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When the Game Was Ours Review

July 23rd, 2010 Martha Osborne No comments
When the Game Was Ours

I thought it was really cool to see a book about the rivalry that brought us a new and improved NBA that was Larry Bird and Ervin Magic Johnson.The two, as you will see, could not be further apart in so many was as they were.They almost played on the same college team, you find [...]

The Only Game in Town: Sportswriting from The New Yorker Review

July 23rd, 2010 Connie Ragen No comments
The Only Game in Town: Sportswriting from The New Yorker

For instance, “It may be that, compared to managers’ dreams such as Joe DeMaggio and the always helpful Stan Musial, Williams is an icy star. But of all team sports, baseball, with its grateful intermittences of action, its immense and tranquil field sparsely settled with poised men in white, its dispassionate mathematics, seems to me [...]

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics Review

July 23rd, 2010 Clinton Rushing No comments
Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

Outstanding. The book traces the evolution of soccer tactics throughout the world, with recurring chapters on England, continental Europe, Russia, Brazil, and Argentina. The journey begins in England and Scotland in the 19th century, then expands outward. Wilson masterfully weaves together the stories of some of the most famous teams, the formation they used, and [...]