“I’m sure this is the best sports biography I have ever read. I just could not put it down for its honesty and its humor and its unique format. I had read 50 pages before leaving the store and taking the book home with me. The Payne Stewart Story informs, entertains, enlightens, inspires.” – Cecily Shores, professional book reviewer

“At last, the inside story of one of the most popular figures in sports, superbly reported by the sportswriter who knew him best. Guest socialized with Arnie, flew, drank and played golf with him for years. He starts strong with a chapter characterizing Palmer’s (changing) relationship with Jack Nicklaus, then goes on to recount several hilarious beer-drinking episodes and harrowing plane rides. These chapters alone are worth the price.” – Steve Hershey, USA Today

After stints at the Brookhaven (Miss.) Daily Leader and Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger, LARRY GUEST moved to The Orlando Sentinel where he was the paper’s syndicated lead sports columnist for 28 years until his retirement in 2000. He became one of the nation’s most respected and well-known sports columnists. Three times, he was voted by his peers the Sports Writer of the Year in Florida, a state blessed with a plethora of colorful and gifted sports scribes.


His graceful, witty style connected with readers. He dearly loved to often break local and national sports news stories, a penchant that inspired the late Payne Stewart to give his friend Guest the teasing nickname “Scoop.” Those news breaks were spawned mostly by his ability to develop close, professional/social relationships with many of the sports headliners he covered – including many of the personalities featured in “Sports Icons ‘R Funny”, his seventh and most recent book.


Two of his previous books, “ARNIE: Inside the Legend” and “The Payne Stewart Story,” made various best-seller lists. The other tomes were “Making Magic” an account of Orlando’s acquisition of an NBA franchise with Magic exec Pat Williams, “Confessions of a Coach” with NCAA champion coach Norm Sloan, “Larry Guest Lite,” a collection of Guest’s more humorous columns, and “Built To Win,” with Atlanta Braves GM John Schuerholz.


Guest and his wife Mary reside in Winter Garden, FL.


Contact Larry at admin@larryguest.com