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Rick Telander

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Peoria, Illinois

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http://www.ricktelander.com

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February 2015

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Happy to be an author. Happier to have readers! Let me know if you'd like me to talk about anything from my books. I think I remember most of them. (joke)
I went to Richwoods High School in Peoria, got a football scholarship to Northwestern University, and started writing for money (mere pittance) after graduation in 1971.
If you need to know more, let me know. I can go on and on. PS-- I once scored 108 points in a men's league game in Bridgeport, Chicago. Six-foot and under league (I'm, a little over 6-1), four-on-four, gym (McGuane Park) so tiny you had to put your foot against the wall to take the ball out. Henry's Bait Shop (us) vs. Seemo's Schnozzles (all short and mostly drunk). Scorer ran out of room in book. FYI. ...more

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Hi in mid-winter!

Hope everybody's feeling good! Or at least OK. Winter bugs me not so much for the ice and cold--which I'm a little sick of--but for the lack of sunlight and the color green.
Dr. James Naismith invented basketball to be played indoors, so people didn't go crazy all winter long. Thanks, Doc!
Not much more to say, except give a shout-out to all my kids--Lauren Edmonds, Cary Fortin, Robin Maddox, and Read more of this blog post »

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Rick Telander’s books

Average rating: 4.16 · 2,307 ratings · 165 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors

	Heaven Is a Playground 4.23 avg rating — 1,551 ratings — published 1976 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The City Game: Basketball from the Garden to the Playgrounds by Rick Telander (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Pete Axthelm 4.08 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 1970 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Sports Writing 2016 (The Best American Series) by Rick Telander (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Glenn Stout (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 137 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hundred Yard Lie: The Corruption of College Football and What We Can Do to Stop It 3.63 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	IN THE YEAR OF THE BULL: Zen, Air and the Pursuit of Sacred and Profane Hoops 3.88 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Red Ink to Roses: The Turbulent Transformation of a Big Ten Program 3.89 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	String Music 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Like a Rose: A Thoughtful Celebration of Football [With DVD] 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joe Namath and the Other Guys 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1976 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The College Football Problem: How Money and Power Corrupted the Game and How We Can Fix That by Rick Telander (Goodreads Author), Rick Reilly (Foreword), Murray Sperber (Foreword) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars