Praise for Steve Rushin:

“He writes so well – and is so intentionally funny – it’s easy to forget Rushin is a sportswriter. Actually, sportswriter is too narrow a term. Rushin . . . is a brilliant writer who happens to write about sports.”
– Mpls.-St. Paul magazine

“Rushin, as readers of Sports Illustrated know, is one of the most nimble-minded magazine journalists working today. His weekly column, ‘Air and Space’, is irreverent and almost always funny. His first book, ‘Road Swing’, harked back to the days when sportswriting was about real people rather than overpaid underachievers. Millions of readers know him on sight.”
– Hartford Courant

“Rushin's writing appeals to both big-time sports fans and those who don't know a lineman from a goalie, because he sees his subjects as part of the larger world and loads his tales with wit, pop-culture references and thoughtful observations - including, every now and then, some personal revelations, often self-deprecating.”
—Minneapolis Star Tribune

Praise for Road Swing:

“You don’t have to like sports to appreciate this sidesplitting travelogue, a literary home run from . . . one of the most agile essayists around.”
– Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Hilarious . . . a ballsy, Kerouacian journey, minus the mind-altering drugs.”
– Sports Illustrated, “The Top 100 Sports Books of All Time”

“This isn’t just one of the funniest travelogues ever written, but a must for any sports fan . . . Hilarious and insightful from the first page to the last.”
– Money magazine

“Mr. Rushin [takes] full advantage of his true talents – an unmatched eye for absurdity and an uncanny ability to convey it in a way that brings teras of laughter and sorrow. The result is not quite gonzo journalism, but it’s not much like mainstream, either.”
– Ottawa Citizen

“A laugh-a-mile journey.”
– People magazine

“So funny that reviewers will agonize for days over which of the books many sentences are the best.”
–Rocky Mountain News

“Rushin has a keen eye for the quirky and idiosyncratic and makes no attempt to read the cosmic tea leaves of sports . . . There’s little sacred or too serious . . . Rushin knows how to turn a phrase, tickle funny bones and make telling comments.”
–Christian Science Monitor

“Rioutous . . .Sports fans should be grateful for a guy like Steve Rushin – not only does he make a hell of a tour guide, but he also does all the driving.” –Esquire

“These are places that many sports fans have heard about. But to visit them with Rushin riding shotgun, pointing out the odd detail with a nudge of the elbow, is a real delight.”
–USA Today

“The best sports book going these days . . . A hilariouis year-long travelogue that captures the soul of American sports.”
–Seattle Post Intelligencer

“A grand slam.”
–Maxim

 

Praise for The Caddie Was a Reindeer:

“If you don’t end up dropping The Caddie Was a Reindeer during fits of uncontrollable merriment, it is likely you need immediate medical attention. Rushin can cull a chortle from a cat.”
–The Denver Post

“Rushin’s wide-ranging cultural references and casually witty writing style appeal to both insiders and outsiders . . . This is modern literature, wearing broken-in sneakers.”
—Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Rushin does with words what Minnesota Fats did with cue balls. There’s never been anything remotely like him.”
–Rick Reilly, Sports Illustrated