Dick Enberg, Oh My! [With CD]

I love Dick Enberg anyway and when I realized he grew up near Detroit, like myself, I was dying to read his autobiography. I am glad I did, he did a great job putting his life and career on paper and bringing the reader into the world of sports.Enberg is on a short list of national level announcers who endured many decades and many sports, so the stories and the experiences are priceless. I had no idea of his accomplishments before my fan hood (circa 1979) and was quite impressed to learn he was [...]

A breezy fun read. RIP Dick Enberg. A true spinner of tales. Glad I spent so many late nights listening to him wax poetic during West Coast Padres games. It was fun to read his tales from the booth, he had a great seat for many a sports moment, and along with wandering through this tome I have gone back and forth to YouTube to hear his calls, see some of his specials, listen to his stories. This was a good book and I am glad he told his story.

Fire Up, Chips!

Dick Enberg is one of my favorite sports broadcasters and should rank as one of the best all-time. However, this autobiography was somewhat disappointing. I wanted more insights into how he did his job, especially the NFL and Super Bowls. Enberg also covered several Olympics and very little was spent in the book on that part of his career. (Enberg was reportedly considered to be the prime-time host of the U.S.-boycotted Moscow Summer Olympics in 1980. NBC ended up cancelling its prime time cover [...]

Picked this book up on a whim from one of the used bookstores in the area and Oh My! this book was a very good read.I've always enjoyed Dick Enberg and his sportscasting over the yearsis is his story from his beginnings in Michigan to his years working in College Basketball alongside Al McGuire to his other sportscasting duties. Its a very easy read and there is also the CD that comes with it (will be listening to that at my leisure soon enough). Definitely recommended for the sports nut.cially [...]

If you are a Dick Enberg fan, this book is a must-read but even the casual sports fan would enjoy this behind-the-scenes view of sports broadcasting. My only regret is I don't have the CD. I would love a CD with some of his best calls. He is truly one of the best ever. I read this book in two days because I couldn't put it down.

I've enjoyed Enberg's work over the years but after reading this I almost don't like him. I guess I have a problem with autobiographies. Only one I've ever liked was Ben Franklin's.