Podcast appearances and mentions of Bill Pennington

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Sportswriter and author Bill Pennington joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his book Chumps to Champs: How the Worst Teams in Yankees History Led to the '90s Dynasty. To learn more about Bill Pennington, read his work at The New York Times and follow him on Twitter. Chumps to Champs was featured in September 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today's episode is sponsored by Libro.fm (promo code WRITERSBONE), As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and Misfits Markets (promo code: WRITERSBONE).

Brian Dodd joins us again to review another great list of leadership books for you to pick up this holiday season as you prepare to take your leadership skills to another level in 2022.Leadership As An Identity by Crawford Loritts (character)The Barcelona Complex by Simon Kuper (soccer)Believe Us by Melissa Reddy (soccer)Chumps to Champs by Bill Pennington (baseball)A Season In The Sun by Lars Anderson (football)BE 2.0 by Jim Collins (business/organizational)The Leader's Greatest Return by John Maxwell (personal growth)Impact Players by Liz Wiseman (peak performance)Raise Your Game by Alan Stein (peak performance)The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership by Tim Elmore (business/organizational)

Bill Pennington's house floods a lot: Three times over the course of three years. And every time his house floods, the government pays to help him repair the damage. Is something wrong here? | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Contestants: Steve Evenhouse, Bill Pennington, Jonathan Klein And now "Recreational Thinking" has its first truly international episode, with an American facing off against a Canadian native and an actual Australian who got up early to record with us all the way from the Antipodes! (Dig those exotic bird sounds in the background.) Join us as we learn about Canada, medical research, US history, international development, and of course the invaluable elephant foot yam, plus more, and stay tuned for an ending that is one-of-a-kind in "Recreational Thinking" history!! Like what you hear? Consider donating via PayPal or Patreon, and remember to leave a rating and/or review on iTunes!

Hour one of DJ & PK in the Morning for May 28, 2019: Segment 1 - DJ on the long weekend in sports Segment 2 - John Ireland, Los Angeles Lakers Radio Voice Segment 3 - Bill Pennington, "Chumps to Champs"

Hour four of DJ & PK in the Morning for May 24, 2019: Segment 1 - College football & root beer stories Segment 2 - Bill Pennington, Author of "Chumps to Champs" Segment 3 - The (Open Mic) and Tweets of the Day

ML brings on Bill Pennington to chat about his book Chumps to Champs, how the 1990's Yankee dynasty was formed, key players and trades, the highs and lows of covering the Yankees, Stick Michael's patience, Brian Cashman as a GM and front office guy, Jeter vs. Rivera in terms of impact and more!  #MLB #Yankees 

Bill Pennington is a reporter for the New York Times and has been writing about sports for twenty-five years. A former syndicated sports columnist, Pennington is a ten-time finalist and five-time winner of the Associated Press Sports Editors' national writing contest. He lives with his wife, Joyce, and three children in Warwick, New York. Bill joined the show to discuss his new book "Chumps to Champs", which explains how the worst teams in Yankees history led to the '90's dynasty. Purchase a copy here of "Chumps to Champs": https://stnr.co/2DYkkfW

On deep diving into the crappy, pre-glorious Yankee years of Brien Taylor and Mel Hall and Andy Hawkins; on when to knock on a subject's door, and whether five phone calls are too many; on seeking out jacket blurbs and landing a literary deal on a less-than-obvious subject matter.

Featuring Dr. John Huber and Kristin Walker-------------------------------------------------Why Sports Parents Sometimes Behave So BadlyThey yell at the referees, they yell at their kids, they yell at the opposing team and some even yell at their own team. They are rude, loud and many are aggressive. In a word, they are obnoxious.Who are they? They are parents behaving badly at their child’s sporting events.A recent New York Times article with video titled, “Parents Behaving Badly: Youth Sports Crisis Caught on Video,” by Bill Pennington, highlighted some pretty disgusting behavior. In the video, you can see and hear a parent at an eight-year-old youth soccer game hurling obscenities at a referee as he walked to his car. Another video showed a fan screaming obscenities while viciously kicking a ball into a nearby teenage referee.According to the National Association of Sports Officials, harassment of referees has become so egregious that 70 percent of them quit within three years. Because of this, there is now a sweeping referee shortage.The Times article describes an effort by Brian Barlow, an Oklahoma youth sports soccer referee, to thwart, embarrass and shame the growing tide of bad behavior by parents, fans and spectators at sports events. He created a Facebook page called “Offside,” which posts videos of their offensive behavior.According to the article, Barlow, who offers $100 for each clip, said, “I do it to hold people accountable — to identify and call out the small percentage of parents who create a toxic environment in youth sports. It is a very visual deterrent and not just to the person caught on video, but to others who may ask themselves: Do I look like that jerk?”Further, Barlow also started a program called STOP, which stands for Stop Tormenting Officials Permanently. The program distributes signs to be prominently displayed at youth sports complexes. Other signs include, “Warning: Screaming at Officials Not Allowed,” and “Caution: Development in Progress, Stay Out of It.”There are now six clubs in Oklahoma who have paid a one-time fee to join the STOP initiative, and over 30 leagues around the country have made inquiries.

