Colin Cowherd

I enjoy Cowherd's sports show on FS 1. He offers perspective, primarily on sports, that I may not have thought about. He also blends in a little history, culture, psychology and politics into his thinking. He's not afraid to name some names – – for example, he said that Bobby Knight treated his ESPN staff the way that he treated some referees. He also has some interesting things to say about other high profile athletes like Aaron Rogers, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Pete Carroll and others that the reader may find interesting. Very enjoyable read. Looking forward to future books by Colin.… (mere)

I had an uninformed but mostly negative opinion of Colin Cowherd before I started this book. From what I had heard, he sounded like kindof a jackass. (Of which there are many on the radio. So he certainly isn't alone in having that reputation.)

He's less of a jackass in writing. I disagreed with him on some things (I'm not nearly as bothered by attempts to be politically correct as he is), but agreed with him surprisingly strongly on others (sports generally would benefit from having more female participants on all levels, including coaching). Mostly he just doesn't soft-pedal his opinions, and I can respect that.

Also, title and cover photo notwithstanding, be forewarned that this is emphatically not a memoir about how he took his sports media job and somehow discovered a passion for butchery or slow food or farm-to-table or just a love of tartare. There's really nothing about food or cooking or ingredients here. (Oh, was I the only one who was misled? Everyone else figured that out from the subtitle? Okay, fine.)

My only other criticism would be that this series of essays (some of them quite short) aren't really linked thematically or any other way. It pretty much seemed like he gathered up a bunch of articles or columns that he'd already written and submitted them as a book proposal. Which, maybe he did. That's not to say some of them aren't worth reading, but it doesn't feel like they're meant to be read one after the other in a single sitting, or even in any particular order.


Note: I received a complimentary copy of this ebook from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.… (mere)

Colins' second book, much like the first with his heavy dose of Cowherdism. You either like Colin or you hate him. No one is neutral, except me. I generally tune in daily because I like to hear what he has to say on some of the hot sports topics. Some of his viewpoints I could care less. He is spot on with some of his takes and in the ozone on others. But that is just my opinion. Not a sports nut but follow a lot of them. Colin has his pet themes, loves the Patriots and Brady, has a hard on for Aaron Rodgers, likes soccer, does not like hockey, heavy into basketball, etc. etc. At times his views transcends sports into the political or social arena and some of those topics are certainly interesting, he could easily evolve into a general talk show type host but for now is about sports. He is at times provocative and controversial, which draws attention and as I have said makes him interesting.… (mere)