Daily News | Q&A with Alan Bass, author of ‘The Last Sports Mogul,’ a newly released biography of Ed Snider
, which was released on Tuesday. While Bass wrote the book with the full cooperation of Snider’s family and Comcast Spectacor, neither party had the final right of approval, allowing Bass to provide what he called a “real, honest look” at Snider’s life.recently asked Bass about the book, the stories he unearthed about Snider, and the legacy of the former Flyers owner.
What he did, and what was confirmed with me with all the people that worked for him over the years in general manager and coaching roles, is he would ask a million questions. And that was always his style. ... And if he got to any point where he thought you didn’t think it through enough, then he would send you back to the drawing board. But if you could answer every question showing you had thought it through ... even if he disagreed with you, he’d say, ‘All right. Whatever you want to do.
Q: What stories did you unearth that exemplified the Philadelphia toughness of Snider, even though he originally hailed from Washington, D.C.?There are a lot of great stories in the book, and even some that didn’t even make the cut, of his teenage years in D.C. He was like a fake tough guy. He was in this little posse group that he liked to call a ‘street gang’ in his later years. But when you delve into the research, it wasn’t really a gang.
Q: You mentioned that you hoped that somebody would write this book, and ultimately you ended up being that somebody. Why did you think it was important for this book to be written, and what do you hope people take from it?One thing that was interesting to me was, I think it was The Daily News in 2001 [1999] or something, they named Ed the city’s greatest mover and shaker of the millennium. And when you have a city where people like Ben Franklin lived, that’s a pretty lofty honor for someone.
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