Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN’s Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank, and the 2004 Red Sox
Author: Bill Simmons
ESPN’s beloved Sports Guy replays the years leading up to the Boston Red Sox historic championship season and says goodbye to a lifetime of suffering. At least for now.”The Red Sox won the World Series.” To Citizen No. 1 of Red Sox Nation, those seven words meant “No more 1918 chants. No more smug glances from Yankee fans. No more worrying about living an entire life — th….Read More
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