HATE MAIL FROM CHEERLEADERS And Other Adventures from The Life of Reilly

You'd think narrating the award-winning Reilly's collection of columns from SPORTS ILLUSTRATED would be easy, but when the writer has the range of Rick Reilly, it's a challenge. Lloyd James is up to the task of delivering these stories of a blind man who gets to "see" his favorite team, Reilly's own experience coaching his daughter's middle school basketball team, a high school cross-country runner with cerebral palsy, and more. The columns range from the poignant to the humorous to the critical, and James reads each with an appropriate tone. Reilly offers fascinating insights about people who play sports, and many who don't. The author's postscripts on his columns are a bonus. Casual and die-hard sports fans will appreciate, laugh over, and empathize with these. M.B. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/ MAY 08]