What books are on your nightstand?
I have just finished reading “Dinner in Camelot,” by Joseph A. Esposito. It's a compelling story about a dinner that took place in April 1962, during the height of the Cold War, in which President John F. Kennedy and Jackie invited numerous Nobel Prize winners along with other prominent writers, scientists and scholars to the White House. It was a remarkable evening at a time when intellect and culture were respected and appreciated in the center of the American political world. Next, I will read “The Washington War: FDR's Inner Circle and the Politics of Power That Won World War II,” by James Lacey. I just read a review and am anxious to begin reading.
Which writers — novelists, playwrights, critics, journalists, poets — working today do you admire most? Any sportswriters you especially respect?
As an avid reader of history, particularly those writers who recreate the lives of American leaders who shaped the 20th century, I especially admire David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Robert A. Caro and Jon Meacham. I also enjoy the novelist John Grisham. And I have great respect for the Washington Post journalist George Will. Also, I admire and am very friendly with numerous sportswriters whom I've dealt with throughout my career in baseball. But they are too numerous to mention here and I would hate to inadvertently leave any of them off the list.
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