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The cost of these dreams : sports stories and other serious business
- Title
- The cost of these dreams : sports stories and other serious business / Wright Thompson.
- Author
- Thompson, Wright
- Publication
- [New York, NY] : Penguin Books, [2019]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 19-3549 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 378 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Whether it be Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods or Pat Riley or Urban Meyer, Wright Thompson strips the away the self-serving myths and fantasies to reveal his characters in full. There are fascinating common denominators: it may not be the case that every single great performer or coach had a complex relationship with his father, but it can sure seem that way. And there is much marvelous local knowledge: about specific sports, and times and places, and people. Ludicrously entertaining and often powerfully moving, The Cost of These Dreams is an ode to the reporter's art, and a celebration of true greatness and the high price that it exacts"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Note
- Place of publication from publisher website.
- Contents
- Michael Jordan has not left the building -- The last days of Tony Harris -- Ghosts of Mississippi -- Shadow boxing -- Here and gone -- The last ride of Bear and Billy -- Urban Meyer will be home for dinner -- The losses of Dan Gable -- Beyond the breach -- The greatest hitter who ever lived on -- The secret history of Tiger Woods -- In Chicago, the final wait for a Cubs win mixes joy and sorrow -- Pat Riley's final test -- Holy Ground.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-3549
- ISBN
- 9780143133872
- 014313387X
- LCCN
- 2018037816
- OCLC
- 1044554534
- Author
- Thompson, Wright, author.
- Title
- The cost of these dreams : sports stories and other serious business / Wright Thompson.
- Publisher
- [New York, NY] : Penguin Books, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Other Form:
- Online version: Thompson, Wright, author. Cost of these dreams New York : Penguin Books, 2019 9780525505662 (DLC) 2018048087
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-3549