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Here, at last, is Charles Pierce's best writing on sports, collected for the first time in one volume. All of these pieces, first published in GQ, the National, and Esquire, showcase Pierce's trademark humor. Some are spot-on profiles of famous sports personalities such as Tiger Woods, Magic Johnson, and Peyton Manning, while others are portraits of lesser-known figures such as Nebraska basketball coach Danny Nee, a former Vietnam vet who openly opposed the Gulf War, Cool Papa Bell, a ballplayer from the Negro Leagues who is ripped off by memorabilia hounds, and Mike Donald, an obscure golfer on the PGA tour who played the best golf in his life only to lose a tournament by one stroke. Pierce also takes us on unforgettable journeys into the wide world of sports, from a snake-charming pole-vaulter to life on the Hooters Golf Tour, from the fashion accessories of the modern ballplayer to how a small community--Warroad, Minnesota--bonds over ice hockey. Sports Guy will delight Pierce's devoted readers and is certain to win him many, many more.… (plus d'informations)
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Some of the best sports writing I've ever read. Pierce, every once in a while, throws out a paragraph that can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the best literature you've ever read. Loses a star because there are multiple golf essays, and who wants to read about golf? Just kidding, golf fan. ( )
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To Abraham, Brendan, and Molly, something that's not from the airport gift shop. And in memory of Shelby Strother.
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Because I am not sentimental about old stadiums, I am equally unmoved by the new ones, the plasticine nostalgia palaces that have sprung up in places like Denver and Cleveland, and, most famously, Baltimore, a place of the kind of ersatz instant tradition perfect for a time in which television anchorman fancy themselves historians. The new ballparks are comfortable tributes to the modern service economy, and they are not as ugly as old Crock-Pots, and that is all that can be said for them.
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Here, at last, is Charles Pierce's best writing on sports, collected for the first time in one volume. All of these pieces, first published in GQ, the National, and Esquire, showcase Pierce's trademark humor. Some are spot-on profiles of famous sports personalities such as Tiger Woods, Magic Johnson, and Peyton Manning, while others are portraits of lesser-known figures such as Nebraska basketball coach Danny Nee, a former Vietnam vet who openly opposed the Gulf War, Cool Papa Bell, a ballplayer from the Negro Leagues who is ripped off by memorabilia hounds, and Mike Donald, an obscure golfer on the PGA tour who played the best golf in his life only to lose a tournament by one stroke. Pierce also takes us on unforgettable journeys into the wide world of sports, from a snake-charming pole-vaulter to life on the Hooters Golf Tour, from the fashion accessories of the modern ballplayer to how a small community--Warroad, Minnesota--bonds over ice hockey. Sports Guy will delight Pierce's devoted readers and is certain to win him many, many more.
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