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Keith Gave

    A former Russian linguist for the NSA during the Cold War, this author found an unexpected path to sports journalism. His extensive experience in the news industry, particularly covering hockey, honed his unique perspective and narrative voice. Beyond his nearly 40-year career, which included teaching college journalism, he has contributed to documentary filmmaking. He continues to write, inspired by his passions beyond the newsroom.

    Ruská päťka
    Vlad the Impaler: More Epic Tales from Detroit's '97 Stanley Cup Conquest
    The Russian Five
    • 2022

      Picking up where the international best-selling book The Russian Five left off, Vlad the Impaler will have readers alternately laughing—and in tears—with dozens more memorable, untold stories and anecdotes from the Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup championship season in 1997, 25 years ago. The book includes a foreword by Hall of Fame defenseman Slava Fetisov, along with lengthy excerpts from interviews of several members of that team, from captain Steve Yzerman, teammates Brendan Shanahan, Nicklas Lidstrom, Sergei Fedorov, Igor Larionov, Slava Kozlov, and coach Scotty Bowman, among many others. A portion of the proceeds from the book will be earmarked for the Vladimir Konstantinov Special Needs Trust to help ensure the care he needs after suffering catastrophic injuries just a week after he helped the Wings win their first Stanley Cup title in 42 years. #Believe

      Vlad the Impaler: More Epic Tales from Detroit's '97 Stanley Cup Conquest
    • 2021

      Ruská päťka

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Keď klub Detroit Red Wings začal začiatkom 90. rokov kriesiť hokej v americkom meste motorov, jeho predstavitelia si uvedomili, že talentovaní hokejisti sa nachádzajú za železnou oponou v Sovietskom zväze. Ruskí hokejisti, vrátane najlepších z národného tímu, mali záujem hrať v NHL, no nikto nemal odvahu zorganizovať ich útek. Na scéne sa objavuje novinár Keith Gave, ktorý sa stáva prvým poslom a informuje ruských hokejistov, že Red Wings urobia všetko pre to, aby ich dostali do Ameriky. Kniha obsahuje množstvo detailov a zákulisných informácií o dramatickom príbehu, ktorý sa začal draftom prvých dvoch ruských hokejistov v roku 1989 a vyvrcholil, keď Ruská päťka v roku 1997 zdvihla Stanleyho pohár. Autor bol prítomný aj na ich čestnom kole s pohárom na Červenom námestí v Moskve. Ruská päťka, pozostávajúca z hokejistov Sergeja Fiodorova, Viačeslava Fetisova, Vladimíra Konstantinova, Viačeslava Kozlova a Igora Larionova, prispela k zlepšeniu vzťahov medzi Ruskom a USA viac než diplomati za celé predchádzajúce desaťročia. Kniha nie je len o športe, ale aj o ideologicky znepriatelenom svete druhej polovice 20. storočia a jeho vplyve na ľudské osudy.

      Ruská päťka
    • 2020

      The Russian Five

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      4.3(41)Add rating

      Five former Soviet hockey players who wound up in Detroit in the 1990s and helped to catapult a beleaguered hockey franchise to the top of the summit played a pivotal role in that city's celebrated comeback. They are The Russian Five, and while they changed their sport forever they also helped bridge rival cultures with their unique style of diplomacy. This is their remarkable story of espionage, defection, heartbreak and triumph - and remarkable courage after a fateful limo crash nearly killed one of them.

      The Russian Five