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Exit 10: A Sporting Life Just Off The Jersey Turnpike
Tom Cheche's broadcasting and newspaper career took him from the locker rooms of the NBA Champion New York Knicks and the NHL New York Rangers to pit roads at Daytona and Indianapolis, from the broadcast booth to the team bus. This is what came first.
"Exit 10" is, at turns, a sports story and coming of age tale, the adventures of a lunatic gang of sports geeks and their passage to adulthood. It is Everyman's sports memoir, the story of a sports-crazed kid who knew he was lousy and wished for the next best thing to being a professional athlete -- being a sports reporter covering his heroes -- and how he got there.
"Exquisite, clear-minded writing. Sharply-told stories that touch the soul. Tom Cheche's 'Exit 10' is a book every lover of sports and each person of a certain age will read more than once and be warmed anew each time." -Bruce Valley, Author, " Confessions of an Old Hockey Goalie"
"It was my bad luck to miss meeting my very comical, slightly crazy friend Tom Cheche until the latter stages of his Jersey sports odyssey, but, man, after reading 'Exit 10' I felt like I was along for the entire uproarious ride from Metuchen to the broadcast booth, to Madison Square Garden. What a trip!" -Bob Boyles, Co-author, "The USA Today College Football Encyclopedia"
"Exit 10" is, at turns, a sports story and coming of age tale, the adventures of a lunatic gang of sports geeks and their passage to adulthood. It is Everyman's sports memoir, the story of a sports-crazed kid who knew he was lousy and wished for the next best thing to being a professional athlete -- being a sports reporter covering his heroes -- and how he got there.
"Exquisite, clear-minded writing. Sharply-told stories that touch the soul. Tom Cheche's 'Exit 10' is a book every lover of sports and each person of a certain age will read more than once and be warmed anew each time." -Bruce Valley, Author, " Confessions of an Old Hockey Goalie"
"It was my bad luck to miss meeting my very comical, slightly crazy friend Tom Cheche until the latter stages of his Jersey sports odyssey, but, man, after reading 'Exit 10' I felt like I was along for the entire uproarious ride from Metuchen to the broadcast booth, to Madison Square Garden. What a trip!" -Bob Boyles, Co-author, "The USA Today College Football Encyclopedia"
252 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 3, 2014
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About the author
Tom Cheche
2 books1 followerAward winning broadcaster and writer Tom Cheche began his career in the 1970’s at WBRW in New Jersey and UPI Radio, where he won recognition for sports reporting, including his coverage of the 1973 Indianapolis 500. He worked for Associated Press Radio, Mutual Sports, and Motor Racing Network, winning multiple awards from the Eastern Motorsports Press Association.
While News Director at WPOC radio in Baltimore he was president of the Chesapeake AP Broadcasters Association, and was motor sports columnist for the Baltimore Sun from 1976-1986, where his work won numerous awards.
His work has also appeared in the Sunday Sun Features section, Computer Gaming World magazine, and GOAL!, the program of the World Hockey Association.
Most recently, he was named winner of a 2008 Solas Award for Best Travel Writing.
While News Director at WPOC radio in Baltimore he was president of the Chesapeake AP Broadcasters Association, and was motor sports columnist for the Baltimore Sun from 1976-1986, where his work won numerous awards.
His work has also appeared in the Sunday Sun Features section, Computer Gaming World magazine, and GOAL!, the program of the World Hockey Association.
Most recently, he was named winner of a 2008 Solas Award for Best Travel Writing.
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