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America's favorite sportswriter teams up with Red Auerbach, the most successful and admired coach in basketball history, to tell the best stories of a legendary life.

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"These great storytellers make this book so effortless to read that you can almost hear Red reciting each line and smell him lighting up that famous cigar." (Publishers Weekly)
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Red Who?

Growing up in Indiana, basketball was almost a religion for me. So why have I never heard of Red Auerbach? Probably because he wasn’t on the HS team? What a sheltered life!!
Feinstein does a great job of showcasing how this great coach approaches life – lots of wisdom, humor and insight into basketball and life. Great storytelling about a charming and fascinating man

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great story, poor narration

If you are a Celts fan, this is a beauty.. both informationally & nostalgically.. the problem is the reading... it is horrendous. I thought for sure it was the author reading, but it wasn't. Hard to believe the guy got paid for this. No real emotion, and his emphasis (within phrases & sentences) is consistently off.. jarringly so.