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The best-selling author of 40 sports books, Ross Bernstein is a sought after motivational speaker who regularly speaks to businesses, organizations, professional associations and trade groups across the country. Ross grew up loving sports and went on to attend the University of Minnesota. It was there where he first got into writing through some rather unique circumstances. You see, after a failed attempt to make it as a walk-on to the University's top-ranked Golden Gopher hockey team, Ross opted for the next best thing - to become the team's mascot, "Goldy the Gopher." His humorous accounts as a mischievous rodent then inspired the 1992 regional best-seller: "Gopher Hockey by the Hockey Gopher." The rest, they say... is history! After spending the next five years in Chicago and New York working as vice president of marketing for a start-up children's entertainment company, Ross decided to take a leap of faith and come home to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time sports author. Since then, he has been cranking out about four books a year and is truly having a ball - doing what he loves on his own terms. From critically acclaimed national biographies, to regional coffee-table history books, to inspirational children's memoirs - Ross has appeared on more than a thousand local and national television and radio programs over his career, including CNN and ESPN, among others, and was even recently featured on the covers of the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. As a sought after motivational speaker, Ross speaks to corporations and groups around the country about the inspirational legacy of the late hall of fame hockey coach Herb Brooks. To honor his friend and mentor, Ross speaks about the influence Brooks had on the world of sports, his unorthodox leadership style, and about the impact of the now legendary "Miracle on Ice," which will forever live on as one of the greatest moments in the history of sports. If you got goose bumps watching the recent Disney movie "Miracle," which starred Kurt Russell as Herb Brooks, then Ross' entertaining hour-long program is truly a must-see. Ross and his wife have a five year-old daughter and presently reside in Minneapolis.

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