Proshche skazat, chem ne zanimalsya Vasiliy Utkin - chelovek, izmenivshiy esli ne vse, to mnogoe v kulture rossiyskogo sportivnogo kommentariya. Neprosto obyasnit, pochemu kniga, kotoruyu on tak khotel napisat «o zhizni, druzyakh, vsyakikh vstrechakh i byvalshchinakh», sluchilas uzhe bez avtora, no kak budto v postoyannom nezrimom ego prisutstvii. V ney druzya, kollegi, sam Vasiliy rasskazyvayut istorii, travyat bayki, otvechayut drug drugu na voprosy v intervyu i bloge, rassuzhdayut o sporte, azarte, lyubvi i nenavisti, diletantakh i professionalakh, lukavyat i pechalyatsya - slovom, zhivut zhizn, kotoraya bez Utkina byla by sovsem drugoy.
