September 30, 2005 For more information: Frank R. Scatoni 619-807-1887 frank@ventureliterary.com "No Kill Date" Venture Literary Sells Big Apple Sports Debate Book to Plume On September 30, 2005, Greg Dinkin of Venture Literary sold the North American rights to David Lennon and Roger Rubin’s The Great New York Sports Debate: Two New York Sportswriters Go Head to Head on New York’s 50 Most Heated Sports Debates to Jake Klisivitch at Plume Books, a division of Penguin Group (USA), Inc. In The Great New York Sports Debate, reporters Roger Rubin of the New York Daily News and David Lennon of Newsday tackle New York’s most contentious debates with a spicy, back-and-forth banter that reflects their years as rivals and friends. The debates cover every aspect of New York sports, with the two journalists offering spirited, divergent opinions. It’s a he-said/he-said for the sports generation, and it’s the kind of book that has spawned controversy in media outlets throughout New York. To fuel the fire, the book also includes “Settle the Score” pieces, which provide insights from athletes, coaches, general managers, and other experts on the book’s most controversial topics. Additionally, the debates are peppered with fact-filled sidebars, such as “The Top 10 Trades in New York Sports.” The Great New York Sports Debate follows in the footsteps of its sports debate predecessors, except it turns its attention to the biggest, smartest, and feistiest sports city of all time: New York. With the authors’ platforms and the controversial subject matter, The Great New York Sports Debate is likely to foster dialogue in homes, at bars, in workplaces, in newspapers, and on the web and radio. And it does it in the biggest sports market in the world. Roger Rubin has been a sportswriter in New York for the past seventeen years, covering subjects from the World Series to the NCAA Final Four and the NBA Playoffs to the Sugar and Orange Bowls. He has worked at Sports Illustrated, New York Newsday, and the New York Daily News, where he’s been for the last eleven years. His stories have received awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors and the New York State Publishers Association, and he can frequently be heard espousing opinions about college basketball and baseball on talk-radio. David Lennon has been a staff writer for Newsday since 1991, covering just about every sporting event in the five boroughs and beyond, with a concentration on the city’s most passionate obsession: baseball. Lennon, thirty-six, was the beat writer on the Yankees during their return to glory from 1995-1998, then switched leagues to document the exploits, often pathetic, of the insecure Mets. He is a card-carrying member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, as well as a Hall of Fame voter. A frequent guest on talk-radio airwaves and on NY-1, Lennon never lacks an opinion on any topic, and his Boston roots give him a combative, yet diplomatic, edge. To learn more about Venture Literary, visit: www.ventureliterary.com. To learn more about Plume Books, visit: www.us.penguingroup.com.