This Team Is Ruining My Life (but I Love Them): How I Became a Professional Hockey Fan

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title This Team Is Ruining My Life (but I Love Them): How I Became a Professional Hockey Fan
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Steve 'Dangle' Glynn
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:344
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 127
Category/GenreMemoirs
Humour
Ice hockey
ISBN/Barcode 9781770414440
ClassificationsDewey:796.962092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher ECW Press,Canada
Imprint ECW Press,Canada
Publication Date 19 March 2019
Publication Country Canada

Description

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.

Author Biography

Steve "Dangle" Glynn is a lifelong Leafs fan who began making YouTube videos about his favorite team when he was still a teen. Now he gets to work at Sportsnet for a living. (Still no Cup, though.) Steve and his wife have two wonderful dogs. They live together in the 'Shwa (Oshawa, Ontario).

Reviews

"Steve's book, This Team Is Ruining My Life (But I Love Them), is so good, it registered on Canada's nonfiction best-seller list before it was even released. A remarkable story of how if you love something enough and pour in the hours, you don't need to "get hired" or "be employed" in order to start your path to success." -- Sportsnet