Thunder and Lightning

Phil Esposito played with the Chicago Blackhawks, the Boston Bruins, and the New York Rangers. After his retirement as a player, he did colour commentary for Rangers games and then became the Rangers’ general manager. He was a founder and a part owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning. He lives in Florida.Peter Golenbock has written some of sports’ most important books, including Dynasty: The New York Yankees 1949-64, The Bronx Zoo, which he wrote in 1979 with New York Yankee pitcher Sparky Lyle; BUMS: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Personal Fouls, a look at corruption in college basketball; American Zoom, a history of NASCAR; and Wild, High and Tight, his biography of Yankee manager Billy Martin. Peter Golenbock lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.From the Hardcover edition.