Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan

Name: Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan
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ISBN: 9780892553396

ISBN-10: 0892553391

ISBN-13: 9780892553396

Edition: 2008

Authors: Alex Belth, Alex Belth, Alex Belth

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A highly-entertaining collection of sports journalism from a forty-year veteran. For decades, Pat Jordan has been one of the best sports writers in America. This engrossing book compiles twenty-six features from throughout his career, among them his most famous magazine pieces and a small selection of previously unpublished gems. Included is an exciting selection of Jordan's profiles of sports legends such as Wilt Chamberlain, Tom Seaver, Greg Louganis, Venus and Serena Williamseach one frank, insightful, and saltyas well as an extraordinary sampling of the pieces with which Jordan made his name: those about athletes who are obscure, unsuccessful, or have fallen from grace. Whether…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Persea Books, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/17/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.20" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 1.672
Language: English



Introduction


Author's Note


Fame


Roger Clemens Refuses to Grow Up


Breakers West Where the Kissing Never Stops



The Fanciest Diver



Trouble in Paradise



The Magician



Wilt in Winter



The Italian Prince



How the Boston Bruins Flaunt Their Muscles


Conversations with the Dinosaur



The Two Faces of Prime Time



King Rat



The Noble Turtle



Of Memory, Death, and the Automobile



The Best of Friends



Obscurity


No Joy in Sorrento: A Baseball Myth Strikes Out



The Pork



Is This Man the Future of Poker?



War of the Roses



Duquesne, PA



Thin Mountain Air



A Ridiculous Will



Renee's Retreat



The Curious Childhood of an Eleven-Year-Old Beauty Queen



The Outcast



The Fan



A Mound of Troubles



Q & A with Pat Jordan