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About Bob D'Angelo
Digital news producer for Cox Media Group since 2016. Worked at The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune as a sports copy editor from 1988 to 2015, and as a digital news producer for TBO.com from 2015 to 2016. Sportswriter at The Stuart (Fla.) News from 1980 to 1988, where I won 12 statewide awards for deadline writing, columns, investigative reporting and design. Majored in journalism at the University of Florida and earned a master's degree in American history at Southern New Hampshire University. Baseball history fan, love history and genealogy.Bob D’Angelo spent more than three decades as a sportswriter and sports copy editor, including 28 years on the sports copy desk at The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune. He can be reached at bdangelo57@gmail.com. For more information, visit Bob D’Angelo’s Books and Blogs.
NBN Episodes hosted by Bob:
August 3, 2021
Clubbie
Today we are joined by Greg Larson, author of Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir (University of Nebraska, 2021). In Clubbie, Larson shares his un…
April 14, 2021
The Fastest Game in the World
Today we are joined by Bruce Berglund, author of The Fastest Game in the World: Hockey and the Globalization of Sports (University of California Press…
December 9, 2020
The Knicks of the Nineties
Today we are joined by Paul Knepper, author of the book, The Knicks of the Nineties: Ewing, Oakley, Starks and the Brawlers That Almost Won It All (Mc…
August 12, 2020
Little Wonder
Today we are joined by Sasha Abramsky, author of Little Wonder: The Fabulous Story of Lottie Dod, the World’s First Female Sports Superstar (Akashic B…
June 10, 2020
Tiger Woods’s Back and Tommy John’s Elbow
Today we are joined by Dr Jonathan Gelber, author of the book Tiger Woods’s Back and Tommy John’s Elbow: Injuries and Tragedies That Transformed Caree…
May 25, 2020
Bouton
Today we are joined by Dr. Mitchell Nathanson, author of the book Bouton: The Life of a Baseball Original (University of Nebraska Press, 2020). Nathan…
February 6, 2020
The Wax Pack
Today we are joined by Brad Balukjian, author of the book The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife (University of Nebraska, 20…
May 28, 2019
Play Ball!
Today we are joined by Alexander Barnes, who co-wrote Play Ball! Doughboys and Baseball during the Great War (Schiffer Publishing, 2019) with Peter F.…
March 26, 2019
Baseball Hall of Fame Autographs
Today we are joined by Ron Keurajian, author of the book Baseball Hall of Fame Autographs: A Reference Guide (Second Edition) (McFarland, 2018). Keura…
March 15, 2019
Last Seasons in Havana
Today we are joined by César Brioso, author of the book Last Seasons in Havana: The Castro Revolution and the End of Professional Baseball In Cuba (Un…
November 9, 2018
Ty Cobb Unleashed
Today we are joined by Howard W. Rosenberg, author of Ty Cobb Unleashed: The Definitive Counter-Biography of the Chastened Racist (Tile Books, 2018). …
October 5, 2018
Collision of Wills
Today we are joined by Jack Gilden, author of the book Collision of Wills: Johnny Unitas, Don Shula, and the Rise of the Modern NFL (University of Neb…
September 3, 2018
The Age of Ruth and Landis
Today we are joined by David George Surdam, co-author with Michael J. Haupert of the book The Age of Ruth and Landis: The Economics of Baseball during…
August 27, 2018
September 1918
Today we are joined by Skip Desjardin, author of the book September 1918: War, Plague, and the World Series (Regnery History, 2018). In this work, whi…
May 9, 2018
Pigskin Nation
Today we are joined by Jesse Berrett, author of Pigskin Nation: How the NFL Remade American Politics (University of Illinois Press, 2018). Berrett is …
April 26, 2018
The Pitcher and the Dictator
Today we are joined by Averell “Ace” Smith, The Pitcher and the Dictator: Satchel Paige’s Unlikely Season in the Dominican Republic (University of Neb…
April 4, 2018
One Goal
Today we are joined by Amy Bass, author of the book One Goal: A Coach, A Team, and the Game that Brought a Divided Town Together (Hachette Books, 2018…
March 30, 2018
Tinker to Evers to Chance
Today we are joined by David Rapp, author of the book Tinker to Evers to Chance: The Chicago Cubs and the Dawn of Modern America (University of Chicag…
February 1, 2018
The Year of the Pitcher
Today we are joined by Sridhar Pappu, author of the book The Year of the Pitcher: Bob Gibson, Denny McLain and the End of Baseball's Golden Age (Hough…
December 21, 2017
The New Boys of Summer
Today we are joined by Paul Hensler, author of the book The New Boys of Summer: Baseball's Radical Transformation in the Late Sixties (Rowman and Litt…
December 15, 2017
Terry Bradshaw
Today we are joined by Brett L. Abrams, author of the book Terry Bradshaw: From Super Bowl Champion to Television Personality (Rowman & Littlefiel…
November 16, 2017
Tall Tales and Short Shorts
Today we are joined by Adam J. Criblez, author of the book Tall Tales and Short Shorts: Dr. J, Pistol Pete, and The Birth of the Modern NBA (Rowman &a…