Meet Terry Pluto. Terry is an award-winning columnist for the Akron Beacon-Journal who has been covering sports for nearly 30 years. In addition to his regular sports column, he also writes a column on faith for the paper and has authored several books on pro basketball and on Cleveland sports.
The View From Pluto is a collection of some of Terry's best sports columns from
roughly the past ten years. It covers an especially memorable era in Cleveland sports, including the rise of the Indians, the loss of the Browns and their return as an expansion team, the heartache of the underrated Cavs teams of the late 80s and early 90s, and the emergence of a young basketball phenom from Akron by the name of Lebron James.
But some of Terry's best columns take place far away from the limelight of the professional stage. There's the baseball league for physically and mentally challenged children. There's the underdog University of Akron football team taking on behemoth Virginia Tech. There's the small town high school basketball coach fighting cancer. There's the autistic teenager finding happiness and purpose as a team manager. There's Pluto's father who found comfort in sports even as he suffered in the final years of his life.
See, Terry understands that there's more to sports than wins and losses and cold statistics. He sees the humanity in sports and understands why sports mean so much to us. If you haven't read his work, by all means, buy this book and meet Terry Pluto.
> Book review of The View From Pluto by Terry Pluto
