Bigger Than the Game : Bo, Boz, the Punky QB, and the Making of the Modern Athlete

by Weinreb, Michael (Author)

• ISBN13: 9781592405596
• ISBN10: 1592405592
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-05
• Publisher: Gotham

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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