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Pro Football Draft Preview 2013 Now Available
For the third consecutive year, Brian Carriveau is the editor of Pro Football... read more
It’s Just a Game
The level of talent in Wisconsin’s Home Talent League may not be the same... read more
Pro Football Draft Preview
ORDER YOUR COPY HERE From the letter from the editor: Thank you for purchasing... read more
MSP 2011 Packers Annual
Following up on a Super Bowl victory in 2010, the Packers enter 2011 set to... read more
MSP 2011 Brewers Annual
From the publisher: The offseason was an unmitigated success for the Brewers.... read more
MSP 2010 Packers Annual
From the publisher: The Maple Street Press Packers Annual has the inside... read more
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It’s Just a Game Tour
Throughout 2012, author Brian Carriveau will be making book-signing appearances throughout Wisconsin in support of It’s Just a Game, beginning in Monona on Sunday Apr. 29. Tour dates are as follows with additional appearances to be added. Sunday Apr. 29, Monona––Home Talent League Opening Day, Marshall at Monona, 1:00 p.m. Thursday May 3, Fort Atkinson––It’s Just a Game Release Party, Fat Boyz, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday May 6, Verona––Home Talent League Western Section Opening Day, Wiota at Verona, 1:00 p.m. Friday May …
Jim Gantner and Brian Carriveau Thank You
Former Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Jim Gantner and author Brian Carriveau would like to thank everyone who came out to the Home Talent League All-Star game and book signing on Aug. 3 to support our cause. In addition to a terrific game on the field, which was won by the North-West 5-4 over the South-East in walk-off fashion, money was raised and donated to the American Red Cross through book and autograph sales. Tweet
Gantner, Carriveau Book Signing at HTL All-Star Game
Former Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Jim Gantner and author Brian Carriveau will team up for a book signing at the Home Talent League All-Star Game on Friday Aug. 3 at Warner Park in Madison. Gantner and Carriveau will be signing copies of It’s Just a Game: Big League Drama in Small Town America about Wisconsin’s Home Talent League released earlier this year. Books will be available for $20 and will include autographs. Pictures with Gantner will be free. A portion of …
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“Road to Valor” Fantastic Addition to Narrative Nonfiction Sports Literature
The timing is perfect. Released shortly before the Tour de France, Aili and Andres McConnon expertly capitalized on interest in the world-renowned bicycle race in their book Road to Valor: A True Story of World War II Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation. It’s a biographical account of the life of Gino Bartali, a two-time winner of the Tour and the only athlete who’s gone as many as ten years between triumphs. As amazing as what …
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PackersHallofFame.com Publishes Excerpt from It’s Just a Game
PackersHallofFame.com, the official website of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame, has published an excerpt from It’s Just a Game: Big League Drama in Small Town America. The excerpt follows the story of Bill Short and how he went from broadcast journalist to the kicking coach of the Packers during the Vince Lombardi era in Green Bay. Now in his seventies, Short’s football coaching days are behind him, but he still umpires town-team baseball games in southern Wisconsin’s Home …
Father’s Day Weekend Book Signings
Still looking for a Father’s Day present? Might we suggest a copy of It’s Just a Game: Big League Drama in Small Town America? Author Brian Carriveau will make two book signing appearances on Father’s Day Weekend at Home Talent League baseball games. The first will be on Saturday June 16 at the 81st annual Cottage Grove Firemen’s Festival as Cottage Grove hosts Poynette at 2:00 p.m. Central time. The following day, a book signing will take place at the …