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Informationen zum Autor John Schulian's work has been included in Best American Sports Writing and Sports Illustrated's Fifty Years of Great Writing. His many books include The John Lardner Reader and Twilight of the Long-Ball Gods: Dispatches from the Disappearing Heart of Baseball, both available in Bison Books editions. William Nack is the author of Secretariat: The Making of a Champion and Ruffian: A Racetrack Romance. Klappentext "Profiles of one-of-a-kind athletes from decades past"-- Zusammenfassung John Schulian, a much-honored sportswriter for nearly forty years, takes us back to a time when the greatest athletes stood before us as human beings, not remote gods. In this compelling collection, Schulian paints prose portraits to remind fans of what today's cloistered stars won't share with them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by William Nack Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Hundred-Yard WarriorsChuck Bednarik: Concrete Charlie Walter Payton: The Poetry of Silence Terry Bradshaw: A Country Boy Can Survive Bear Bryant: A Win, and a Coach, for All Time Dan Hampton: A World of Hurt John Matuszak: Me and the Tooz John Matuszak: The Other Side of the Story John Riggins: Runaway Dan Marino: A Kid Among Legends Joe Montana: Easy to Underestimate, Hard to Beat Gary Fencik: Boola! Boola! Part 2. Legends of the Box ScoreWillie Mays: Out of the Past Stan Musial: The Man, Forever Reggie Jackson: The Ego Is a Lonely Hunter Pete Rose: Pete Belongs in Cooperstown Nolan Ryan: On Second Thought Johnny Bench: Old Too Young Earl Weaver: The Earl of Baltimore Gene Mauch: The Toughest Loss of All Dick Allen: More a Ghost Than a Legend Frank Robinson: Hard Game, Hard Man Brooks Robinson: Honored To Be a Hero Ernie Banks: Mr. Cub Remembers Bill Veeck: "Bionic Man I'm Not" Carl Yastrzemski: Family Tradition Bill Lee: Spaceman Mark Fidrych: Bird with a Broken Wing Steve Bilko: The Slugging Seraph George Brett: Lipstick on a .407 Batting Average Willie Stargell: The Pirates' Patriarch Fernando Valenzuela: And a Rookie Shall Lead Them Jim Palmer: Good-bye Doesn't Come Easy Oscar Charleston: A One-Way Ticket to Obscurity Part 3. Hoops and Horses and Everything in BetweenPete Maravich: The Pistol's Parting Shot Julius Erving: Sky King Larry Bird: The Ultimate Celtic Big House Gaines: No Way to Treat a Legend Al McGuire: Sunday's Jester Ben Wilson: Only the Good Die Young Wayne Gretzky: Borderline Case Jimmy Connors: Blue Collar at a Tea Dance John Carlos: The Olympic Ideal Johnny Kelley: The Elder Ron Turcotte: Rider Down Buddy Delp: The Happy Anarchist Bill Shoemaker: A Million for the Shoe Part 4. Arts and LettersRed Smith: The Write Stuff W. C. Heinz: The Professional A. J. Liebling: Joe Mark Kram: Poet and Provocateur F. X. Toole: One Tough Baby Part 5. Sweet ScientistsMarvelous Marvin Hagler: The Proud Warrior Sugar Ray Robinson: He Gave Style a Name Joe Louis: Larger Than Life or Death Tony Zale: Raise Your Glass to a Teetotaler Paddy Flood: One of a Kind Sugar Ray Leonard: The One-Eyed Man Ray Arcel: A Touch of Class Roberto Duran: A Man of Stone Roberto Duran: He Cramped His Own Style Larry Holmes: His Time and No One Else's Muhammad Ali: No Garden Party Muhammad Ali: Marching Off to Slaughter Muhammad Ali: Ali! Ali! Ali! Source Acknowledgments ...
