Leigh Montville

About The Author

Leigh Montville is a New York Times best-selling author of nine books on sports personalities ranging from Muhammed Ali, Ted Williams, and Babe Ruth to Manute Bol and Evel Knievel. He has been a columnist for the Boston Globe and a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. Montville is a member of the Hall of Fame at the National Sports Media Association and a member of the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. He lives outside Boston.

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Books by Leigh Montville

Becoming Manny

Inside the Life of Baseball's Most Enigmatic Slugger

By Jean Rhodes and Shawn Boburg

Foreword by Leigh Montville

Authorized by the twelve-time all-Star and future Hall of famer himself, and written by the nation’s leading expert on youth mentoring and an award-winning investigative journalist, the incredible story behind one of the greatest baseball sluggers of all-time.

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Manute

The Center of Two Worlds

By Leigh Montville

Former columnist for The Boston Globe Leigh Montville shares the inspiring biography of Manute Bol, a 7’7” Dinka tribesman recruited into fame by the Philadelphia 76ers.

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