America's favorite sportswriter teams up with Red Auerbach, the most successful and admired coach in basketball history, Red Auerbach, to tell the best stories of a legendary life.
Living legend Arnold "Red" Auerbach led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships-eight of them consecutive-during his 17 years tenure in Boston, from 1950 to 1966. The fiery coach is a unique personality. As a coach, he never stood still along the sidelines, and in retirement he remains a lively part of the game, still consulted by coaches, players, and general managers at age 86. For years, John Feinstein has met regularly with Red Auerbach and his friends, drawing out Red's life story in a raucous series of unforgettable sessions. From those smoke-and laughter-filled rooms come the colorful reports about all the players and coaches Red has worked with and played against over the years.
Red Auerbach has been synonymous with the Boston Celtics since 1950, so it's not surprising that he's got a half-century's worth of basketball stories. Most of the sections of this recording begin with the phrase, "Did I ever tell you about...." It's a formula that threatens to get tedious. Here's the funny thing, though: It doesn't. Auerbach's stories, as related through author John Feinstein, are witty, observant, and well told. Narrator Arnie Mazer's voice is just right for the two of them, making Auerbach come across not as a man living in the past, but as a likable, generous, and dryly funny guy whose friends and memories are the most important things in his life. D.B. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine
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