Research Catalog

Title

Fathers & daughters & sports : featuring Jim Craig, Chris Evert, Mike Golic, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Sally Jenkins, Steve Rushin, Bill Simmons, and others / introduction by Rebecca Lobo.

Publication

New York : ESPN Books : Ballantine Books, c2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

Lobo, Rebecca.

Description

xiv, 252 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

A tribute to the father-daughter bond as shaped through athletics explores themes ranging from the competitor experience to making a parent proud through one's athletic achievements.

Alternative Title

Fathers and daughters and sports

Subject

• Fathers and daughters > United States
• Sports > United States

Contents

Water proof / Mike Golic with Andrew Chaikivsky -- Excellence disguised / Sally Jenkins -- Whoa is me / Bernie Lincicome -- The family business / Christ Evert with Jon Levey -- Twinkle, twinkle, little star / Bill Simmons -- To whom it may concern / Emily Hirshey -- Dear Abby / Bob Tufts -- Keeping score / Doris Kearns Goodwin -- Arsenal girls / Steve Rushin -- o\Over the long run / Kathrine (K.V.) Switzer -- The groaner in Verona / Bernard Fernandez -- The ball took a funny bounce / Rick Reilly -- Sight unseen / Mike Veeck with Pete Williams -- Grrrrrrr / Steve Wulf -- Heroes / Ann Bauleke -- Practice swings / Eric Neel -- My father, the cheater / Kathryn Bertine -- Reaching in / Tom Friend -- Pure poetry / Lynn Rigney Schott -- The daughter you have / R.D. Rosen --Life cycle / Jill Kintner with Alyssa Roenigk -- Mudslide / Dan Shaughnessy -- Her turn / George Vecsey -- Our madness / Jaime Lowe -- Lessons learned / Eric Adelson -- Finding her way home / Kurt Streeter -- Full throttle / Ashley Force Hood -- The other side of the glass / Jim Craig.

ISBN

• 0345520831 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9780345522078 (eBook) (canceled/invalid)
• 0345522079 (eBook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2010009584

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library