The riveting autobiography of iconic American sportscaster Tom Durkin
Sports have become indelibly linked to the voices that describe the action, from Al Michaels at the Olympics to baseball's Vin Scully and basketball's Marv Albert. In horseracing, perhaps no single voice did as much to reshape, modernize, and improve the soundtrack of the sport as Tom Durkin.
In A Life's Calling: The Voice Behind the World's Greatest Horse Races, Tom Durkin, alongside longtime turf writers Paul Volponi and Lenny Shulman, shares his fascinating story. Readers will revel in his tales of life in the backwater stops of the Midwest learning horse racing among rickety grandstands and local hustlers, and of the day when he called the first Breeders' Cup and ended up at an after-party surrounded by Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, and Cary Grant. Durkin also candidly recounts how the pressure to describe each race with flawless accuracy became too much, leading him to step away from the spotlight while still at his prime.
Durkin's life is as colorful as his description of a come-from-behinder weaving his way through horses toward a photo finish. A Life's Calling is a must-read for anyone wanting to learn more about the voice behind many of horse racing's greatest calls.
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A Life's Calling
The Voice Behind the World's Greatest Horse Races
- 217 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
A Life's Calling
The Voice Behind the World's Greatest Horse Races
Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- Nature and Nurture
- 1 I Hear a Voice Calling
- 2 I Am Who I Am
- 3 I Am Who I Am
- 4 The Lie That Took Wing
- 5 Nomadic Race Caller
- 6 Iām a Game-Show Contestant
- 7 Kicking Down the Doors
- 8 Changing the Face of Race Calling
- 9 Artistic Influences
- 10 The Breedersā Cup Gig
- 11 Remembering All Those Horsesā Names
- 12 The Mayor Daley and Signature Lines
- 13 Big Apple Bound
- 14 New York by Night
- 15 Confronting My Battle with Stress and Anxiety
- 16 My Irish Italian Soul
- 17 Oh, Shit! I Get the Kentucky Derby!
- 18 (Failed) Triple Crown Chances
- 19 Breedersā Cup Moments: From Epic to Tragic
- 20 Breedersā Cup Moments: Surprises, Cigar, and American Pride
- 21 My Breedersā Cup After-Parties
- 22 Saratoga Is Saratoga
- 23 Arrrrr, Oddities, and Challenging Names
- 24 Splash-tastic (The Last Call)
- 25 Retirement
- 26 Horse Ownership
- 27 One More Belmont Stakes
- Conclusion
- Index
- Untitled
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