Dave Roos


Biography

Dave Roos has been a sports copy editor and occasional writer for The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky., since 1983 after previous stints with the Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph and the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. He's a 1973 University of Kentucky graduate with a bachelor's in zoology and a 1975 University of Missouri graduate with a bachelor's in journalism. He lives in Louisville with his wife Kathy, daughter Mary, dog Oreo and about 500,000 honey bees, give or take a drone.

Books

“Where’s the Manure?”/Goofiest Sports Quotes of the 21st Century (so far)    by Dave Roos
Price: $2.99 USD. 30200 words. Published on June 6, 2012. Nonfiction.

Dave Roos has been collecting and collating this odd assortment of sports quotes since the turn of this century for his day job – OK, make that night job – as a sports copy editor for The Courier-Journal in Louisville, KY. They come from superstars, has-beens and hangers-on throughout the sports universe, proving you don’t necessarily need crazy skills to say crazy things.

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