{"title":"Dave Wedge","description":"Dave Wedge is a New York Times bestselling author based in Boston. He has co-written five books with acclaimed author Casey Sherman, including Boston Strong: A City's Triumph Over Tragedy, a nonfiction drama about the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings adapted for the 2017 movie Patriots Day; Ice Bucket Challenge: Pete Frates and the Fight Against ALS; 12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady's Fight for Redemption; Hunting Whitey: The Inside Story of the Capture and Killing of America's Most Wanted Crime Boss; and The Last Days of John Lennon, written with James Patterson. His latest bestseller, Riding With Evil: Taking Down the Notorious Pagans Motorcycle Gang, is the true story of ATF agent Ken Croke, the only police officer to ever infiltrate the Pagans, the ultraviolent rivals of the Hells Angels. The book is currently in development as a feature film.Dave is aslo a writer for Boston magazine, has written for VICE, Esquire, and Newsweek and was an award-winning investigative journalist for the Boston Herald for fourteen years. He has appeared on NBC News, CNN, MSNBC, E!, France 24, Fox News Channel, Good Morning America and many other local and national networks.","products":[{"product_id":"blood-hate-the-untold-story-of-marvelous-marvin-haglers-battle-for-glory-paperback","title":"Blood \u0026 Hate: The Untold Story of Marvelous Marvin Hagler's Battle for Glory - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBlood\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; Hate\u003c\/i\u003e reads like a thriller: a raw, unflinching saga of survival, \u003cbr\u003ebetrayal, and the kind of obsession that turns underdogs into kings. Wedge\u003cbr\u003edelivers Hagler's story like a haymaker to the jaw-brutal, brilliant, and\u003cbr\u003eimpossible to forget.\"--Ben Mezrich, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling\u003cbr\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental Billionaires\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBringing Down the\u003cbr\u003eHouse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDumb Money\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost\u003cbr\u003eknow Marvelous Marvin Hagler from his epic battles against Thomas Hearns\u003cbr\u003eand John Mugabi and his controversial split-decision loss to Sugar Ray Leonard.\u003cbr\u003eBut it is his escape from riot-torn Newark in the late 1960s, the unbreakable\u003cbr\u003ebond he built with the Petronelli brothers, and his 1980 title fight against\u003cbr\u003eBritain's Alan Minter--with its deep racial animus--that captures the real story\u003cbr\u003eof Hagler.In \u003ci\u003eBlood\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; Hate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Dave Wedge\u003cbr\u003etells the riveting and inspirational tale of how Hagler overcame incredible\u003cbr\u003eodds, joined with Goody and Pat Petronelli to rise through the rigged ranks, \u003cbr\u003eand morphed from a fatherless teenager in Brockton, Massachusetts, into\u003cbr\u003eMarvelous Marvin Hagler, one of the best boxers ever and arguably the greatest\u003cbr\u003emiddleweight in history.Through\u003cbr\u003eexclusive interviews with Bob Arum, the Petronelli and Hagler families, and a\u003cbr\u003ewho's who of the boxing world, \u003ci\u003eBlood \u0026amp; Hate \u003c\/i\u003ereveals\u003cbr\u003efascinating details about Hagler's early life as well as the legendary Minter\u003cbr\u003efight, and once and for all delivers the definitive chronicle of Marvelous\u003cbr\u003eMarvin Hagler. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51295004328159,"sku":"9781949590845","price":33.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/DWYVnh9rUa9781949590845.webp?v=1788083521"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/dave-wedge.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}