Featuring Dr. John Huber and Kristin Walker-------------------------------------------------Why Sports Parents Sometimes Behave So BadlyThey yell at the referees, they yell at their kids, they yell at the opposing team and some even yell at their own team. They are rude, loud and many are aggressive. In a word, they are obnoxious.Who are they? They are parents behaving badly at their child’s sporting events.A recent New York Times article with video titled, “Parents Behaving Badly: Youth Sports Crisis Caught on Video,” by Bill Pennington, highlighted some pretty disgusting behavior. In the video, you can see and hear a parent at an eight-year-old youth soccer game hurling obscenities at a referee as he walked to his car. Another video showed a fan screaming obscenities while viciously kicking a ball into a nearby teenage referee.According to the National Association of Sports Officials, harassment of referees has become so egregious that 70 percent of them quit within three years. Because of this, there is now a sweeping referee shortage.The Times article describes an effort by Brian Barlow, an Oklahoma youth sports soccer referee, to thwart, embarrass and shame the growing tide of bad behavior by parents, fans and spectators at sports events. He created a Facebook page called “Offside,” which posts videos of their offensive behavior.According to the article, Barlow, who offers $100 for each clip, said, “I do it to hold people accountable — to identify and call out the small percentage of parents who create a toxic environment in youth sports. It is a very visual deterrent and not just to the person caught on video, but to others who may ask themselves: Do I look like that jerk?”Further, Barlow also started a program called STOP, which stands for Stop Tormenting Officials Permanently. The program distributes signs to be prominently displayed at youth sports complexes. Other signs include, “Warning: Screaming at Officials Not Allowed,” and “Caution: Development in Progress, Stay Out of It.”There are now six clubs in Oklahoma who have paid a one-time fee to join the STOP initiative, and over 30 leagues around the country have made inquiries.

Bill Pennington of The New York Times joins the Red Ticket Blues podcast this week.  Bill discusses the New York football Giants's topsy turvy season thus far with Josh Brown and Odell Beckham.  We get into what managers are pulling the right strings in the MLB Playoffs and if Clayton Kershaw has flipped his postseason script. Of course, Bill discusses his biography, Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius , and examine the many sides to the former player and manager and the wild times dealing with owner George Steinbrenner and managing the New York Yankees.   Follow on Twitter @brianbuck13 and @redticketblues Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, Podbean, Google Play, Spotify and other fine podcasting venues

Bill Pennington's house floods a lot: Three times in the last three years. And every time his house floods, the government pays to help him repair the damage. Is something wrong here?

“Bless me, Father, for I have sinned,” Billy Martin said.  He was in second grade.Billy Martin is a story of contrasts. He was the “other” second baseman in New York in the 1950s, playing nearly every fall opposite Brooklyn’s Jackie Robinson. He spent sixteen seasons managing in the big leagues and is considered by anyone who knows the sport to have been a true baseball genius, a field manager without peer. Yet he’s remembered more for his habit of kicking dirt at umpires, for being hired and fired by George Steinbrenner five separate times, for his rabble-rousing and public brawls on the field and off. He was combative, fiery, intimidating, bombastic, and yet endearing and beloved by the everyday fan. He was hard on his players and even harder on himself.  But he knew how to turn around a losing team like no one else. And how to entertain us every step of the way.Drawing on exhaustive interviews with friends, family, teammates, players, and countless adversaries -- and his own time covering Martin as a young sportswriter -- Bill Pennington paints an indelible portrait of a man who never backed down for the game he loved. From his upbringing in a broken home surrounded by a shantytown to his days on the Yankees in the 1950s, where he found success as a scrappy clutch player, through sixteen years of managing, including his legendary, often fraught tenure at the helm of the Yankees, Billy Martin made sure no one ever ignored him. And indeed no one could. He was the hero, the antihero, and the alter ego -- or some combination of all three -- for his short sixty-one years among us.

Trying to describe Billy Martin in one word is no easy task. Belligerent, mercurial, intelligent, aggressive, confusing, and insightful would all qualify. Because of that, he can best be remembered as a complex character. Bill Pennington’s new book, "Billy Martin: Baseball’s Flawed Genius", describes the former Yankee player and manager’s life in great detail – from his upbringing in Berkley, CA to his untimely death in a car accident in upstate New York, as well as every significant moment in-between. Photo courtesy of Getty Images Audio clips courtesy of NBC Sports and MLB Productions