Renegade Sportsman Drunken Runners, Bike Polo Superstars, Roller Derby Rebels, Killer Birds, and Other Uncommon Thrills on the Wild Frontier of Sports

Name: Renegade Sportsman Drunken Runners, Bike Polo Superstars, Roller Derby Rebels, Killer Birds, and Other Uncommon Thrills on the Wild Frontier of Sports
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ISBN: 9781594484568

ISBN-10: 1594484562

ISBN-13: 9781594484568

Edition: 2010

Authors: Zach Dundas

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A face-first dive into America's sporting underbelly. A lifelong sports fan, Zach Dundas asks: What happened to the fun, loud-mouthed, down-anddirty sporting culture he always loved? Has it been replaced with performance-enhancing drugs, fat paychecks and billion dollar arenas? Of course not! With a renegade's eye and a fan's resolve, Dundas scours the underground to find the games, fans, and "athletes" you won't find in the sports pages. He tracks a bicycle race across Iowa designed to confuse and downright torture its participants, chases a gaggle of runners wearing red cocktail dresses in Portland, and screams obscenities in Chicago with the rowdy fans of the DC United soccer team, and…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.23" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English

ZACH DUNDAS is co-executive editor of Portland Monthly magazine, a longtime journalist, and the author of The Renegade Sportsman . He is a member of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and The Diogenes Club.