This hardcover book comes autographed by the author, Jane Mitchell.

For 15 years, Jane Mitchell has explored the hearts, souls and scrapbooks of high profile athletes and rising sports stars for the television program One on One with Jane Mitchell. Now, with 27 Emmys and a wide spectrum of fans, she has assembled a selection of athletes’ stories and more into a book. In One on One, Jane tells her story of becoming a journalist, of her personal and professional challenges, the risks and joys of the enviable job of covering athletes – a most unlikely subject because she was not always a sports fan.

Who’s in it?

Hall of Famers, fan favorites, and rising stars include:

• Adrian Gonzalez


• Antonio Gates


• Becky Moores


• Dave Roberts


• Dave Stewart


• Dave Winfield


• David Eckstein


• David Wells, OB "troll" and PLHS grad!


• Donnie Edwards


• Doug Flutie


• Drew Brees


• Edgar Gonzalez


• Geoff Blum


• Jake Peavy


• Jerry Coleman


• John Moores


• Junior Seau


• Ken Caminiti


• Kevin Kouzmanoff


• Khalil Greene


• LaDainian Tomlinson


• Larry Lucchino


• Luis Castillo


• Mark Kotsay


• Mark Loretta


• Mark Merila


• Mark Sweeney


• Mike Cameron


• Ozzie Smith


• Ryan Klesko


• Shaun Phillips


• Steve Finley


• Ted Williams


• Tim Flannery


• Tina Mickelson


• Tony Gwynn


• Trevor Hoffman

Who wants to read it?

Whether someone is a die-hard or casual sports fan, interested in great people stories or just curious about the life of a woman reporter “in a man’s world,” this candid and honest book has something for everyone. In the same way Jane Mitchell has targeted her programs for family television, her book is appropriate for all ages.

What makes it unique?

No one else has interviewed or produced in-depth personal biographies on this particular collection of athletes. For some, the One on One program is the only in-depth and comprehensive story on their life. As the television programs have become a part of the sports archives and landscape in San Diego, this book, along with Jane’s unique experience in sharing their stories, serves as a slice of history beyond the replays of the TV shows.  Your hardcover copy is personally autographed by Jane!

About Jane

Jane emceed Sunset View's Dinner Dance Auction last year!

We all know and love her from Channel 4 Padres fame, but did you know that our great friend Jane Mitchell hails from across the bay from Point Loma and graduated from Coronado High School?  This hometown girl and 27-time Emmy® Award-winning broadcast journalist is active in her community and supports many charitable causes including ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease.)  Her passion for storytelling stems from growing up in a Navy family, traveling the world and being encouraged by her mother, who was a teacher, to write about her experiences.

From 1997-2011 Jane produced and anchored the well known and much loved One on One with Jane Mitchell, a television show giving viewers an in-depth look at San Diego’s top sports figures from young stars to veterans and Hall-of-Famers. Though never a big sports fan, she inevitably fell in love with baseball at her first spring training in 1997. She brought her newfound appreciation for baseball and football to the show, but more than that, peeled back the layers of a player’s often rough and tough game-day façade to reveal the many layers of struggle, success, triumph and tragedy, humor and humility that make them who they are on and off the field. Their vulnerabilities and strengths are revealed in a way that is appreciated by the players and welcomed by new fans and die-hard fans alike.

She ventured into a new career dimension by writing and releasing the book One on One – My Journey with Hall of Famers, Fan Favorites and Rising Stars. She has won many awards for her television work, but calls the television show, and writing the book about it, rewarding and a labor of love.

A Coronado High School and UCSD grad, she is happy to be based in her hometown of San Diego.  She also earned an M.S. in Journalism at Northwestern University in Chicago.  She began her broadcast career in Wichita Falls, Texas and Tulsa, Oklahoma, reporting on everything from teacher strikes to tornadoes.  She returned home as a producer and reporter at KNSD-TV then joined Cox Communications to produce and report for a special channel for the Republican National Convention in San Diego.  Following that, she was hired to help create Channel 4 San Diego. She was with the station for the 15 years of the Cox/Padres contract.

Jane is active in the San Diego community and volunteers at numerous community events and, in honor of her father who died of Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is Board Chairman of the Greater San Diego Chapter of the ALS Association.