Leigh Montville

About The Author

Leigh Montville is a New York Times best-selling author of nine books on sports personalities ranging from Muhammed Ali, Ted Williams, and Babe Ruth to Manute Bol and Evel Knievel. He has been a columnist for the Boston Globe and a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. Montville is a member of the Hall of Fame at the National Sports Media Association and a member of the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. He lives outside Boston.

Books by Leigh Montville

Becoming Manny

Inside the Life of Baseball's Most Enigmatic Slugger

By Jean Rhodes and Shawn Boburg

Foreword by Leigh Montville

Authorized by the twelve-time all-Star and future Hall of famer himself, and written by the nation’s leading expert on youth mentoring and an award-winning investigative journalist, the incredible story behind one of the greatest baseball sluggers of all-time.

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Manute

The Center of Two Worlds

By Leigh Montville

Former columnist for The Boston Globe Leigh Montville shares the inspiring biography of Manute Bol, a 7’7” Dinka tribesman recruited into fame by the Philadelphia 76ers.