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6 unusual facts about Peter Golenbock


Bruce Poulton

The investigation was triggered by Peter Golenbock's Personal Fouls: The Broken Promises and Shattered Dreams of Big Money Basketball at Jim Valvano's North Carolina State and allegations made therein against the school's basketball program under head coach Jim Valvano.

Chocolate Myers

Chocolate Myers and his wife Caron are featured in a chapter of Peter Golenbock's book "The Last Lap".

Chris Washburn

Washburn's case was one of many detailed by Peter Golenbock in his book, Personal Fouls, that effectively ended Valvano's career in 1990.

Neil Castles

There was a short story done about Neil Castles from the book American Zoom by Peter Golenbock.

Peter Golenbock

He also has written books on NASCAR, the New York Mets, and the Boston Red Sox (his 1992 Fenway: An Unexpurgated History of the Boston Red Sox was updated and re-released in 2005 as Red Sox Nation).

Golenbock interviewed almost all of the Yankees of that era (including Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Casey Stengel, Whitey Ford, Roger Maris, Ralph Houk, and Yogi Berra).



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