Season 14 Episode 10- Kostya Kennedy, Giles Richards

The Sports-Casters

Steve interviews Kostya Kennedy (00:22:32) former senior writer for Sports Illustrated. Kostya joins us to talk about his book, 56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports. Kostya makes his debut to talk about Joe DiMaggio, the Italian-American experience, DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak and his life after baseball. Kostya explains his attitude later in his like and the impact his divorce with Marilyn Monroe had on it. Also, the pressure of the hit streak, hoe close it was to being 73 not 56, and the alleged abandoned trade of DiMaggio to the Red Sox for Ted Williams. Kennedy also previews his upcoming book on Paul Revere, talks about his favorite work from his time at SI, and discusses what SI means to him. Also, Giles Richards debuts (01:12:57) to discuss his new book about Formula One racing. Giles explains his love for Formula One, the reason he chose to focus his book on the people behind the scenes that make F1 go, and other insights and stories fro the F1 beat. Steve and Giles also have some fun ribbing about the then upcoming Euros. This interview was recored in June before the hiatus. Apologies to Giles for not getting it posted sooner. Besides a few minutes of Euros banter the interview is evergreen content. Steve starts the show with First Things First and covers the Azzurri disappointing at the Euros, the Braves and their outlook post-trade deadline, and the first week of the Olympics. The book club has a retuning friend for his annual contribution to the club. The show ends with one last thing about the revenue for the four major sports leagues in North America and how that money is earned. For more information follow the podcast on twitter @sports_casters Email: [email protected]