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The Minority Quarterback. And Other Lives in Sports.
Ira Berkow
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Description for The Minority Quarterback. And Other Lives in Sports.
Paperback. Ira Berkow travels from the ballpark to the boxing ring to Woody Allen's film-editing studio in a Manhattan hotel suite. His pieces display a variety of mood and subject, from the humorous to the thoughtful to the tragic, from the famous and celebrated to the little known and some of the infamous. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 435.
"If there's anyone doing sports who is even close, I haven't read him."—Mike Royko. Ira Berkow's stories in the sports pages of the New York Times transcend what we know as "sportswriting." Mr. Berkow has a clear understanding of the games he reports, but he also has a sharp eye for the lives of the players, an appreciation of the larger social context, and–not least–an affinity for the well-turned phrase. The Minority Quarterback contains thirty-eight examples of his craft. His subjects have often been touched, transformed, enriched, or, in some cases, destroyed by circumstances that may have nothing to do ... Read more
"If there's anyone doing sports who is even close, I haven't read him."—Mike Royko. Ira Berkow's stories in the sports pages of the New York Times transcend what we know as "sportswriting." Mr. Berkow has a clear understanding of the games he reports, but he also has a sharp eye for the lives of the players, an appreciation of the larger social context, and–not least–an affinity for the well-turned phrase. The Minority Quarterback contains thirty-eight examples of his craft. His subjects have often been touched, transformed, enriched, or, in some cases, destroyed by circumstances that may have nothing to do ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566635028
SKU
V9781566635028
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About Ira Berkow
Pulitzer prize-winning author Ira Berkow has written sports and occasional features for the New York Times for more than twenty years. Among his other books are To the Hoop, Hank Greenberg, and Red: A Biography of Red Smith. He lives on Manhattan's East Side.
Reviews for The Minority Quarterback. And Other Lives in Sports.
Sports at its best is a kind of music, and sports writing is a kind of libretto. Ira Berkow is among the best—a Sondheim of the sports page.
George F. Will, syndicated columnist for The Washington Post If there's anyone doing sports who is even close, I haven't read him.
Mike Royko Ira Berkow is simply one of ... Read more
George F. Will, syndicated columnist for The Washington Post If there's anyone doing sports who is even close, I haven't read him.
Mike Royko Ira Berkow is simply one of ... Read more