Bright Lights & Long Nights

Eighteen years in the sports industry comes with wins, losses, and hard-earned perspective.Bright Lights & Long Nights takes the reader along for a captivating and unpredictable ride through Tosti’s 18-year career in the sports industry chasing the one thing we all want—a dream job. This fascinating memoir is your ALL-ACCESS pass to see how gameday comes to life, from the empty arena to the exhilarating final seconds of a buzzer beater. True stories from teammates representing a wide range of front office departments provide an in-depth look at what it takes to entertain thousands of fans each season. “From campus days as a student manager, to stints at all levels of pro sports, to founding a sports-based nonprofit, Brandon Tosti has dreamed and lived the sporting life since he was a kid growing up in eastern Kentucky. In Bright Lights & Long Nights, he shares hard-won lessons from that career in the sports business and lays out what can happen when you lead with the heart while keeping your head. Anyone interested in making a life in sports, or simply curious about how teams and fans fill up arenas and stadiums, will find inspiration, fascinating stories, and valuable lessons in these pages.”— Alexander Wolff, former Sports Illustrated writer and author of Big Game, Small World Read more