It's Not over 'Til It's over

by Silverman, Al

• ISBN13: 9781585675050
• ISBN10: 1585675059
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Overlook Pr

Summary

The crowds go wild! With all the galvanizing drama of athletes pushed to their limits, Al Silverman chronicles the most memorable events in twentieth-century sports. In It's Not Over 'Til It's Over, Al Silverman, former editor of Sport magazine and author of I Am Third (on which the movie Brian's Song was based), exuberantly re-creates the most electrifying down-to-the-wire sports turn-arounds of the last hundred years. With extraordinary narrative detail and fresh insights culled from interviews with many of the participants of these now-legendary contests, It's Not Over 'Til It's Over captures the thrill and astonishment of players and spectators alike. Whether it is the bottom of the ninth, the 15th round, or the eighteenth hole that brings cheering, screaming, fans to their feet, each of these thirteen tales celebrates the uncompromising, unwillingness to quit that has proven, time and again: you better not leave the stadium early.

Author Biography

Al Silverman, most recently editor and publisher of The Viking Press, was editor of Sport magazine for twelve years, later becoming CEO of the Book-of-the-Month Club. Among his ten books on sports are I am Third, written with Gale Sayers, which became the acclaimed movie Brian-'s Song. He is co-editor of The Twentieth Century Treasury of Sports.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
1908 Merkle Forever: New York Giants vs. Chicago Cubs (baseball)	p. 13
1923 The Battle of the Century: Dempsey vs. Firpo (boxing)	p. 29
1937 A Supreme Day for Tennis: Don Budge vs. Gottfried von Cramm (tennis)	p. 49
1951 The Most Theatrical Home Run: Bobby Thomson and Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds (baseball)	p. 69
1958 Sudden Death: The Colts vs. the Giants (football)	p. 99
1960 Head On, The Generations Collide: Hogan, Palmer, and Nicklaus at the U.S. Open (golf)	p. 125
1964 Chosen by the Gods: Billy Mills in the 10,000 Meter Olympic Final (track)	p. 147
1968 The Game of Games: Harvard-Yale (football)	p. 173
1971 They Left It on the Table: Frazier-Ali I (boxing)	p. 193
1975 Body English: Cincinnati Reds vs. Boston Red Sox (baseball)	p. 213
1980 Do You Believe in Miracles? U.S. vs. USSR (hockey)	p. 233
1992 Weep No More, My Lady: Duke-Kentucky (basketball)	p. 259
1999 Awesome! World Cup: U.S. vs. China (soccer)	p. 283
Acknowledgments	p. 307
Notes	p. 309
List of Illustrations	p. 320
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