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Sports & Recreation General

Number Two

More Short Tales from a Very Tall Man

by (author) Jay Onrait

Publisher
HarperCollins Canada
Initial publish date
Oct 2015
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781443434935
    Publish Date
    Oct 2015
    List Price
    $29.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781443434966
    Publish Date
    Oct 2015
    List Price
    $11.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781443434959
    Publish Date
    Nov 2016
    List Price
    $16.99
  • CD-Audio

    ISBN
    9781978631724
    Publish Date
    May 2018
    List Price
    $21.99

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Description

From the twisted and juvenile mind that brought you the national bestseller Anchorboy comes another rollicking collection of embarrassing stories that’ll make you laugh, cry, and feel just a little bit uncomfortable.

Get ready for more story time with everyone’s favourite Canadian sportscaster, Jay Onrait! Pull up a chair, open a bag of ketchup chips, and join Jay as he reminisces about the times he . . .

  • — explored the squalid world of medical marijuana;
  • — made a mess of himself on the road to Pittsburgh;
  • — got upstaged on live TV by comedy legend Martin Short;
  • — rode a Street Dragon through the laneways of Sochi;
  • — shared a drink with Jay-Z and was then asked to leave;

And much, much more!

About the author

Jay Onrait is a Canadian television personality, author, sports anchor, and most importantly your friend. Born in Calgary, Jay and his family eventually moved to Athabasca, where he was raised in the aisles of the family drug store. Following a two-year stint at the University of Alberta, a period he refers to as his “Lost Years,” Jay applied to and was surprisingly accepted at Ryerson University in Toronto, where he enrolled in the prestigious Radio and Television Arts Program. Several hundred orders of Pad Thai from Salad King later, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and embarked on a career in television. Flash forward to 2003, when Jay landed a job hosting TSN’s SportsCentre alongside Dan O’Toole and became the stuff of legend. Jay and Dan taped their final episode of SportsCentre in June 2013-upsetting Canadian sports fans from coast to coast-and joined the launch of the new Fox Sports 1 network in Los Angeles as hosts of their flagship show, Fox Sports Live. Somewhere along the way, Jay found time to write the bestselling memoir Anchorboy and co-create the wildly successful “Jay & Dan Podcast,” which continues to make people laugh to this day. Jay is married and currently resides in Los Angeles, where he tries to limit his In-N-Out Burger trips to once a week.

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Editorial Reviews

“Of all the Canadians I have worked with in Hollywood, Jay Onrait is definitely one of them.” — Martin Short

“Jay Onrait has finally found a medium in which he stands a chance to succeed. Stick with the books, kid! Television is just not your thing. And get rid of the other guy immediately.” — Regis Philbin

“I’m not going to be one of those people who says something mean about Jay Onrait just for a cheap laugh and a chance to get on his book cover. Besides, who the hell is Jay Onrait?” — Peter Mansbridge

“When I first met Jay Onrait, he was essentially an intern at TSN. I would berate him daily and make him do silly dog tricks to humiliate him in front of the staff. But if that is in this book, I will sue his ass.” — James Duthie

“Jay is in desperate of need of paycheck, so he wrote another book. Please take him back Canada.” — Andy Roddick

“Seriously, a book by Jay Onrait is not to be taken seriously. Except by Jay Onrait, who was driven by the need to work on his spelling.” — Dave Hodge

“I fell in love with Jay Onrait the day I flashed him on National Television. It was more exciting for me than him, but we both were willing to do anything for ratings. . . Anything. RIP Jay. I will miss your packed lunches.” — Charissa Thompson