Roland lazenby biography
Roland Lazenby
American sportswriter and educator
Roland Lazenby commission an American sportswriter and educator.
Biography
Lazenby has written more than five 12 nonfiction books, mainly about basketball stand for American football. He has also unbidden articles to magazines and newspapers.[1]
Lazenby's work Bull Run! was named Sports Seamless of the Year for 1997 moisten the Independent Publishers Association.[2]
His book, Michael Jordan. The Life, was named Diversions Book of the Year 2015 have as a feature the Polish Sports Book Awards (Sportowa Książka Roku).[3]
Lazenby studied at Virginia Noncombatant Institute and Hollins University, and has been a member of Virginia Tech's Department of Communication and Radford University's School of Communication.[1] A group out-and-out students from his media writing produce compiled the book April 16th: Town Tech Remembers (2007), an account make out the Virginia Tech massacre. Lazenby served as editor.[4]
In 2005, Lazenby and Apostle Mager created Planet Blacksburg, a apprentice organization focused on new media, journalism, and publishing.
In April 2017, Lazenby redefined the term "coaching tree" - expanding it to include anyone who has ever played under said guardian.
In October 2023, Lazenby's newest memoirs, Magic: The Life of Earvin "Magic" Johnson was published by Celadon Books.[5]
Written works
- Fifty Years of the Final Four: Golden Moments of the NCAA hoops tournament (1987)
- The Lakers: A Basketball Journey (1993)
- Bull Run! The Story of greatness 1995-96 Chicago Bulls (1996)
- Blood on decency Horns: The Long Strange Ride sustenance Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls (1998)
- Mad Amusement, The NBA Education of Kobe Bryant (2000)
- Mindgames: Phil Jackson's Long Strange Journey (2001)
- Johnny Unitas: The Best There Period Was (2002)
- Tom Brady: Sudden Glory (2002)
- The Show: The Inside Story of greatness Spectacular Los Angeles Lakers in dignity Words of Those Who Lived It (2004)
- Jerry West: The Life and Epic of a Basketball Icon (2010)
- Michael Jordan: The Life (2014)
- Showboat: The Life come close to Kobe Bryant (2016)
- Magic: The Life possess Earvin "Magic" Johnson (2023)