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| Beyond the Sports Huddle: Mona on Minnesota | 
 enlarge | Author: Dave Mona
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 38842
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 0760332339
Dewey Decimal Number: 070.4497960922
EAN: 9780760332337
ASIN: 0760332339
Publication Date: August 15, 2008
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Product Description
If it happened in Minnesota sports in the last forty years, Dave Mona was there. Working the sports beat for print and radio, covering the big stories and the ones others missed, rubbing shoulders with the stars and introducing the rookies, Mona is a longtime fixture on the sports scene. Join Dave Mona as he revisits a lifetime of vignettes, each one a window onto Minnesota’s sports world. As he recounts his days reporting on the Twins and the Gophers, sparring with Sid Hartman on their Sports Huddle radio program, and preparing his award-winning pregame vignettes for Gopher football, Mona takes readers behind the scenes to meet celebrities and characters like Hartman, Billy Martin, Rod Carew, Dave Moore, Halsey Hall, Molly Ivins, and many more. A wonderful story of life around the locker room, his book is also a portrait of a remarkable personality and a fascinating aspect of Minnesota’s cultural world.
Book Description
Join Dave Mona as he revisits a lifetime of vignettes, each one a window onto the Minnesota sports scene. As he recounts his days reporting on the Twins and the Gophers, sparring with Sid Hartman on the radio, and preparing his award-winning pregame vignettes for Gopher football, Mona takes readers behind the scenes to meet celebrities and characters like Hartman, Billy Martin, Dave Moore, Halsey Hall, Molly Ivins, and many more. A wonderful story of life around the locker room, this book is also a portrait of a remarkable personality and a fascinating aspect of Minnesota’s cultural world.
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| Customer Reviews:
Great read . . . a must read if you live in Minnesota! November 7, 2008
Dave Mona has a talent for creating word pictures with his masterful storytelling. You will laugh out loud, chuckle, be touched and enjoy every minute. You will be treated to tales of sports experiences (all kinds of sports at all levels) and personalities that will have your attention the whole time. A must read for anyone living in Minnesota!
Great Storytelling September 28, 2008
Reading Beyond the Sports Huddle: Mona on Minnesota is like listening to a good speaker. Author Dave Mona is a natural storyteller. The stories he tells span three decades of Minnesota sports history. Dave describes growing up in south Minneapolis, becoming a sports card collector and attending games at the old Nicollet Park. In a later section he shares stories about his experiences in journalism including inventing election returns for a television station, covering the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, reporting on the Minnesota Twins under unpredictable manager Billy Martin and working behind the scenes to bring the Super Bowl to Minnesota. Dave also shares stories from his 27 years on the radio with legendary Minnesota sports writer Sid Hartman. The book is an ideal gift for people who live or grew up in Minnesota or for sports fans anywhere.
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