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Woody And Bo

Book Fair author explores
renowned football rivalry.

Suzanne Chessler

many ways:' Rosenberg says about the
men portrayed as physically and emo-
tionally tough, demanding and even
ichael Rosenberg liked
unrelenting taskmasters.
sports before he liked writ-
"I also think they were both more
ing; but over the years his
complex than the caricatures that were
priorities have changed, and writing
drawn of them, especially Woody in
has supplanted sports as No. 1.
recent years. I wanted my readers to
Lucky for him, with one interest not experience three-dimensional charac-
far removed from the other, Rosenberg ters and understand them!"
has been able to have a career that
Hayes, who actually had been
combines the two.
Schembechler's mentor, takes on larg-
While working as a sportswriter for er interest with regard to his friend-
the Detroit Free Press and FoxSports.
ship with President Richard Nixon,
com, Rosenberg became intrigued
visits to Vietnam to speak with the
by bits and pieces heard
inEimion troops and interaction with
about two football icons
campus protestors.
and developed the infor-
Schembechler may be seen
mation into a novel-like
in new ways by college-age
book, War As They Knew
football aficionados learning
It: Woody Hayes, Bo
about campus attitudes and
Schembechler and America
events very different from
in a Time of Unrest (Grand
what they experience now
Central Publishing;
Rosenberg, who worked
$26.99).
on the book between 2005
The text goes beyond biography to
and 2007, decided he wanted to be a
follow the men in the context of other sportswriter in middle school; became
headline-grabbing campus activities
a reporter for his high school news-
during the 1960s and early 1970s
paper in Great Neck, N.Y.; and was
— protests against the Vietnam hos-
chosen editor in chief of the Michigan
tilities, the rise of the hippie culture
Daily, U-M's student newspaper.
and the popularity of street drugs.
After a two-year internship with the
"I hope I was able to capture these
Philadelphia Inquirer, he went on to
coaches and an era in a way that they
work for the Chicago Tribune and the
haven't been captured before says
Washington Post before deciding to
Rosenberg, 34, who will talk about
take the job in Detroit in 1999.
his book in a Book Fair appearance
"I came to Detroit because I had
10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, at the JCC in
the chance to cover colleges, and that
West Bloomfield.
was a challenge that I wanted:' says
"I really didn't live through those
Rosenberg. "My wife — my girlfriend
times, and that may have meant I
at the time — was living here, and the
didn't have any false memories. I had to chance to end the long-distance rela-
research everything, and I've probably
tionship was very appealing!'
read 30 books that were about either or
The author, who plans to become
both of them. I talked to members of
active in the Jewish community as
their families, the players they trained
his 2-year-old daughter gets older,
and others who knew them!"
hopes that his book will show aspiring
Rosenberg planned his approach
athletes a less-corporate atmosphere
to be of interest to readers who are
than they find now He also hopes that
not necessarily sports enthusiasts.
aspiring coaches can learn from the
He thought the dramatic experi-
good and the bad of the two celebri-
ences of these unusual celebrities
ties he profiles. 111
— Hayes at Ohio State University and
Schembechler at the University of
Michael Rosenberg speaks
Michigan — could be a draw beyond
at Book Fair 10 a.m. Sunday,
the triumphs of their teams.
Nov. 16, at the JCC in West
"I think people think of Woody and
Bloomfield. No charge. (248)
Bo as peas in a pod, and they were in
661-1000 or www.jccdet.org .

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