Rules for New York Sports Fans

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Rule No.1: Buy This Book! New Yorkers who root for both the Yankees and Mets? Fughedaboutit! And what about those fans who move to another city and adopt the team of the town they move to? And to anyone who actually leaves early after coming late to a New York game like those wussies on the West Coast? You need help, and luckily we have just the right book for you.

 

Rules for NY Sports Fans by Joe Benigno and Jordan Raanan have collected all the rules New York fans need to follow so that we can all live a civilized life here. If you're a sports fan in New York, then you already know about Benigno - he hosts the midday show (Benigno and Roberts) on WFAN every day and he's been on WFAN since the early 1990s. He knows what's what and who's who on both sides of the Hudson. Working at 'The Fan' for more than 15 years, Benigno has culled down the list of behaviors that are acceptable (booing an old lady in a Patriots jersey) and those that aren't (lending a nickel to a Red Sox fan anytime, anywhere, for any reason).

WFAN'S BENIGNO MAKES TWO PUBLIC APPEARANCES
Whether you side with the Giants or Jets, Yankees or Mets, all New York area sports fans can agree that Joe Benigno is one of the biggest name in New York sports. The longtime radio show host on WFAN has finally written out all the previously unwritten rules of sports for fans in the Big Apple in RULES FOR NEW YORK SPORTS FANS with co-author Jordan Raanan. Later this month, sports fans will have two chances to meet Benigno and Raanan. On May 18 Benigno and Raanan will be signing books at Barnes & Noble in South Paramus, NJ and on May 20 they'll be signing at Foley's in New York. For more details about these appearances and additional information about RULES FOR NEW YORK SPORTS please go to the book's official page.

"Rules for New York Sports Fans" Press Release

 

You've cheered for your team since you were a kid - even during those lean years. You wouldn't even consider missing a playoff game. You couldn't possibly root for your fantasy team's players if it meant rooting against your own true-life team. And you'd never, ever bet against your own team. To many, the rules of being a New York sports fan are more than acknowledged, they're ingrained.

 

But now, in Rules for New York Sports Fans, WFAN's Joe Benigno and coautor Jordan Raanan enumerate them all for the first time. They have collected all the things that New York fans need to know, a code of conduct so that we can all live a civilized life. For the most part New York sports fans do it right. For many it's an innate sensibility and just a little refinment is needed. That's where Rules for New York Sports Fans comes into play.

 

Some of the most vital rules include:

 

• # 1 - The Golden Rule: Only one team per sport
• # 18 - Attend at least one game each season
• # 23 - Never do the wave, Macarena, or chicken dance
• # 36 - Don't sell tickets to rival fans
• # 48 - Don't blame losses on the officials

 

Rules for New York Sports Fans is a hilarious look at a singular sports town that's sure to inform and amuse readers. The result is an entertaining, informative, and amusing guidebook for you, the diehard - no matter what your combination of Jets, Giants, Mets, Yankees, Knicks, Nets, Islanders, Devils and Rangers.

 

About the Authors:
Joe Benigno is the midday host, along with Evan Roberts, on WFAN in New York and is a regular panelist on SportsNet New York's Daily News Live.

 

Jordan Raanan has been a Philly-based sportswriter for nearly a decade, though he remains loyal to his favorite New York teams.

 

Contact: Josh Williams, Triumph Books, 312.252-1261, j.williams@triumphbooks.com

 

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