CenterStage: My Most Fascinating Interviews—from A-Rod to Jay-Z

CenterStage: My Most Fascinating Interviews—from A-Rod to Jay-Z

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  • Author:Michael Kay
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Summary

From the longtime host of the New York Yankees’ television broadcasts, ESPN Radio’s “The Michael Kay Show,” and YES Network’s Emmy Award–winning CenterStage comes a selection of his most memorable interviews with the most intriguing personalities in sports and entertainment—ranging from Jay-Z to Mike Tyson to Serena Williams to Adam Sandler to Bon Jovi to Larry David。

Emmy Award–winning television announcer and interviewer Michael Kay’s eighteen years as host of CenterStage have given him access to many remarkable figures in sports and entertainment。 Now, this absorbing selection of the best, most revealing—and often surprising—interviews are available in one amazing collection, including some of the behind-the-scenes stories that didn’t appear on camera。 From Kay’s very first CenterStage interview in 2001 with quarterback Steve Young, the show’s creators knew they had something special。 Kay’s ability to get celebrities and otherwise private personalities to open up and share candid insights has become his trademark。

Among the interviews featured in the book are those with Red Auerbach, Charles Barkley, Mike Tyson, Bobby Orr, Sly Stallone, Jay-Z, Lorne Michaels, Paul Simon, John McEnroe, Rob Reiner, Seth Meyers, Serena Williams, Alan Alda, David Halberstam, Larry David, Bob Costas, Billy Crystal, Lindsey Vonn, Chris Evert, and Quentin Tarantino。 For any pop culture fan or sports enthusiast, this prized collection is one to cherish for generations。

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Faith

This book is comprised of transcripts of a selection of the interviews that Michael Kay (the long-time NY Yankees TV announcer) has conducted over the last 18 years as host of the TV show CenterStage。 Each transcript is introduced by commentary written by Kay。 He is a very good interviewer and his commentary was insightful。 It’s the commentary that makes this book。 I’m not all that interested in what most celebrities have to say, which is why I don’t watch talk shows (including CenterStage)。 But This book is comprised of transcripts of a selection of the interviews that Michael Kay (the long-time NY Yankees TV announcer) has conducted over the last 18 years as host of the TV show CenterStage。 Each transcript is introduced by commentary written by Kay。 He is a very good interviewer and his commentary was insightful。 It’s the commentary that makes this book。 I’m not all that interested in what most celebrities have to say, which is why I don’t watch talk shows (including CenterStage)。 But CenterStage is more like Inside the Actors Studio。 The questioning is more focused and less trivial。 While the celebrities might be there to push their current ventures, they wind up talking about their careers。 I was generally more interested in the non athletes like Lorne Michaels, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Simon and David Halberstam, but I also enjoyed George Foreman, Andre Agassi and Mike Tyson。 Obviously you can just read the interviews with the celebrities you know, but I also found interesting nuggets in the interviews with some of the people with whom I was not familiar。 I had a few quibbles with the book。 There were only three women included - Serena Williams, Chris Evert and Lindsey Vonn。 It would have been nice to have pictures from each show and the date of each interview definitely should have been listed。 Most had a year, but none had the exact date。 One good addition was the index in case you are interested in a particular person or event。 I received a free copy of this book from the publisher。 。。。more