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This Team Is Ruining My Life (But I Love Them)
- How I Became a Professional Hockey Fan
- Narrated by: Steve "Dangle" Glynn
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Steve Dangle’s incredible odyssey, from self-starting Leafs lover to sports-media star.
How do you turn ranting about hockey into a career? Steve “Dangle” Glynn is a YouTuber, podcaster, and sports personality from Toronto who managed to turn a 16-second online rant about the Maple Leafs into a career in sports media. From video blogging in his parents’ house at 19 to yelling on televisions across Canada at 28, Dangle has been involved with some of the most important sports companies in the country.
In between tales of Steve’s adventures, both online and off, This Team Is Ruining My Life is also a kind of how-to (or how-not-to) guide: in an ever-evolving media landscape, sometimes, you have to get creative to find the job you want. This is Steve Dangle and his accidentally-on-purpose journey through sports media so far.
Critic Reviews
“Folks always say to me, ‘When Coach’s Corner is on, no one in our house is allowed to talk.’ I reply, ‘Neither am I.’ Now I find myself hushing my own household when Steve is on. Steve says he’s taken a page from us, but I know it’s novel. Enjoy.” (Ron MacLean, Coach’s Corner)
“A wonderful look at the rickety ladder to success in sports media and how one can invent their own way of climbing it. Revel in Steve’s journey from irritated Leafs fan yelling into a webcam to irritated Leafs fan yelling into much more expensive cameras.” (Greg Wyshynski, senior NHL writer, ESPN)
“A hilarious, inspiring account of how a kid who could barely skate managed to navigate a turbulent period in the Canadian media industry to become one of the most unique voices in our sport.” (Chris Johnston, senior hockey writer, Sportsnet)
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- Amanda
- 17-04-2019
Ok, I’m a fan!
It was everything I’d hoped for and more. I’ve been following Steve for over 5 years now; and many of the stories we have heard before on the podcast, but it was still so great to hear them again. If you are in the #DangleNavy just buy the book. It’s fun!
If you are interested in reading a memoir about the difficulty and struggle to make it in sports media then read this book, you might get a few tips. You’ll definitely get a bunch of laughs.
Steve reads this very well, he even breaks a few (own) narration rules, by ad-libing some a sides.
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- Stephen Sharman
- 30-04-2019
This Book didn't ruin my week.
Long time listener, first time reviewer or audio books and of Mr Dangle.
I stumbled across Mr Dangles work after a particularly bad loss by the Leafs. Steve has an entertaining way of communicating the joy and desperation that every passionate sports fan feels at some stage but maybe doesn't have the ability to convey. I must say though, I do find Steve more entertaining when his beloved team is on the losing side of the score sheet.
I didn't purchase this book to have emotional or heart warming moments but I certainly experienced some in the final stages of the book when Steve was discussing personal battle and triumphs in his personal life and friendships.
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