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Bob Dyer
Bob Dyer has served as a feature writer, a radio/TV writer, and a general-interest columnist for the Akron Beacon Journal since joining the paper in 1984. His stories and columns have won 22 regional and national awards. He was one of the lead writers for “A Question of Color,” a yearlong examination of racial attitudes in Akron that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994. Dyer is also co-author of Omar! My Life On and Off the Field, with Cleveland Indians baseball star Omar Vizquel. He is a graduate of West Geauga High School, near Cleveland, and The College of Wooster (Ohio). He lives with his wife and two daughters in Copley, Ohio.
Books by Bob Dyer
The Top 20 Moments in Cleveland Sports
Tremendous Tales of Heroes and Heartbreaks
by Bob Dyer
Now in paperback. (Formerly titled "Cleveland Sports Legends" in hardcover.) These twenty exciting stories recount the most memorable and sensational events in Cleveland sports history. Some are ins . . . [Read More]
Omar! (sc)
My Life On and Off the Field
by Omar Vizquel | Bob Dyer
You don't have to be a baseball fan to be an Omar Vizquel fan. Omar doesn't just make the tough plays look easy. He makes the toughest plays look fun. Widely considered one of the best defensive sho . . . [Read More]