{"product_id":"9781450204583","title":"Sam Balter: His Life and Times","description":"Sam Balter was a pioneer in the field of sports broadcasting. He had the first coast-to-coast radio sportscast and televised the first football game in the Southern California area, as well as baseball and basketball games. He was a newscaster during WWII and was the independent radio pool correspondent for the \"birth\" of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945. Along with a nightly sports program, a daily sports newspaper column, he was cast in frequent movies in like roles. But, all these activities took a back seat to his most treasured sobriquet: \"Olympian.\" He was a gold medal winner in basketball in the 1936 \"Hitler\" Olympics. And, he was a Jew.","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143199244528,"sku":"9781450204583","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781450204583_p0.jpg?v=1763832928","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781450204583","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}