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An "OK" Read for ESPN Lovers
If you're into reading people's journal entries, this is for you. Linda is an entertaining writer. I did tire of her egocentric "it's all about me" attitude, that overtakes her journey in sports journalism.

Boring Life Leads to Boring Book
Linda Cohn may think she has an interesting life story--but she's wrong. She spends the first 75 pages just getting out of college where the most exciting thing to happen is that her boyfriend hides her contacts. Then she skips around to different stations, where she admittedly should have been fired. She was an underachiever at school and work before she grew up and became a self-proclaimed groundbreaker (even though there were MANY other women who were sportscasters before her!).

She doesn't even get to ESPN until about 2/3's of the way through the book.

The ending to the book is sad and tragic. Throughout the book she puts down her devoted husband and at least four times she tells him she wants to split with him. Finally, just before the book is published, she leaves him and her kids--and that's how the book ends. Not only was she a mostly-absent mother to her kids, but she constantly took her husband's support for granted. She may see herself as a role model to female-empowerment people but she also paints herself as a bad mother and terrible wife who probably has mental health issues. She admits early in the book to being totally self-centered and by the end of the book she doesn't seem to have changed. You come away from the book admiring her husband but disliking Linda.

She seems like a sweet person but she has a dull life story and doesn't have much to write about other than the fact that she's a female sportscaster. She takes little everyday things that are normal to most people (interning, childbirth, etc.) and makes it sound like she's the first person to ever experience these things. She even admits throughout the book that she's boring and "simple." Not the exciting read that ESPN fanatics will be looking for.

cohn-head rev
This book was a good read. I admire Linda's honesty and her conviction to her career.
She should be proud of want she has accomplished.

Linda is very down to earth
I was able to meet Linda in person on a Disney Cruise. She is very down to earth and inspirational. It was great meeting a woman who is a great inspiration for others.

Linda bares all for her fans...
COHN-HEAD is a candid look into the life of Linda Cohn as a woman, a mom and a female in the "Boys' Club" of sports, ESPN.
I shared in Linda's trials and triumphs as she made her way into the male dominated world of sports casting and contending with the "jock" ego.
For those interested in an entertaining behind the scenes look at a TV anchor woman's life in the world of sports from a knowledgeable, intelligent woman who bares all for her fans, this is the read for you.