Lovinger Robert L (5 results)
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Language: English
Published by Northvale, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Jason Aronson Inc, 1984
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More imagesThe Gospel According to ESPN: Saints, Saviors & Sinners [VINTAGE 2002] [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
Lovinger, Jay (editor); Thompson, Hunter S. (introduction); Lipsyte, Robert (Prophets); Carlson, Peter (Fallen Angels); Schreiber, LE Anne (Saints); Wiley, Ralph (Saviors); Plimpton, George (Gods)
Language: English
Published by Hyperion, New York, 2002
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- First Edition
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.Vero Beach Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition red boards/black cloth spine/gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Editor's Note; Introduction by Hunter S. Thompson; and Picture Credits. Profusely illustrated wit…h black-and-white photographs, color photographs, color illustrations, cartoons, etc. "[The book] looks at the power sports wields as the ultimate American secular religion.and its effect on the people who play - and watch - our games. The book features six essays on the athletes, coaches and commissioners who make up the sacred - and sometimes profane - hierarchy: Avery Brundage; Muhammad Ali; Billie Jean King; Ty Cobb; Pete Rose; Bobby knight; Billy Martin; Rubin "Hurricane" Carter; O.J. Simpson; Hollywood Henderson; Nile Kinnick; Mark Fidrych; Ruffian; Babe Ruth; Jackie RObinson; Larry Bird; Magic Johnson; Pete Rozelle; Tiger Woods; Jack Dempsey; Vince Lombardi; Bill Russell; Jackie Stewart; Jim Brown; Ted Williams; Secretariat; and Walter Johhson. - from the rear jacket cover. ".the core of the book - five essays by world-class stylists like George Plimpton and longtime New York Times columnist Robert Lipsyte. Complementing each essay are striking, revealing, and rarely seen photographs, illustrations, cartoon strips and editorial cartoons, plus lists of the best and worst of everything, worst sports execs. best boxing movies, biggest hotheads - testaments and fascinating tales of brilliant accomplishments, love, blood feuds and marketing brilliance that will delight even the casual fan, while illuminating the nature of sports worship in America in the 20th and 21st centuries." - from the front and rear inside jacket flaps.
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