The Owner/Writer/Editor/Webmaster of The Sports Bank and The Bank.News has authored a book
No, I Can’t Get You Free Tickets: Lessons Learned From a Life in the Sports Media Industry
You can get it on Amazon right here in paperback!
And in E-book format as well!
In “No, I Can’t Get You Free Tickets” Paul M. Banks has penned a book that’s required reading for anyone interested in the past, present and future of the sports media industry.
In recapping he most memorable moments of his career, including a story that inspired memes, t-shirts and a catch-phrase, Banks produces a book that can be classified in several genres. It’s a digital age version of Jerome Holtzman’s “No Cheering in the Press Box” meets Frank Deford’s “Over Time” for the millenials and Gen Xers.
The reader goes on the road with all-access credentials to a world in a way that provides wanderlust to any sports fan or media member.
Writing with the passion of Bill Simmons’ “Now I can Die in Peace,” Banks provides interviews with high profile athletes at a stage in their careers where they’re not beholden, and thus express themselves with the same candor that he does.
It’s not a book about sports, it’s a book about using the lens of sports to convey the state of journalism today and how we as nation are responding to that.
–WLS AM 890 John Howell Show, June 21st
-Robert Feder.com Robservations, July 8th
-WCIU/UToo/MeTV “Sports Edition” June 9th
-Bear Report, 24/7 Sports, CBS Chicago Bears community, June 20th
-SB Nation’s Chicago Bears website: Windy City Gridiron, T Formation Conversation, July 17th
-Feature in Banks’ hometown newspaper, The Regional News, August 27th
–KGYM ESPN Cedar Rapids, Todd Brommelkamp Show (87-105 minute mark), July 16th
-WGN Radio Chicago, 31:30 mark, Oct 9, 2019
-Giving a talk at the University of Arkansas, at the Fulbright Alumni conference
Transatlantic Passage goes in depth and behind the scenes with the biggest figures in the beautiful game, showcasing how and why the world’s most popular sports league and the global economy’s biggest consumer market came together despite being an ocean away.
Transatlantic Passage provides the how and why America embraced a sport that’s played on the other side of the world. Featuring exclusives from the likes of Harry Kane, Christian Pulisic, Ian Rush, Tim Howard, Gregg Berhalter, and Alex Morgan. It’s a book that explains why Americans get up early to pack pubs at 6AM to watch a sporting event an ocean away.
Paul M. Banks has been there first hand for memorable press conference moments with the likes of Pep Guardiola, Jürgen Klopp, and Sir Alex Ferguson, and been at Anfield and Old Trafford for some of the most historical days these storied venues have ever seen. This book tells their stories, but also the tales of the everyday supporter and match goer, in a way that’s extremely irreverent, and more colorful than one could possibly expect.
Transatlantic Passage, Paul M. Banks in the Media
SiriusXM FC “The Football Show”
ESPN Radio Iowa City/Cedar Rapids
SB Nation, Hammer & Rails, “Let’s Get Weird, Sports”
“Free Kicks” on the Radio Misfits Podcast Network