Tim Tebow's new book "Through My Eyes" debuts at No. 6 on the New York Times best-seller list this week, its first week of eligibility.
(Coincidentally, the new ESPN history is No. 5, after debuting at No. 1 last week. But where the ESPN book likely has peaked its sales, it feels like Tebow's book sales will only grow through the summer, particularly with Father's Day coming up next weekend. You can be sure tons of folks will be buying Tebow's book for their dads.)
"Through My Eyes" is currently No. 18 on the Amazon Top 100, but it carries an "up" arrow for trending momentum.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Tim Tebow On the Daily Show
Fun little segment:
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Tim Tebow Meets Jon Stewart
Don't forget to watch Tim Tebow on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" tonight at 11:00 ET on Comedy Central. The interview portion usually starts after 11:15 or so. I'll have the clip here as soon as it is available online.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Tim Tebow Hits Amazon Top 25
What were we saying the other day about Tim Tebow's book cracking the Amazon overall Top 25? He's there already, one day after the book released. Let's set the over-under at No. 3, with zero surprise if he hits No. 1.
(via Angel Gonzalez on Twitter)
(via Angel Gonzalez on Twitter)
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Tim Tebow's "Through My Eyes" Released Today
Tim Tebow's much-anticipated memoir "Through My Eyes" is releasing today -- you can pick it up at any bookstore or order it online, as many already have. It is currently No. 8 on the Amazon ranking of sports books, but I anticipate it will surge to No. 1 -- and eventually into the Top 20 of all book sales. Full book review coming later this week.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Tim Tebow on His Motivations
From the essential Alligator Army:
"Being a role model is huge. That’s so much more important than scoring touchdowns or trying to win championships because at the end of the day, that’s just a game. If you can encourage someone, inspire someone and put a smile on their face, that’s actually meaningful. That actually changes peoples' lives, and that’s what I’m in it for."
-- Tim Tebow, from a speech at the Winged Foot Scholar-Athlete Award banquet.
Tebow's new book comes out Tuesday. Already getting emails from folks who pre-ordered the autographed version and it has arrived at their houses. Full review and coverage coming all next week.
"Being a role model is huge. That’s so much more important than scoring touchdowns or trying to win championships because at the end of the day, that’s just a game. If you can encourage someone, inspire someone and put a smile on their face, that’s actually meaningful. That actually changes peoples' lives, and that’s what I’m in it for."
-- Tim Tebow, from a speech at the Winged Foot Scholar-Athlete Award banquet.
Tebow's new book comes out Tuesday. Already getting emails from folks who pre-ordered the autographed version and it has arrived at their houses. Full review and coverage coming all next week.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
A Brief Statement about Judgment Day
Tim Tebow's book comes out in 11 days. There is no way the world ends tomorrow.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Tim Tebow In New York City
Tim Tebow is in New York City today, at an event at Macy's in Herald Square for Jockey. Should be a lot of fun.
I got invited to attend, but it is my older son's 5th birthday party today.
Consequently, Tim should consider this an open invite to drop by -- our apartment in Brooklyn is only a 25-minute drive from Macy's.
I mean, as long as he is in New York City....
(In the photo, that's Gabe to the left, with his little brother Jonah to the right, in the glasses.)
I got invited to attend, but it is my older son's 5th birthday party today.
Consequently, Tim should consider this an open invite to drop by -- our apartment in Brooklyn is only a 25-minute drive from Macy's.
I mean, as long as he is in New York City....
(In the photo, that's Gabe to the left, with his little brother Jonah to the right, in the glasses.)
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Tim Tebow Book Tour Dates
Tim Tebow's autobiography "Through My Eyes" is coming out on May 31. The dates and locations for his book tour have been announced:
5/30 in Jacksonville at Books-a-Million on Marsh Landing Parkway.
6/4 in Denver at the Tattered Cover (one of my favorite bookstores in the world).
6/5 in Colorado Springs at Sam's Club on Woodman Rd.
6/9 in Gainesville at Walmart on Archer Rd.
6/11 in Orlando at Barnes and Noble on Colonial Drive.
Expect big crowds, but should be a great scene at each stop. Presume that there will be a lot of media appearances and availability around the release.
More details here at the bottom of the TT website.
5/30 in Jacksonville at Books-a-Million on Marsh Landing Parkway.
6/4 in Denver at the Tattered Cover (one of my favorite bookstores in the world).
6/5 in Colorado Springs at Sam's Club on Woodman Rd.
6/9 in Gainesville at Walmart on Archer Rd.
6/11 in Orlando at Barnes and Noble on Colonial Drive.
Expect big crowds, but should be a great scene at each stop. Presume that there will be a lot of media appearances and availability around the release.
