Research Catalog

Title

The best sports writing of Pat Jordan / introduced and selected by Alex Belth.

Author

Jordan, Pat.

Publication

New York : Persea Books, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

Belth, Alex.

Description

xiv, 450 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Twenty-six articles from a span of more than thirty years, including many of his most celebrated--and controversial--pieces"--Front flap of jacket.

Subject

Sports > United States

Note

• "A Karen & Michael Braziller Book."

Contents

Roger Clemens refuses to grow up -- Breakers west (where the kissing never stops) : Richard, Venus, & Serena Williams -- The fanciest diver : Greg Louganis -- Trouble in paradise : Steve & Cyndy Garvey -- Wilt in winter : Wilt Chamberlain -- The Italian prince : Alberto Tomba -- How the Boston Bruins flaunt their muscles -- Conversations with a dinosaur : Carlton Fisk -- The two faces of prime time : Deion Sanders -- The magician : Efren Reyes -- King rat : Whitey Herzog -- The noble turtle : Sylvester Stallone -- Of memory, death, and the automobile : Phil Hill -- The best of friends : Tom Seaver & Pat Jordan -- No joy in Sorrento : a baseball myth strikes out : Gregory "Toe" Nash -- The pork : Frank Viera -- Is this man the future of poker? : David Williams -- War of the roses : Pete Rose, Jr -- Duquesne, Pa : high school football -- Thin mountain air : Steve Carlton -- A ridiculous will : Bobby Hurley -- Rene's retreat : Rene Richards -- The curious childhood of an 11-year-old beauty queen : Blaire Ashley Pancake -- The outcast : O.J. Simpson -- The fan : Frank Klein -- A mound of troubles : Rick Ankiel -- Q & A with Pat Jordan.

ISBN

• 9780892553396 (hard cover : alk. paper)
• 0892553391 (hard cover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007029412

OCLC

• ocn159919401
• SCSB-1653693

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library