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Other authors / contributors: | Jack, Zachary Michael, 1973-
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ISBN: | 0803219075 9780803219076 1281958417 9781281958419 0803259972 9780803259973
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
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Summary: | Most of us will never know what it's like to parachute out of a Cessna, tend goal for the Boston Bruins, burn rubber on a NASCAR track, scale Everest, or quarterback the Detroit Lions. So it's our good fortune when dauntless literary journalists actually play the sports they cover--returning with firsthand tales from "inside the ropes." Here, in the tradition popularized by George Plimpton, is participatory sportswriting at its finest and most far-out. Editor Zachary Michael Jack fields a dream team of today's best sports journalists, hotshots, and rising stars in search of the game behind the.
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Other form: | Print version: Inside the ropes. Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008
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