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Kevin Cook

A former senior editor at Sports Illustrated, Kevin Cook is the author of The Dad Report and Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America. His ninth book, Electric October, about the epic 1947 World Series, is due out in August.

Joe Pyne Was America’s First Shock Jock

Newly discovered tapes resurrect the angry ghost of Joe Pyne, the original outrageous talk show host