| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 209 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Note |
At head of title: ESPN. |
| Contents |
Sock it away: John Wooden on the importance of hosiery -- Untouchable: Jerry Rice on how to run a pass pattern -- Pits: 13 seconds with a NASCAR pit crew -- Larcenous Lou: Sitting down? Lou Gehrig stole home 15 times -- Whistle while you work: How to whistle like a major leaguer -- Special K: Why K stands for strikeout -- In the bag: Phil Mickelson's golf luggage -- Genius in a jiffy: Five best sports leads -- Write stuff: David Wright on how to get an autograph -- Throwdown: Secrets to rock, paper, scissors -- Reel good: Jeffrey Lyons picks the five best sports movies -- Mighty long game: Cal Ripken and Wade Boggs play 33 innings -- Famous Amos: Amazing Mr. Stagg -- Puck stops here: Wayne Gretzky on how to tape a stick -- Glass ceiling: First female dunk -- Breakfast of champion: Breakdown of Michael Phelps's morning meal -- Champion of breakfast: How Wheaties got that slogan -- Glove affair: Omar Vizquel on how to break in a mitt -- Net result: On the origins of cutting down the net -- Jimmy V: Excerpt from Jim Valvano's famous speech -- Sub titles: from Bambi to Thumper - Nickname quiz -- Sign language: Rich Donnelly on how to give signs -- For Pete's sake: Day a clubhouse guy scored a touchdown -- Just for kicks: Landon Donovan on how to score on a PK -- Mightiest fight (boxing): First Ali-Frazier bout -- Brazil nuts: You, too, can have a Brazilian soccer name -- By the numbers: Howie Schwab counts up the uniforms -- Bill of rights: Orioles on how to wear your BB cap -- Jock in chief: Curly Lambeau writes to Gerald Ford -- Ready for prime time: Ins and outs of playground hoops -- Golden parachutes: Sports kicked out of the Olympics -- Master: Golf lesson from Bobby Jones -- "Boom goes the dynamite": Sportscast for the ages -- Heater: Chris Young on how to throw it by them -- Changeup: Todd Jones on how to fool them -- Private quarters: Inside Donovan McNabb's locker -- True calling: How many Cy Youngs would Cy Young have won? -- Sigh Young: Wrong delivery for a pitcher -- Seven wonders: You have to be there to appreciate them -- Ropes: Get a jump-start with Sugar Shane Mosley -- Startling five: Steve Hirdt's favorite stumpers -- Uncommon scents: Don't stop to smell the hockey bags -- Reel bad: Jeffrey Lyons picks the five worst sports movies -- Bend it like Kljestan: Team USA player on how to curve a free kick -- Sportuguese: What's a blutarsky? quiz on sports lingo -- Mighty Casey: Man who wrote America's best-known poem -- From the pen: Poem by the late Dan Quisenberry -- Mightiest feat (Olympics): Day Bob Beamon did the impossible -- Super stars: Super bowl score-Carol Channing 2, Lions 0 -- Second helping: Robert Lansdorp on how to hit a second serve -- Measure for measure: What the quarterback rating really means -- Pass key: NFL QB guru on how to throw a spiral -- |
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Vine yard: Story behind the ivy at Wrigley Field -- Band leaders: Five greatest college fight songs -- Underhanded ways: How to make hitting a softball hard -- Mightiest game (hockey): Why the miracle on ice wasn't really -- Real sorry: Missing the triple crown by a nose -- Ace of clubs: Master of the hole in one -- Mightiest game (basketball): Night Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 -- Air balls: Family secrets of the wiffle ball -- Color fast: Why the Tour de France leader wears yellow -- All the rage: Five best (or worst) sports tantrums -- Making waves: Gertrude Ederle never stopped swimming -- Take a hike: Long snapper on why it's not a snap -- Roll the dice: Strat-O-Matic's all-time baseball team -- Book marks: Five reasons sports literature isn't an oxymoron -- Hiding in the halls: Behind the scenes in Cooperstown and Canton -- Face value: WSOP winner on how to hide your emotions -- 10 Commandments: Decalogue of sports sins -- Big flap: How not to trot around the bases -- In focus: So you want to be a sports photographer? -- Mightiest game (football): Hail Mary, full of grace -- Masked men: Meet the patron saint of goalies -- Lucky charms: Athletes are a superstitious lot -- Tabletops: How to rule at table tennis -- Breaking ankles: Chris Paul on how to fake out an opponent -- Taping ankles: Kevin Carroll on how to wrap an ankle -- Mightiest game (baseball): Story of the Merkle Boner -- Misspell check: It pays to make a mistake-on baseball cards -- Card games: How to play with major leaguers -- Take 2: Error director: Five sports-movies errors -- Leading ladies: Woman behind Title IX -- Sit for the gold: Importance of the coxswain -- Paper pigskin: How to join the fold of paper footballers -- Fall classics: Yogi Berra's five favorite world series games -- Real gipper: Man who inspired the famous speech -- Horses called men: Thoroughbreds named after famous people -- Getting noticed: How to shine at a tryout -- Slim and none: Your chances of becoming a pro -- Throws like a girl: Woman who struck out Ruth and Gehrig -- Creature feature: Original phanatic's best and worst -- Up a tree: What it's like to be the Stanford mascot -- Greener grass: Tips from George Toma, a legend in his field -- Cradle: Essence of lacrosse -- Bigger they come: Sports promotion gone wrong -- Mightiest fight (nonboxing): Day Santa Claus dropped his gloves -- Fore score: Best presidential golfer might surprise you -- Hardware stories: Tales behind some famous trophies -- Bump up: You may never be a mogul but you can ski one -- Voice of God: NFL's greatest storyteller, John Facenda -- Luckiest speech: Lou Gehrig almost didn't give a farewell address -- Acknowledgments. |
| Summary |
From the power of a great nickname to the story of Lou Gehrig's farewell speech, this gift book of time-honored wisdom for sports fans captures essential knowledge in lively text and colorful illustrations. |
| Subject |
Sports -- Anecdotes.
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Sports.
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| Added Author |
Wulf, Steve.
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ESPN (Television network)
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| ISBN |
9780345511775 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0345511778 hardcover alkaline paper |
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