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9781933822167

Deadlines and Overtimes : Collected Writings on Sports and Life

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  • ISBN13:

    9781933822167

  • ISBN10:

    1933822163

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-09-10
  • Publisher: Camino Books Inc
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Summary

Deadlines and Overtimes is a retrospective of 33 years of memorable reflections from the Philadelphia Inquirer's voice of Philly sports, Bill Lyon. With columns that cover as many sporting events as Lyon did-including seven Olympics, more than two dozen Super Bowls, 11 NBA Finals, 17 U.S. Opens and dozens of fights, bowls, baseball playoffs and Final Fours-Deadlines and Overtimes is a look back...and through lasting insights, a look forward...at local, regional, national and worldwide sports.

Author Biography

Along with six other books on sports and the people who love them, Bill Lyon's credits include a National Headliner Award, a place in the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, two Emmy awards for his writing featured on ESPN and six Pulitzer Prize nominations.

Table of Contents

Dedicationp. v
Introductionp. vii
To Philadelphia...With Lovep. 1
Baseball...Around the Hornp. 27
Etc...Etc...Etcp. 51
Football...Mass Times Speed Equals KA-Boom!p. 79
Horse Racing...Running Holes in the Windp. 111
Hockey...Keep Your Teeth in Your Pocketsp. 123
Boxing...Protect Yourself at all Timesp. 135
Olympics...When all that Glitters is not Goldp. 147
Golf...Spelled Backward it's F-L-O-Gp. 159
Basketball...Playing Above the Rimp. 173
Goodbyes...To Absent Friendsp. 193
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