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