TIME OUT! A Sports Fan's Dream Year

Did you ever want to runaway? To chase your dreams? Edgar Welden did - he spent an entire year attending sporting events all over the USA. From New Hampshire to Hawaii - Florida to Alaska, Welden attended 250 different sporting events, 35 different kinds of sports, and traveled over 120,000 miles. Welden saw the blockbusters - the World Series, the Superbowl, the Final Four, The Masters, but he also saw the less publicized events - the X Games, the Triathalon, the Iditarod and the Nine ball pool championship. It was a wonderful year and after it was over, Welden realized it was more than just the sports - it was the great characters he met and places he visited along the way. This is a fun and witty book. Welden had fun and the reader will have fun too!

Edgar Welden, 56, a native of Wetumpka, Alabama, is a successful Birmingham businessman. He serves as General Manager of the Mountain Brook Inn and is Chairman of the Board of Southeastern Property Management, Inc. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1965 with a BS degree in Commerce and Business Administration. He is a member of the President's Cabinet of the University of Alabama, a member of the Board of Visitors for the University College of Commerce, a member of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Board, is active in the Monday Morning Quaterback Club as well as the Birmingham Tip-Off Club. Welden is an avid sports fan. Welden and his wife, Louise, have two married children and one grandson. Welden collaborated with Keith Dunnavant, author of Coach, the acclaimed biography of Paul "Bear" Bryant.Dunnavant is an accomplished author, magazine writer and publishing executive. Dunnavant currently divides his time between New York City, where he is managing editor of Mediaweek magazine, and Atlanta, where he is owner and publisher of Dunnavant's Paydirt Illustrated and a contributing writer for Atlanta magazine.