s profession genuinely stands the check of time. . . . This e book is sports activities historical past about a number of the greats by one of many greats, who was taking all of it in on the sidelines, within the stands or the dugout, by the eighteenth inexperienced, courtside, or within the broadcast sales space.”  —Tom Brady, seven-time NFL Tremendous Bowl champion GOAT

A riveting, insightful memoir of never-before-told tales from Jim Grey, twelve-time Emmy Award-winner, Corridor of Fame sports activities broadcaster, and famend interviewer— that explores the writer’s profession and the within tales and memorable moments of the well-known legends he has lined together with, Muhammad Ali, Tom Brady, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Michael Jordan and Mike Tyson.

In Speaking to GOATs, award-winning broadcaster Jim Grey appears to be like again at his 4 a long time of sports activities reporting from the unparalleled perspective of one of many world’s most revered and expert interviewers.  A journalist who many iconic athletes have trusted to inform their tales (of each triumph and shame), Jim has had unprecedented entry to the individuals, locations and extraordinary occasions on the earth of sports activities. Asking powerful however truthful questions, he has damaged quite a few tales, and landed squarely in the midst of others, from the Ben Johnson and Barry Bonds steroid scandals, to Michael Jordan’s shock retirement, to the off-the-court Kobe/Shaq feud which led to their on-the-court break up, to being a part of the reside broadcast for twenty-two Tremendous Bowls.  He’s climbed into the ring to interview Mike Tyson after he bit off a bit of Evander Holyfield’s ear, and stood subsequent to Ron Artest when the  “Malice on the Palace” melee erupted, and was on website on the bombing of the Atlanta Olympics.

Anybody who has watched Jim effortlessly interact his topics on the exact second of triumph or tragedy has little concept what it takes to safe the interview, or what really occurs when the digital camera cuts away.  These are actual, mesmerizing, and beforehand untold tales.  Speaking to GOATs options quite a few world-class athletes, together with Muhammad Ali, Tom Brady, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Floyd Mayweather, Michael Phelps, Mike Tyson and Tiger Woods, and world leaders George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Mikhail Gorbachev, and lots of extra. On every web page, Jim provides the reader a coveted all-access move as he critiques the most effective interviews, the most effective athletes, and the most effective video games in fashionable sports activities historical past. It’s like a private introduction to the characters and careers of those heroes and villains we’ve recognized since childhood. He examines how cash, superstar, the media, and energy work together, and the way sports activities, greater than some other establishment, has led to momentous transformations in American society.