{"title":"Ron Rapoport","description":"\u003cp\u003eRON RAPOPORT is a sportswriter whose work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Daily News\u003c\/em\u003e, and the Associated Press. His recent books include \u003cem\u003eLet’s Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub, the Life of Ernie Banks\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Immortal Bobby: Bobby Jones and the Golden Age of Golf\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRapoport is the winner of the 2015 Ring Lardner Award for excellence in sports journalism. He served as the sports commentator for NPR’s Weekend Edition for two decades and wrote a sports column for the \u003cem\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/em\u003e for more than twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRon lives in Santa Monica, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRon Rapoport’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-immortal-bobby","title":"The Immortal Bobby: Bobby Jones and the Golden Age of Golf","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAcclaim for \u003cem\u003eThe Immortal Bobby\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Just when you think there is nothing new to be said or written on the subject of Bob Jones, Ron Rapoport comes along and proves that theory completely untrue. The Immortal Bobby is wonderfully reported and superbly written.\" --John Feinstein, author of \u003cem\u003eA Good Walk Spoiled \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eCaddy for Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The story of Bobby Jones's singular life is one of the most fascinating in sports history. Ron Rapoport's thoughtful, graceful style is well suited to telling that story.\" --Bob Costas, broadcaster, NBC Sports and HBO Sports\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beyond the grainy newsreels and the confetti falling on Broadway and Peachtree Street, there was an essential Bobby Jones, and Ron Rapoport reveals him splendidly in a portrait as graceful as the man. There's more here than Grand Slam 1930--the jangling nerves and self-doubt, the towering modesty in response to fame, the complexity of an Atlanta patrician, a life richly lived.\" --Gary M. Pomerantz, author of \u003cem\u003eWhere Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The skills of writing and reporting that fans of Ron Rapoport, like me, have come to expect from him over the years--candor, thoughtfulness, insight, perspective, humor--are once again demonstrated and illuminated in \u003cem\u003eThe Immortal Bobby\u003c\/em\u003e. It is an important book about an important sports figure that, typically for Rapoport, goes beyond the confines of sports and fits firmly in the context of our culture.\" --Ira Berkow, sports columnist and author of Red: A Biography of Red Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Here is Bobby Jones as you've never seen him, almost fearful in the fires of competition, and Ron Rapoport shows us how that man became a legend.\" --Dave Kindred, coauthor (with Tom Callahan) of \u003cem\u003eAround the World in 18 Holes\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0471473723\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780471473725\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Ron Rapoport","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43212293308632,"sku":"9780471473725","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780470357842_FC_mockup_v2_1740153358_ab7e1f52-e715-43dc-87ec-d335de4f3507.jpg?v=1790995904"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-ron-rapoport.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}