Inside the Ropes
| Author | : Zachary Michael Jack |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 509 |
| Release | : 2008-12-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780803219076 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0803219075 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (075 Downloads) |
Download or read book Inside the Ropes written by Zachary Michael Jack and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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--returning with firsthand tales from "inside the ropes." Here, in the tradition popularized by George Plimpton, is participatory sportswriting at its finest and most far-out. Editor Zachary Michael Jack fields a dream team of today's best sports journalists, hotshots, and rising stars in search of the game behind the.
