Inside the ropes sportswriters get their game on /

• Other Authors: Jack, Zachary Michael, 1973-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.
• Subjects: Sportswriters > Anecdotes.; Sports > Anecdotes.; Sportswriters.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

Most of us will never know what it's like to parachute out of a Cessna, tend goal for the Boston Bruins, burn rubber on a NASCAR track, scale Everest, or quarterback the Detroit Lions. So it's our good fortune when dauntless literary journalists actually play the sports they cover--returni...

Table of Contents:

• Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PAUL GALLICO, FOUNTAINHEAD; WINTER; SPRING; SUMMER; Fall; SOURCE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; THE CONTRIBUTORS.