Jon Finkel📚💪

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HUGE NEWS: My next book is LOCKED & LOADED.

I set out to write a thriller unlike any other...

Inspired by two of my favorite novels of all time: Jaws & First Blood. It's Rocky meets The Revenant.

Next fall... get ready... for BEAR BRAWL:

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fellas, i was just walking to the kitchen but then decided mid-step to go to the garage

i turned, pivoted, spun around a tight corner, dropped my hip and made a perfect spin to the hallway

like barry sanders. legendary move nobody was around to see. every dad feels me.

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fellas, i was just walking to the kitchen but then decided mid-step to go to the garage

i turned, pivoted, spun around a tight corner, dropped my hip and made a perfect spin to the hallway

like barry sanders. legendary move nobody was around to see. every dad feels me.

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A person born 156 years ago today would have had to wait 156 years to read Bear Brawl this November...

But it would be worth it.

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JUST IN: New research suggests humans may be capable of living up to 156 years — far beyond the long-assumed 122 year limit.

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fun day yesterday sharing the spectacular Bear Brawl web experience. ICYMI:

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Let me give you a 2-minute tour of the Bear Brawl book launch site that is more than a site: it's an experience.

Because what’s more fun than finding out if you could defeat a rogue black bear? Plus: free chapters, a field guide, sick blurbs, comps and MORE:

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@WeekendSportsUp thanks so much, Bill!

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@travismreid haha! yes! the book is so amazing too

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A quick tour of the sensational Bear Brawl book site and the 3 books that I keep on my desk for inspiration:

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@travismreid yes! Faulkner plays a big role in Bear Brawl too!

thanks, man, he's my budding videographer!

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@wardlarsen @BradThor looks amazing, guys! can't wait!

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my son recorded this video

and when i went to put in my stats for my bear fight

i put the slider at 6' and my son snorted and i put it at 5'11"... lifelong habit haha... still 202 though like a boss.

[Jon Finkel📚💪 @Jon_Finkel]

Let me give you a 2-minute tour of the Bear Brawl book launch site that is more than a site: it's an experience.

Because what’s more fun than finding out if you could defeat a rogue black bear? Plus: free chapters, a field guide, sick blurbs, comps and MORE:

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@itscoachgoodman smart. i took everything off my phone a while ago. never looked back.

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@ArtEddy3 thanks, Art!!!!

[Jon Finkel📚💪 @Jon_Finkel]

Let me give you a 2-minute tour of the Bear Brawl book launch site that is more than a site: it's an experience.

Because what’s more fun than finding out if you could defeat a rogue black bear? Plus: free chapters, a field guide, sick blurbs, comps and MORE:

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@CaptainCons if the song was "i'm too sexy" that's next level

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@Jayyanginspires go get'em, jay!

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time to bring this out once again...

10M of us 90s viewers can't be wrong. we had it great:

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Dads and 90s kids, here's a fact:

We had it so good with SportsCenter and we didn't know it.... How could we?

We didn't know what was on the horizon that would try to take it down: first, league passes and TiVo and DirecTV... then the Internet and social media and YouTube...

During that brief, bright spot in sports media in the 1990s, SportsCenter was the only way to get the day's highlights...

We had black and white photos and box scores and features in the newspaper...

We had brilliant writing and reporting and pictures in Sports Illustrated and Sporting News and ESPN: The Magazine...

But for the day's highlights...

To watch Ken Griffey Jr. make a diving catch or Jordan hit a game winner or Barry Sanders twirl through a defensive line...

If you didn't catch it live, the only way to see it was on SportsCenter (maybe your local news sports show - maybe)...

And into this void stepped Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann and Stuart Scott and Rich Eisen and Craig Kilborn and Linda Cohn and Robin Roberts and crew...

And all the catch phrases every kid in high school and college would repeat: "cool as the other side of the pillow"... Jumanji... En Fuego....

We'd watch SportsCenter at night then again in the morning.

It was a monolith. You'd show up at school and you'd have the same frame of reference for the highlights you saw. It was a shared experience.

It was awesome. And even though the show still exists and works, it's not a cultural touchstone anymore... it can't be... not with every highlight available from 1,000 sources across social media instantly...

And there are bright spots to be sure... My man and Top 10 Randy (@RandyScottESPN) is terrific. So are plenty of others.

But classic SC, man. It was a shared experience. By everyone.

These kids don't know... Sitting there, retweeting highlights, sharing reels, scrolling their feeds... Doing the work to find what they like with no commentary or context.

Times change. I get it. And we always glorify what we grew up on. Maybe that's all this is.

Still, I miss Stu Scott. He ruled.

If you agree, share this and follow me @Jon_Finkel.

Boo-Yah!

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@Clark_JM yes, you're correct, jordan! but it was 3 bombs right over the Monster!

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this hurts... i was looking for a column i wrote a long time ago on the '99 all-star game.

i didn't remember where i published it so i Googled Jon Finkel 1999 All-Star Game

and the AI search went right for the jugular

i know i didn't play, but seeing it in writing...

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@CaptainCons hey Naval you want to shoot some hoops oh never mind you won't answer and won't show up and won't get this for six months

sounds like a good pal

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We've been getting some absolutely incredible praise for Bear Brawl.

This is from a writer I really admire, my buddy, Endure author and owner of Flex Factory North, Alex Hutchinson.

These mean so much.

Visit the site in my bio. Pre-order. Let's brawl.