More details here at the bottom of the TT website.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Tim Tebow Foundation Celebrity Golf Classic
Today and tomorrow are the first Tim Tebow Foundation Celebrity Golf Classic. Check out the details here.
Maybe next year I will get an invite as a "celebrity" participant -- although I don't golf, so where I really would add value is as a guest commentator. Get on that, XV!
Maybe next year I will get an invite as a "celebrity" participant -- although I don't golf, so where I really would add value is as a guest commentator. Get on that, XV!
Thursday, May 5, 2011
"Through My Eyes" Out Soon
Thanks to Teblog reader Kat for sending me a note about pre-ordering "Through My Eyes" on Barnes and Noble's website. She noticed something on the page, and I'll try to explain it:
Apparently, you can get a signed edition, and it's only a dollar more than the standard hardcover price. It also appears to come out a week earlier (5/24) than the standard edition (5/31).
Sometimes bookstore web sites can get these little details wrong, but it certainly seems like something interesting to look into, if you were planning on getting the book.
Apparently, you can get a signed edition, and it's only a dollar more than the standard hardcover price. It also appears to come out a week earlier (5/24) than the standard edition (5/31).
Sometimes bookstore web sites can get these little details wrong, but it certainly seems like something interesting to look into, if you were planning on getting the book.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
One Year Later: Tebow vs. the Draft
Remember the intrigue last year on the day of the first round of the NFL Draft? It was led by this simple question: Where is Tim Tebow going?
There were plenty of contenders: Bills? Jaguars? Patriots? My pick was the Vikings. It ended up being the Broncos, and in hindsight it all seemed so obvious.
A year later, it is clear that Tebow can be a starting QB in the NFL -- he proved that as a rookie, against all the nay-sayers.
The irony is that if the Bills had taken Tebow last year instead of rookie non-factor CJ Spiller, they would be entering the 2011 season with a talented QB with a year of starts under his belt and probably a similar draft slot, where they could have grabbed any number of super-talents: Von Miller, Marcell Dareus. Even a game-breaker like AJ Green.
The Jaguars could have used the instant injection of fan enthusiasm Tebow brought to Denver.
And as the rumors swirl that they are ready to use the No. 12 overall pick on Jake Locker, the Vikings could have had Tebow in the 20s a year ago, then used the No. 12 pick on their other needs, knowing they were set at QB (even as Tebow sat behind Brett Favre for his rookie year). Locker feels like "Tebow Lite." At best, Locker is nothing better than a year behind where Tebow would have been now had he gone to Minnesota.
But mostly, I remember this day a year ago for the excitement I and a lot of you felt when Tebow was drafted in the 1st round, just like we all had insisted for years -- Tebow is a first-round NFL talent -- and directly in the face of the draftnik haters who insisted he could NEVER be a first-rounder.
There was a satisfaction there that I think is worth remembering, no matter what happened in the year since.
-- Dan
There were plenty of contenders: Bills? Jaguars? Patriots? My pick was the Vikings. It ended up being the Broncos, and in hindsight it all seemed so obvious.
A year later, it is clear that Tebow can be a starting QB in the NFL -- he proved that as a rookie, against all the nay-sayers.
The irony is that if the Bills had taken Tebow last year instead of rookie non-factor CJ Spiller, they would be entering the 2011 season with a talented QB with a year of starts under his belt and probably a similar draft slot, where they could have grabbed any number of super-talents: Von Miller, Marcell Dareus. Even a game-breaker like AJ Green.
The Jaguars could have used the instant injection of fan enthusiasm Tebow brought to Denver.
And as the rumors swirl that they are ready to use the No. 12 overall pick on Jake Locker, the Vikings could have had Tebow in the 20s a year ago, then used the No. 12 pick on their other needs, knowing they were set at QB (even as Tebow sat behind Brett Favre for his rookie year). Locker feels like "Tebow Lite." At best, Locker is nothing better than a year behind where Tebow would have been now had he gone to Minnesota.
But mostly, I remember this day a year ago for the excitement I and a lot of you felt when Tebow was drafted in the 1st round, just like we all had insisted for years -- Tebow is a first-round NFL talent -- and directly in the face of the draftnik haters who insisted he could NEVER be a first-rounder.
There was a satisfaction there that I think is worth remembering, no matter what happened in the year since.
-- Dan
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Happy Easter from Tim Tebow
From Tim Tebow's Twitter feed this morning:
It's time to celebrate the greatest victory of all... He is risen! Have a wonderful Easter everyone! 1 Peter 1:3Happy Easter to all.
