Everything they had sports writing from David Halberstam
This work delivers the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's unique vision of sports, with an intimate and personal collection that reveals the ideals of a culture steeped in integrity, loyalty, and character.
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New York :
Hyperion,
c2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Death of a sculler
- Horse racing in Warsaw
- Sports as a window of social change
- A dynasty in the making
- Sports can distract, but they don't heal
- Baseball and the national mythology
- Reggie Smith
- The fan divided
- Fenway opener
- Why men love baseball
- The good old days, for baseball owners
- My dinner with Theodore (Ted Williams)
- Jackie Robinson
- DiMaggio's kick
- The ultimate gamer
- Torre
- Perfectionist at the plate
- Basketball
- Pat Riley
- Michael Jordan
- Iverson
- Harvard Football
- NFL
- Super Bowl XL
- Fishing
- Bob Francis and the striper
- Why I fish
- Homage to Patagonia
- Anatomy of a champion
- Ali wins another fight
- Soccer-- Olympics
- Schaap.
