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Author Reilly, Rick.

Title Sports from hell : my search for the world's dumbest competition / Rick Reilly.

Publication Info. New York : Doubleday/ESPN Books, [2010]
©2010

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  796 BRI    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  796 REI    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  796 REI    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  796 REILLY    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 204 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note "What is the world's dumbest sport?: world sauna championship; ferret legging; bull poker; 3-mile golf hole; rock-paper-scissors; women's pro football; chess boxing; drinking games; zorbing; baseball; nude bicycling; jarts; homeless soccer"--Jacket.
Summary A popular sports columnist puts his life-- and his dignity-- on the line in search of the most absurd sporting event on the planet. He set out on a global journey to discover sports which push the body-- and human idiocy-- to the outermost limits.
Contents Introduction: The rules -- World sauna championships -- Ferret legging -- Bull poker -- The three-mile golf hole -- Rock-paper-scissors -- Women's pro football -- Chess boxing -- Drinking games -- Zorbing -- Baseball -- Nude bicycling -- Jarts -- Homeless soccer -- Conclusion: The winner.
Subject Sports -- Miscellanea.
Sports -- Humor.
ISBN 9780385514385
0385514387
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