Sometimes You Have to Cross When It Says Don't Walk

Praise

“Lesley has been part of the CBS family for more than 30 years, and we consider her the trailblazer for women in sports journalism, blessed with both knowledge and heart. Enjoy this romp through her 40 years of covering sports.”
—Leslie Moonves, Chairman of the Board and CEO of CBS

“I have known Lesley for decades and she not only loves football, she really knows the game.  I recommend this book to anyone who ever wanted to hear great stories from someone who’s been around the game for 40 years.”  

—Dan Marino, NFL Hall of Famer

“Every single woman writing sports today owes a debt to Lesley Visser, who proved that women could both out-report and out-write men long before we took that for granted, as we do now.” 

—John Feinstein, columnist for the Washington Post and best-selling author of more than 40 books, including the New York Times #1 bestseller Season on the Brink

“Forty years ago, Lesley Visser covered my first professional team, the Boston Lobsters. She earned my trust then and has remained one of my favorite people in sports. Her accomplishments in a male-dominated industry allowed her to break through barriers and blaze a trail that has opened doors for generations of talented women in sports since. Lesley has always been one of the best at getting and telling a story. Now, she tells her story.”

—Robert Kraft, owner of the five-time world champion New England Patriots and CEO of the Kraft Group 

“Lesley Visser is a giant in women’s sports journalism. I don’t mean physically, of course. Physically, she has excellent proportions. What I mean is, she blazed the trail for all the women who followed after her. She also paved the way. That’s right: This woman blazed AND paved, as well as forging the path, charting the course, raising the bar, and breaking through the glass ceiling. She covered professional football when the gridiron was literally a grid made out of iron and women reporters were not allowed in the locker room without bustles, yet despite these obstacles, she broke big story after big story, including the discovery of the forward pass. She was also the first journalist of any gender to spell ‘Krzyzewski’ correctly. Lesley truly is a pioneer, and all those who followed in her footsteps owe her a debt of gratitude, which they could repay by buying this book. She will also accept cash.”

—Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and humorist