November 2023

Novel Books in Memphis lists Memphis Hoops as the #1 selling book by a local author. Make sure to make your way over to Novel Books to pick up your copy.

For years, Memphis has chased an NFL franchise. In the 1970s, John Bassett brought the WFL to Memphis. Then, in 1983, Logan Young acquired an expansion franchise in David Dixon’s USFL. William Dunavn purchased the team from Logan, as it became one of the most successful clubs in the short-lived USFL. Reggie White, Mike Lewis, Derrick Crawford, and a city crazed by football.

Looking forward to working on this project and getting this out to a publisher in the near future.

Due out Tuesday July 2, 2024 - McFarland Publishing

A story hidden in the annals of Negro leagues history. Historians have primarily focused on teams outside of the South. The Memphis Red Sox is not constructed as a fundamental historical narrative. Instead, it takes you on a nine-inning journey to experience what it means to be a Memphis Red Sox. The Memphis Red Sox remained one of the most stable franchises in Negro leagues' history. Black ownership of the team and stadium made the franchise almost an anomaly in black baseball. Their story is left behind the Negro Leagues' more prominent franchises: the Kansas City Monarchs, the Chicago American Giants, the Homestead Grays, the Pittsburgh Crawfords, and the Birmingham Black Barons.

November 2023

Novel Books in Memphis lists Memphis Hoops as the #1 selling book by a local author. Make sure to make your way over to Novel Books to pick up your copy.

Head to Novel Books or Oxbeau and pick up a copy of Memphis Hoops. Take a deeper dive into how Memphis treated an iconic player-coach in Larry Finch. Are we charting down a similar path with Penny Hardaway? Remember that Finch signed the young Parade All-American out of Treadwell HS. When the Memphis faithful pressure Penny to win on the national level is there a echo in the room from the mid-1990s and Finch’s failure to return Memphis State to the Final Four?

Due out Spring 2024 - McFarland Publishing

A story hidden in the annals of Negro leagues history. Historians have primarily focused on teams outside of the South. The Memphis Red Sox is not constructed as a fundamental historical narrative. Instead, it takes you on a nine-inning journey to experience what it means to be a Memphis Red Sox. The Memphis Red Sox remained one of the most stable franchises in Negro leagues' history. Black ownership of the team and stadium made the franchise almost an anomaly in black baseball. Their story is left behind the Negro Leagues' more prominent franchises: the Kansas City Monarchs, the Chicago American Giants, the Homestead Grays, the Pittsburgh Crawfords, and the Birmingham Black Barons.