Top Sports Book in America (except for that damn running book)
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
It's 4:30 in the afternoon here and I'm about to hop off the computer and telephone to take a break before tonight's show. But before I did that, I just wanted to say thanks to all of you. Right now, we're the number 5 and 7 (Kindle version) of all sports books on Amazon. Which isn't really fair since there are actually only two books above us, one is a novel and the other one is about running. Here's the roster for you to check out. That's a tremendous accomplishment and I owe an awful lot of thanks to you guys.
So thanks a ton. Truly.
I'm about to head over to Otter's and gear up for the two-hour radio show, book signing, and book launch party over there tonight. So I can't wait to see y'all.
I don't know if we're going to conquer that damn running book on the sports book list, but I'm confident I'd rather hang out with y'all than the people buying that book.
Busy Day: Follow Along If You're Bored, Radio and Live Chat
Monday, August 17, 2009
I'll be live for two hours today, first in a one-hour chat at 12 central with Matt Jones over at Kentucky Sports Radio. Assuming nothing new comes out about Karen Sypher, you should be able to swing by and even toss a couple of questions my way if you so desire.
In other news, I'm nervous as a whore in church. We're moving into single digit hours until On Rocky Top releases. Tomorrow I'll be running the power dive against the national and local media. We're excerpting a few thousand words with breaking news on FanHouse (and I'll also be doing a livechat there). I'll be on the radio all over the Southland during the day, and then in the evening we've got ClayNation Radio and the book launch party.
You'll also notice that I've now got my Twitter feed updating on the site. After all my criticism of Twitter, I've actually come around on the site. Primarily because it's going to be great for the fall when I'm on the road for three months.
In the meantime, the eve of your book release is about as nervous as you can get. My stomach is all butterflies, I can't eat. Tonight, I won't be able to sleep.
Travis has become enamored of several objects, phrases or events which he frequenly references in the column. Among the most frequent:
'Bama Bangs - a term coined by Travis to refer to southern men's hairstyles that feature prominent bangs for no apparent reason. Brodie Croyle and John Parker Wilson are oft-cited violators of 'Bama Bangs rules.
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When Clay Travis, acclaimed author of Dixieland Delight, decided to spend the 2008 season up close and personal with UT football, he—and every other college football aficionado—thought he was in for a rollicking ride with one of the leading contenders for the national title. After all, when the Vols kicked off the season on September 1, the defending SEC East champions were ranked 18th in the country. As head coach Phillip Fulmer prepared for the game, he reflected upon a coaching career that included an astounding 147 victories, two SEC championships, and a national title. With 34 years at UT under his belt as both a player and coach, the Tennessee native had just signed a contract extension that projected to keep him at the university long enough to become the winningest coach in program history.
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There is no college ball more passionate and competitive than football in the Southeastern Conference, where seven of the twelve schools boast stadiums bigger than any in the NFL and 6.5 million fans hit the road every year to hoot and holler their teams to victory.
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The newly favored man is not really a man at all, but a hairless, effeminate, germ-fearing, non-meat-eating, exfoliating, wristband-wearing woman of the worst order. We as men are told that we must embrace the sacred feminine in ourselves, even if it doesn't actually exist, and become the very quintessence of woman, plus penises. This situation is untenable. This trend must stop.
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Clay Travis is the only former student manager in the history of college athletics to marry an NFL cheerleader. He managed to pull this off despite an irrational affinity for the television shows Dawson's Creek and My Super Sweet 16. While being raised in Nashville, Tenn., Travis developed a healthy obsession with college sports and Alyssa Milano. As a teenager his greatest accomplishment was taking a doo-rag wearing Luke Duke (balling as Tom Wopat) to the hole at the Nashville YMCA.
In the midst of a stellar legal career during which he specialized in rewarding the unjust and punishing the oppressed, Travis began writing for CBS Sports's SPiN section in September 2005...
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