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For our first book selection, a Yankee

June 17, 2009 at 3:22 pm by Monica Potts

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Starting June 22, we’ll be reading “A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez” by Selena Roberts, a former New York Times sports columnist and writer for Sports Illustrated. Dave Ruden, Elizabeth Kim and I will be discussing the meat of the book, and what it means for sports and journalism. Feel free to jump in at any time!


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Notes about reading our first selection

June 17, 2009 at 2:58 pm by Dave Ruden

I have to admit, the overriding reason for my participation in discussing “A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez,” is to help my colleague Monica get her blog off the ground. As a fellow blogger, I understand the importance of trying to get an audience right away and then grow it.

Truth be told, I would appear the wrong person for this project. I have lost a lot of interest in baseball over the years; the sport has become too slow and I have a difficult time focusing through an entire game. In addition, with limited discretionary time to read, I lean almost on a steady diet of fiction, mostly literate mysteries. Add in the fact that thanks to George Steinbrenner I am no longer a Yankees fan and, like many, get sick of the whole athlete-steroid debate, and one would have to wonder why Monica would want me involved and why I would accept.

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Dave Ruden

Dave Ruden

Dave Ruden is a reporter and columnist who covers the FCIAC and local sports for the Stamford Advocate.
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For November, I'll be reading American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham, which won the Pulitzer Prize last year. We'll update our book club selection for December and January shortly.

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  • Marilyn Ramos is a partner at the Stamford litigation law firm of Silver Golub & Teitell. She is a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association and the Connecticut Bar Association. She is currently on the Board of Directors of the Fairfield County Bar Association and the Fairfield County Bar Foundation. She received her law degree from Pace University School of Law in 1989 and is a member of the Connecticut and New York bars. Prior to her career in law, she was a teacher with the Greenwich Public Schools and worked for the Stamford Human Rights Commission. Her views expressed on this blog are completely her own and do not represent those of Silver Golub & Teitell.
  • Roy J. Nirschel is president of Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I. He grew up in Stamford and his father was a firefighter on the West Side. He received his bachelor's degree from Southern Connecticut State University and went on to receive a master's degree in public administration and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Miami. He has traveled around the world, visiting 35 countries, but said, "I can’t credit on the road with getting me on the road."