Stop the Presses (So I Can Get Off) Tales from Forty Years of Sportswriting

"I loved reading Clyde Bolton's articles. He was always factual, sometimes funny, never violated a trust, and always wrote what he thought needed to be said." --Gene Stallings "For those who think writing sports must be a cool way to make a living, here's ample proof. Legendary Alabama sportswriter Clyde Bolton has been almost everywhere and seen almost everything in a career spanning nearly half a century, and these tales from the inner circles of sport will drive a fan wild with envy." --Paul Hemphill, author of Lost in the Lights "Imagine yourself sitting on a front porch swing with a superb storyteller who has lived a long and interesting life. Imagine that the story teller has brushed shoulders with virtually every major athletic figure to come from Alabama in the past half century. Imagine listening as one after another Bear Bryant, Shug Jordan, Bobby and Donnie Allison come alive again, though in ways you never heard before. If you can imagine all that, and if you like what you imagine, purchase Clyde Bolton's book, Stop the Presses (So I Can Get Off): Tales from Forty Years of Sportswriting. Storytelling about sports simply doesn't get any better than this."--Wayne Flynt, author of Alabama in the Twentieth Century Clyde Bolton is an award-winning journalist and three-time Alabama Sports Columnist of the Year (1988, 1992, and 1999). The author of numerous books, most recently the novel Turn Left on Green, Bolton retired from the Birmingham News in 2001, the same year he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Writers Hall of Fame. He lives in Trussville where he and his wife, Sandra, recently celebrated their fiftieth anniversary.Bolton, Clyde is the author of 'Stop the Presses (So I Can Get Off) Tales from Forty Years of Sportswriting', published 2005 under ISBN 9780817352523 and ISBN 081735252X.