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William Nack

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by rponting, Oct 12, 2007.

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  1. friend of the friendless

    friend of the friendless Active Member

    Sirs, Madames,

    I'm a huge fan--hard to pick a piece better than his ode to Secretariat but his tracking down (maybe) Bobby Fischer would be up there for me. I know it would not be to everybody's taste (and part of me desperately wanted him to pull the trigger and just tackle Fischer, not letting go until he answered some questions). Maybe I like it because there's as much Nack as Fischer in the story.

    YHS, etc
     
    friend of the friendless, Oct 13, 2007
    #13
  2. rponting

    rponting Member

    An inspiration, for sure
     
    rponting, Oct 13, 2007
    #14
  3. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    THE SHELL ANSWER MAN REPORTS:

    Nack is now with the WWL, doing writing and voiceover work for a series of essays (on prominent people, in all sports) the network is producing.

    He consulted on their Ruffian in-house movie, and they picked up on him, then.
     
    Ben_Hecht, Oct 15, 2007
    #15
  4. MU_was_not_so_hard

    MU_was_not_so_hard Active Member

    If I remember correctly, dude slept in Secretariat's stable the night before the horse was put down.
    He spoke at a journalism conference I was at in college and the room of the 20 or so of us was almost in tears just by hearing him retell the story.
     
    MU_was_not_so_hard, Oct 15, 2007
    #16
  5. Dignan

    Dignan Guest

    The book on Secretariat is one of the top three or four sports books I've ever read, up there with Moneyball, The Breaks of the Game and Season On the Brink.
     
    Dignan, Oct 15, 2007
    #17
  6. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    I have the Secretariat book and My Turf around here somewhere.
    Must find.
     
    Moderator1, Oct 15, 2007
    #18
  7. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    I'm all over that. Thanks for the link. I forget that the amazon.com used section has criminally-good deals sometimes.
     
    playthrough, Oct 15, 2007
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