Off Mike by Mike Emrick
Emrick loves stories and loves to tell them. Yesterday in broadcasting. Tomorrow in book form. --Steve Simmons, Toronto Sun
After nearly 50 years behind the microphone, the voice of hockey in America opens up in a must-read memoir.
Mike Doc Emrick has seen everything there is to see in a hockey game. Sizzling slap shots. Commitment, courage, and camaraderie. Pugnacious pugilists. Game-winning goals. To hockey fans across the country, his voice--and vocabulary--have become synonymous with the game they love.
In Off Mike, Doc takes readers back to the beginning, detailing how a Pittsburgh Pirates fan from small-town Indiana found himself in the wild world of professional hockey, calling games for the New Jersey Devils, Philadelphia Flyers, and finally NBC. He's covered All-Star Games, Stanley Cup Finals, the Olympics, and everything in between, rubbing shoulders with hockey's immortals both on and off the ice. Yet Doc's life has had its share of ups and downs, from almost leaving behind the love of his life to the passing of beloved companions to personal health scares.After years of being welcomed into our homes, in this autobiography Doc welcomes us into his, revealing the stories, wit, and wisdom that have made him one of the most beloved figures in sports.
"I was lucky enough to do the foreword in Doc's book Off Mike: How a Kid from Basketball-Crazy Indiana Became America's NHL Voice, with Kevin Allen, and I wrote that the greatest compliment Doc ever gave me was, 'I hope that when Eddie Olczyk is 65, he has someone who takes care of him as well as he's taken care of me' That means a lot" -- Eddie Olczyk, NHL.com
"Such details endeared him to avid fans of the sport at the same time his enthusiastic, cleverly worded calls engaged casual ones." -- Neil Best, Newsday
"Emrick loves stories and loves to tell them. Yesterday in broadcasting. Tomorrow in book form." -- Steve Simmons, Toronto Sun
"Such details endeared him to avid fans of the sport at the same time his enthusiastic, cleverly worded calls engaged casual ones." -- Neil Best, Newsday
"Emrick loves stories and loves to tell them. Yesterday in broadcasting. Tomorrow in book form." -- Steve Simmons, Toronto Sun
Kevin Allen is founder & chairman of Planet Jockey, which specializes in gamified leadership training, and re: kap, a business transformation company which counts Google, Burberry, Smythson, Swedbank and Verizon among its global clients. He is recognized as one of the world s most accomplished growth professionals.
He is the best-selling author of The Hidden Agenda: A Proven Way to Business and Create a Following (Bibliomotion, 2012), and also The Case of the Missing Cutlery: A Leadership Course for the Rising Star (Bibliomotion, 2014), which has been featured on BBC Radio s Four Thought leadership series.
With decades at the top of advertising giants McCann-WorldGroup, the Interpublic Group and Lowe and Partners Worldwide, Kevin worked with such brands as MasterCarddeveloping the globally famous Priceless campaignMicrosoft, Marriott, Smith Barney, Nestle, L'Oreal, Lufthansa and Johnson & Johnson, and was an early part of Rudy Giuliani's team that prepared the way for the successful Mayoral election and turnaround strategies for the City of New York.
An academy instructor at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and Eurobest Festival, and a visiting lecturer at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and the European Business School at Regents College London, Kevin is a featured speaker at companies like Google, Microsoft and has appeared on BBC.
Lawrence Flanagan: Lawrence Flanagan is the Executive Dean of College of Business at the University of New Haven. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished global marketing leaders in the country.
He is the best-selling author of The Hidden Agenda: A Proven Way to Business and Create a Following (Bibliomotion, 2012), and also The Case of the Missing Cutlery: A Leadership Course for the Rising Star (Bibliomotion, 2014), which has been featured on BBC Radio s Four Thought leadership series.
With decades at the top of advertising giants McCann-WorldGroup, the Interpublic Group and Lowe and Partners Worldwide, Kevin worked with such brands as MasterCarddeveloping the globally famous Priceless campaignMicrosoft, Marriott, Smith Barney, Nestle, L'Oreal, Lufthansa and Johnson & Johnson, and was an early part of Rudy Giuliani's team that prepared the way for the successful Mayoral election and turnaround strategies for the City of New York.
An academy instructor at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and Eurobest Festival, and a visiting lecturer at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and the European Business School at Regents College London, Kevin is a featured speaker at companies like Google, Microsoft and has appeared on BBC.
Lawrence Flanagan: Lawrence Flanagan is the Executive Dean of College of Business at the University of New Haven. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished global marketing leaders in the country.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781629378039 |
| ISBN 10 | 1629378038 |
| Title | Off Mike |
| Author | Mike Emrick |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Triumph Books |
| Year published | 2020-10-20 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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