The Sports-casters

Steve interviews Kostya Kennedy (00:22:32) former senior writer for Sports Illustrated. Kostya joins us to talk about his book, 56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports. Kostya makes his debut to talk about Joe DiMaggio, the Italian-American experience, DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak and his life after baseball. Kostya explains his attitude later in his like and the impact his divorce with Marilyn Monroe had on it. Also, the pressure of the hit streak, hoe close it was to being 73 not 56, and the alleged abandoned trade of DiMaggio to the Red Sox for Ted Williams. Kennedy also previews his upcoming book on Paul Revere, talks about his favorite work from his time at SI, and discusses what SI means to him. Also, Giles Richards debuts (01:12:57) to discuss his new book about Formula One racing. Giles explains his love for Formula One, the reason he chose to focus his book on the people behind the scenes that make F1 go, and other insights and stories fro the F1 beat. Steve and Giles also have s