Jacob Chymanski

That would be so impersonal right?

the truth is that fans deeply care about the players and coaches their careers the narratives around teams rivalries the histories the records and that's not to mention the natural narratives that emerge within games with comebacks and costly mistakes and unlikely heroes adversity build up to big moments it's suspense and release

Sports are a battle for the athletes, but for fans, it's all narrative.

And the book that we're talking about today scratches that sports narrative itch for me like nothing else.

Certified Beauties, More of Hockey's Greatest Untold Stories is by Canadian sportscaster and author James Duthie.

It's a massive collection of hockey stories based on interviews with players and coaches that were directly involved.

I demolished the audiobook in two days.

It's a must read for anyone who follows hockey.

James Duthie is on here to talk about it.

This is Audiobook Cafe.

I'm Jacob Schramansky.

Certified Beauties is available on Libro.fm, Spotify, and Audible.

It's about nine hours long and narrated by James Duthie himself.

Here's a quick sample.

The driver's door opens.

That was a sample of Certified Beauties by James Duffy.

James, welcome to the show.

Everybody who's a public figure and who does like public speaking, that sort of thing, who's put out an audiobook and narrated it themselves.

And I've interviewed lots of people like this.

They all have similar answers.