Harvey Frommer on Sports

This is a well-executed retelling of the game and its surroundings from all points of view: officials, coaches, players, the media, and even fans. Among the narrative's best parts are ...

1. Pete Rozelle hung out in a Miami Hotel men's room for a couple of hours and adjusted ...

This is a well-executed retelling of the game and its surroundings from all points of view: officials, coaches, ...

For the loyal legion of fans of one of the greatest players in the history of the New ...

The news that one of my all-time football heroes and TV football broadcasters had passed filled me with ...

The recent good news that Nancy Lieberman was hired by the Sacramento Kings as the National Basketball Association's ...

For those Yankee lovers and Yankee haters and all those in between who have responded to my first ...

Remembering the 1999 All-Star Game.

With the All Star Game on the horizon and mid-summer approaching, a triple play of top baseball reads ...

There have been many inside baseball with a gift for gab; however, in my book no one ever ...

Before the shot clock era, the NBA suffered from stall tactics.

There was only one Casey Stengel....

Excerpt from When it was Just a Game: Remembering the First Super Bowl

How NBA teams nicknames came about.

Author Harvey Frommer reviews sports books "Billy Martin", "Riverside International Raceway", "The Games Must Go On", "Split Season", ...

The NBA Draft, which used to be as long as 12 rounds, has changed dramatically over the years.

The ’27 New York Yanks were the greatest baseball team of all time. Read on in the book ...

Foreword From the New "Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball"

Jacob Ruppert always insisted "Yankee Stadium was a mistake, not mine, but the Giants." And in truth, had ...

Next fall my WHEN IT WAS JUST A GAME will be taking center stage. As promised, for those ...

The National Hockey League seasons come and go. There is always a lot of excitement due to various ...

1.   Some wanted the brand new Yankee Stadium in 1923 to be called "Ruth Stadium." They settled for ...

NFL football is center stage. And you gotta love it. Next fall my WHEN IT WAS JUST A ...

IN THE WORKS FOR FALL 2015: Written by acclaimed sports author and oral historian Harvey Frommer, with an ...

The 2014 baseball season belongs to history as do so many others. Now as we move into winter, ...

With the 2014 World Series in full swing, with all the hype and hoopla in the air, a ...

Better known as the "Rens," the New York Renaissance Five was the first all-black professional basketball team. They ...