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

ISBN: 9781592405596 | 1592405592
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Gotham
Pub. Date: 8/5/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
The author of The Kings of New York, former Newsday reporter Weinreb considers how sports in the 1980s focused not on a love of the game but on what he calls "a cult of personality." Not just for sports fans.

Weinreb offers a mesmerizing look at the 1980s when American athletics went corporate, villains replaced heroes, and sports stars became superstars.
Prologuep. vii
Ronnie Jimp. 1
I Am Supermanp. 25
Interlude: Greenwood, South Carolinap. 54
Glamour Professionp. 61
We're Not Here to Start No Troublep. 84
Interlude: Summit, New Jerseyp. 114
Matches to a Firep. 118
A Major Malfunctionp. 147
Greed Is Healthyp. 164
Interlude: ... MOREp. 182
1103 Washington Hallp. 186
What a Performance!p. 209
Money Daysp. 221
A Casual Defiancep. 238
The Old College Tryp. 256
Epiloguep. 272
Acknowledgmentsp. 286
Notesp. 289
Bibliographyp. 320
Indexp. 327
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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.


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