Tebow Talks to Woody Paige
Denver Post columnist (and Tebow-backer from Draft Day 2010) Woody Paige did a Q&A with Tim Tebow that was published today. The most interesting answer came after Paige asked Tebow for his strengths and weaknesses:
"I'd say the strength I'd look at is it's still football, and I still have the ability to play quarterback, run around, make things happen, improvise, and it wasn't too fast for me. It felt the same as high school and college. It wasn't anything like "Oh, shoot, this is the NFL, this is hard. I can't do this." If anything, by playing, it gave me that much more confidence because I thought, "Wow, I can really play at a high level." I'd done it successfully before, and these were the same guys I had been doing it against in college.
"My biggest weakness was the timing of certain plays. For instance, I had two "go" routes against San Diego, one on the left to (Brandon) Lloyd, one on the right to (Jabar) Gaffney, and on the first I was too late with the play-action, and Brandon already got out of his break and was too close to the sidelines. So we had a 15-yard route for a first down, but I didn't make the throw. I had the same play on the other side, and my timing wasn't there. It wasn't because of my arm strength, delivery or lack of understanding of the plays, but a lack of reps. I also found out that while I can use my athletic ability to scramble, I can't take too many hits. We were doing whatever we could to win because they were two crazy games, but it's not good to play too recklessly."
Really like the level of nuance Tebow applies to his weaknesses, remembering precisely what he did wrong and why it went wrong. (Hear that, Coach Fox? MORE REPS.)
See the whole interview here.
"I'd say the strength I'd look at is it's still football, and I still have the ability to play quarterback, run around, make things happen, improvise, and it wasn't too fast for me. It felt the same as high school and college. It wasn't anything like "Oh, shoot, this is the NFL, this is hard. I can't do this." If anything, by playing, it gave me that much more confidence because I thought, "Wow, I can really play at a high level." I'd done it successfully before, and these were the same guys I had been doing it against in college.
"My biggest weakness was the timing of certain plays. For instance, I had two "go" routes against San Diego, one on the left to (Brandon) Lloyd, one on the right to (Jabar) Gaffney, and on the first I was too late with the play-action, and Brandon already got out of his break and was too close to the sidelines. So we had a 15-yard route for a first down, but I didn't make the throw. I had the same play on the other side, and my timing wasn't there. It wasn't because of my arm strength, delivery or lack of understanding of the plays, but a lack of reps. I also found out that while I can use my athletic ability to scramble, I can't take too many hits. We were doing whatever we could to win because they were two crazy games, but it's not good to play too recklessly."
Really like the level of nuance Tebow applies to his weaknesses, remembering precisely what he did wrong and why it went wrong. (Hear that, Coach Fox? MORE REPS.)
See the whole interview here.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Tebow Nearly Went to Alabama
"My whole high school career, I thought I was going to Alabama because Urban wasn’t at Florida at that time, and they had Coach Shula — I loved him, I respected him as family, I loved the passion Alabama fans had for the game. That was something, you watch me play, I love it, I’m passionate about it, and seeing those fans, I loved it, I was in to it. And they had great players and I had become friends with a lot of their players, so most of my high school career I honestly thought I was going to Alabama."
See the rest of his radio interview (via Sports Radio Interviews) through the fine folks at Alligator Army.
See the rest of his radio interview (via Sports Radio Interviews) through the fine folks at Alligator Army.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tebow's Jockey Ad Releases
"Man, you gotta feel this shirt."
That's the kicker from Tim Tebow's new TV ad for Jockey -- no, not briefs... undershirts (which, frankly, I burn through constantly and am always looking for quality ones).
So check it out in the link above, and expect the obligatory torrent of reaction to it throughout sports media.
(Meanwhile, Tebow was routed by Jamaal Charles in the first round of the Madden 12 cover bracket, based on fan vote, which was jaw-dropping for me. Next year!)
-- Dan
That's the kicker from Tim Tebow's new TV ad for Jockey -- no, not briefs... undershirts (which, frankly, I burn through constantly and am always looking for quality ones).
So check it out in the link above, and expect the obligatory torrent of reaction to it throughout sports media.
(Meanwhile, Tebow was routed by Jamaal Charles in the first round of the Madden 12 cover bracket, based on fan vote, which was jaw-dropping for me. Next year!)
-- Dan
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tebow Getting Crushed in EA Vote
In the new public bracket-style vote to decide the cover player for Madden 12, Tim Tebow is getting obliterated in the first round by Jamaal Charles. After more than 300,000 votes, Charles has 65 percent of the vote. It's a very very tough hill to climb. Vote here.
Monday, February 21, 2011
FTU Q&A with Tim Tebow
"If I believe in everything and feel it’s right, I wouldn’t mind it. But I have my priorities in a certain order. I just don’t have the time right now to do a lot of commercials and ads. If we can find time, yeah, it’d be great to help a company you believe in."
