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The gospel according to ESPN : saints, saviors & sinners / edited by Jay Lovinger ; introduction by Hunter S. Thompson.
- Title
- The gospel according to ESPN : saints, saviors & sinners / edited by Jay Lovinger ; introduction by Hunter S. Thompson.
- Publication
- New York : Hyperion, c2002.
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- Additional Authors
- Lovinger, Jay.
- Description
- 244 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.); 27 cm.
- Summary
- An anthology of essays and illustrations profiles the top sports figures in modern society and their place in modern society, and celebrates the role of sports in American life as a powerful secular religion.
- Alternative Title
- ESPN, saints, saviors & sinners
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction / Hunter S. Thompson -- Prophets : Avery Brundage, Muhammad Ali, Billie Jean King / Robert Lipsyte -- Fallen angels : Ty Cobb, Pete Rose, Bobby Knight, Billy Martin, Hurricane Carter, O.J. Simpson, Hollywood Henderson / Peter Carlson -- Saints : Nile Kinnick, Mark Fidrych, Ruffian / Le Anne Schreiber -- Saviors : Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Pete Rozelle, Tiger Woods / Ralph Wiley -- Gods : Jack Dempsey, Vince Lombardi, Bill Russell, Jackie Stewart, Jim Brown, Ted Williams, Secretariat, Steve Dalkowski, Battling Siki, Walter Johnson / George Plimpton.
- ISBN
- 078686754X
- OCLC
- 50881278
- SCSB-10544000
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library