NYT BEST SELLING AUTHOR/NATIONAL BASEBALL WRITER TIM BROWN
National baseball writer and multiple time New York Times best selling author Tim Brown joins the show to discuss his latest book; NOLAN: The Singular Life Of An American Original.
The definitive biography of Nolan Ryan, arguably the greatest pitcher in the history of baseball.
Tim talks about why he chose Nolan Ryan to be the subject of his latest book .
We look back on Nolan Ryan and what role he played in the Miracle Mets in 1969
What would Nolan Ryan look like in today's game?
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On this episode of Locked Up Sports, Bob Walters welcomes legendary national baseball writer and New York Times bestselling author Tim Brown to discuss his brand-new book Nolan: The Singular Life of an American Original — an in-depth look at the life, career, and larger-than-life legacy of baseball icon Nolan Ryan.
Tim Brown has covered baseball at the highest level for decades, chronicling everything from the Yankees dynasty years to Michael Jordan’s Bulls and some of the biggest moments in sports history. In this conversation, he takes us behind the scenes of writing one of the most anticipated baseball biographies in years.
Topics Include:
- Why Nolan Ryan remains one of the most fascinating figures in baseball history
- Untold stories from Ryan’s legendary MLB career
- Ryan’s unmatched mentality, toughness, and work ethic
- The evolution of pitching from Ryan’s era to today’s game
- What made Nolan Ryan such a uniquely American sports figure
- Tim Brown’s experiences covering MLB for decades
- Stories from the Yankees dynasty era and baseball’s biggest personalities
- The current state of Major League Baseball
- How today’s game compares to previous generations
- The art of sports journalism and writing long-form baseball books
Tim Brown’s new book Nolan: The Singular Life of an American Original is available now.
If you love baseball history, great storytelling, and conversations with some of the biggest names in sports media, this is an episode you don’t want to miss.
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Author/Sports Columnist
Tim Brown is a New York Times bestselling author and an award-winning national sports columnist covering Major League Baseball most recently at Yahoo! Sports for nearly 15 years. He formerly served as a national baseball columnist at the Los Angeles Times and freelanced for the Wall Street Journal, and also had stints as a reporter earlier in his career at The Star-Ledger, Cincinnati Enquirer, and the Los Angeles Daily News.
Tim is a renowned, award-winning sportswriter with a national reputation for writing human interest stories, ranging from in-depth features on Mike Trout to Derek Jeter to Kim Ng throughout their careers, to covering broader cultural issues in sports from controversy around steroid usage in the game, as well as the under representation of Black baseball players. He also has written personal essays, spotlighted local efforts to elevate underprivileged youth baseball players, and championed women rising through the ranks of the League.
Earlier in his career, Tim covered the Los Angeles Lakers for the Los Angeles Times for five years, writing hundreds of stories and front-page features about the storied championship team in the era of Phil Jackson, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal.
As a New York Times bestselling author, he's written two non-fiction books. The first, in 2013, was a biography about Jim Abbott, a candid and reflective life story, about his journey as a one-handed pitcher. The second book, released in 2018, chronicled the rise, fall and comeback of pitcher-turned-outfielder Rick Ankiel.
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