Dan Taylor

After 29 years as a television sportscaster, Dan Taylor changed media, writing The Bulldog Mutiny.

Taylor began his sportscasting career by producing and performing his own radio show while still in high school. Two years later, he became a weekend sports anchor at a local television station.

During his television career, he covered the Super Bowl, the Indianapolis 500, Major League Baseball playoffs, college softball and baseball World Series, NCAA basketball playoffs, and football bowl games.

In addition to anchoring nightly sportscasts, Taylor did basketball and football play-by-play. For 15 seasons he was the track announcer at Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, handling Indy car, World Superbike, and other major motor sports events. He has also handled public address announcing at professional tennis events and minor league baseball games. His book The Bulldog Mutiny, published by HarperOne, goes on sale summer 2009.

Taylor resides in Fresno, California.

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American/Pop Culture

Spirituality

The Rise of the Bulldogs

The Untold Story of One of the Greatest Upsets of All Time

Talking Points

In addition to covering Super Bowl’s, All-Star games, World Series play, the Indianapolis 500 and major professional golf championships, Dan Taylor has also handled venue announcing for a variety of major motor sports events.

For twenty-nine years Taylor has been a television sportscaster in Fresno, California extensively covering the Fresno State Bulldogs.

Description

Baseball fans across America were held spellbound by Fresno State’s improbable adventure through the NCAA playoffs to win the College World Series. A record viewing audience of almost 2 million households tuned to ESPN’s live coverage as Fresno State reached out to grab their unlikely crown.

This is the story of how late season tumult forced a re-evaluation of the commitment, direction and relationships amongst the players themselves; how the team bonded as a unit, playing a positive and care-free brand of baseball; how, ultimately, the group found the belief they needed in one another in the midst of the most unlikely crowning of a National Champion in the history of collegiate sports. This is the ultimate underdog story, with a team coming out on top, literally, against all odds.

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