Steven Robert Travers's Reviews
Reviews of Steven’s Work
Apr.22.2013
Published by LOS ANGELES TIMES
Each day the sports pages teem with wins and losses, statistics and scores, victors and runners-up. But that's not all.
"Sports don't just have to be about touchdowns and...
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May.05.2012
Published by http://phillyflash.mlblogs.com/2012/05/03/book-review-and-radio-review-the-last-icon-tom-seaver-and-
I’ve been a huge Tom Seaver fan for most of my life so when I discovered that there was a new book out about his career I immediately snatched it up….yes, that’s correct my...
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Sep.25.2011
Published by NEW YORK POST BLOG
A New York Post sportswriter once referred to Tom Seaver as “the last of the non-adulterous ballplayers.” A fascinating new book, “The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times,”...
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Dec.21.2010
Published by BISON BOOKS
“Aaron Pribble has written what I call the Oy! Testament, a true,
detailed accounting of his year playing ball in Israel, of all places.
Chock-full of color about Jewish life in...
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Nov.11.2010
Published by Amazon.com
In an age of the second rate, the low rent and the umimpressive; of pornography, video games, text messaging and other irrelevancies of the human spirit, comes a beautiful,...
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Jan.09.2009
Published by BASEBALL AMERICA
By Steven Travers (The Lyons Press, $24.95). On its 40-year anniversary, the story of the ultimate underdogs.
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Sep.25.2009
Published by ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Matt Leinart led one of the most talented college teams ever. But Leinart says he was no "Tinsel Town guy," so the attention at USC was a change. "ESPN started calling USC a '...
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Sep.25.2009
Published by ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
For "What It Means to be a Trojan," author Steven Travers interviewed dozens of former USC football players – from unknown kickers to Heisman-winning quarterbacks, from the 1930s...
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Aug.21.2009
Published by ORANGE COUNTY WEEKLY
Steven Travers, a USC graduate, sports historian and former pro baseball player in the A's and Cardinals organizations, has written a book titled What It Means to Be a Trojan:...
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Jul.23.2009
Published by POTOMAC BOOKS
"Travers paints a beautiful picture of baseball in its golden age, a time that should be remembered fondly. All of the characters with their required personas are there: the...
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Jul.23.2009
Published by STEVEN TRAVERS
"Wow! This was a trip through Memory Lane for me. A true blast from the past! The 1980s brought back to life; Jose and Big Mac, warts, glory and all. The transformation of McGwire...
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May.15.2009
Published by SONS OF STEVE GARVEY
rlier this year, the Sons were sent a copy of Steven Travers' Dodgers Past & Present (MVP Books, 144 pages, $25). One in a series of similar books (along with works on the...
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May.08.2008
Published by MODERN CONSERVATIVE
erpt from One Night, Two Teams: Alabama vs. USC and the Game That Changed a Nation
By Steven Travers
Bill, I've just handed the South to the Republicans for fifty years.
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May.05.2002
Published by PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
Who is Barry Bonds? Is he the arrogant player who skips the team picture shoot two years in a row, or the loving father who does anonymous charity work for kids? He’s both.
“The...
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Published by LOS ANGELES TIMES
On Sept. 12, 1970, USC played Alabama on a sultry night in Birmingham. By the numbers, the Trojans prevailed handily, 42-21.
And yet, by all accounts, the Crimson Tide was the...
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Those who do not remember the past are condemned to re-live it.”
—George Santayana
About Steven
(415) 456-6898
(415) 450-7263 cell
(603) 658-0612 fax
USCSTEVE1@aol.com
Agent:
Ian Kleinert/(212) 431-5454
Objective Entertainment, New York City
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (1994-2013)
POLITICAL COLUMNIST – WorldNetDaily, Washington, D.C.
SPORTS COLUMNIST - San...
Connections
Causes Steven Travers Supports
Conservative, Christian, USC, American patriotism
Steven’s Favorite Books
The Holy Bible; Plato’s Republic; Sun-tsu’s Art of War’ Machiavelli’s The Prince; William Shakesepeare’s Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth; Dostoeyevsky’s Brothers...