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Bigger Than the Game : Bo, Boz, the Punky QB, and the Making of the Modern Athlete
by Weinreb, Michael (Author)ISBN13:
9781592405596
ISBN10:
1592405592
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Hardcover
Pub. Date:
8/5/2010
Publisher(s):
Gotham
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Summary
Weinreb offers a mesmerizing look at the 1980s when American athletics went corporate, villains replaced heroes, and sports stars became superstars.
Author Biography
Michael Weinreb is the author of Game of Kings (winner of a Quill award), and a former reporter for Newsday. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Table of Contents
| Prologue | p. vii |
| Ronnie Jim | p. 1 |
| I Am Superman | p. 25 |
| Interlude: Greenwood, South Carolina | p. 54 |
| Glamour Profession | p. 61 |
| We're Not Here to Start No Trouble | p. 84 |
| Interlude: Summit, New Jersey | p. 114 |
| Matches to a Fire | p. 118 |
| A Major Malfunction | p. 147 |
| Greed Is Healthy | p. 164 |
| Interlude: Two Commonly Told Elements of the Len Bias Narrative That Are Almost Certainly False | p. 182 |
| 1103 Washington Hall | p. 186 |
| What a Performance! | p. 209 |
| Money Days | p. 221 |
| A Casual Defiance | p. 238 |
| The Old College Try | p. 256 |
| Epilogue | p. 272 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 286 |
| Notes | p. 289 |
| Bibliography | p. 320 |
| Index | p. 327 |
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