-- Tim Tebow, in a wide-ranging interview with the Florida Times-Union covering everything from his rookie season to the Broncos' coaching change to his book to his golf tournament to his bachelorhood to the above quote, related to his endorsement opportunities. The whole thing is worth a read. (Per the quotes about the book, wow, would I like to have explored writing that with him. I was recently looking back over the Teblog archive, and it could have been really interesting.)
-- Tim Tebow, in a wide-ranging interview with the Florida Times-Union covering everything from his rookie season to the Broncos' coaching change to his book to his golf tournament to his bachelorhood to the above quote, related to his endorsement opportunities. The whole thing is worth a read. (Per the quotes about the book, wow, would I like to have explored writing that with him. I was recently looking back over the Teblog archive, and it could have been really interesting.)
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Apologies for the Light Posting
Friends: Sincerest apologies for the light posting the past month.
On the one hand, there hasn't been a ton of Tebow news to cover. (On the other hand, that's no excuse!)
On the other other hand, I have been immersed in my new company, Quickish, which launched exactly one month ago, to help people -- for starters, sports fans -- keep up quickly with the big things that are happening.
It has been going great, but it has dominated my time, as you might imagine.
And so a few small favors to ask:
*Check out Quickish for yourself! (And feel free to visit often, because it changes constantly.)
*If you like it, please tell your friends! You can do it through Facebook (you can "like" the Quickish page or just write a message about it), through Twitter, through email or through good ol' word-of-mouth. Lots of friends telling friends is the No. 1 best way for Quickish to grow.
*Please bear with me while I continue guiding the company through its early stages. I promise I haven't given up on TimTeblog -- and I hope you won't give up on me!
Hugest thanks for your support for Quickish and patience with my attention elsewhere.
GBGB.
-- Dan
On the one hand, there hasn't been a ton of Tebow news to cover. (On the other hand, that's no excuse!)
On the other other hand, I have been immersed in my new company, Quickish, which launched exactly one month ago, to help people -- for starters, sports fans -- keep up quickly with the big things that are happening.
It has been going great, but it has dominated my time, as you might imagine.
And so a few small favors to ask:
*Check out Quickish for yourself! (And feel free to visit often, because it changes constantly.)
*If you like it, please tell your friends! You can do it through Facebook (you can "like" the Quickish page or just write a message about it), through Twitter, through email or through good ol' word-of-mouth. Lots of friends telling friends is the No. 1 best way for Quickish to grow.
*Please bear with me while I continue guiding the company through its early stages. I promise I haven't given up on TimTeblog -- and I hope you won't give up on me!
Hugest thanks for your support for Quickish and patience with my attention elsewhere.
GBGB.
-- Dan
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Tebow Helps Homeless Man Win Fantasy Prize
Did you hear about the guy who finished first overall among the millions of players in ESPN.com's fantasy football game this year?
(a) He's homeless.
(b) He clinched the title by picking up a QB for the final week of the fantasy season who ended up having a monster game -- Tim Tebow.
Yes, really: Tim Tebow helped a homeless guy win the national fantasy football championship.
(a) He's homeless.
(b) He clinched the title by picking up a QB for the final week of the fantasy season who ended up having a monster game -- Tim Tebow.
Yes, really: Tim Tebow helped a homeless guy win the national fantasy football championship.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Broncos Tebow: Fox's Choice
Here's how I choose to take the news that John Fox isn't ready to immediately declare Tim Tebow his starting QB in Denver and to open it to whichever QB earns it:
Bring it on.
Nothing will bring out the best in Tebow like a competition, particularly one based on meritocracy: Who's going to earn it? Who will help the team most? Who wants it more?
If it's about working hardest? If it's about helping the team most? If it's about desire and will?
Tebow will be the starting QB for the Broncos next fall.
Maybe they should let Tebow handle the mediation between the players' union and the owners, so we can HAVE a "next fall."
*****
If you have a minute, please check out my new company, Quickish. In about 30 seconds, you can catch up on all the best analysis of the biggest topics in sports today. (And if you like it, please tell your friends. Need all the help we can get in raising awareness.)
-- D.S.
Bring it on.
Nothing will bring out the best in Tebow like a competition, particularly one based on meritocracy: Who's going to earn it? Who will help the team most? Who wants it more?
If it's about working hardest? If it's about helping the team most? If it's about desire and will?
Tebow will be the starting QB for the Broncos next fall.
Maybe they should let Tebow handle the mediation between the players' union and the owners, so we can HAVE a "next fall."
*****
If you have a minute, please check out my new company, Quickish. In about 30 seconds, you can catch up on all the best analysis of the biggest topics in sports today. (And if you like it, please tell your friends. Need all the help we can get in raising awareness.)
-- D.S.
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