Talking to GOATs
The Moments You Remember and the Stories You Never Heard
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xv, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
"Sportscaster and sports historian Jim Gray gives the reader a coveted all-access pass as he reviews the best interviews, the best athletes, and the best games in modern sports history. It's like a personal introduction to the characters and careers of these heroes and villains we've known since childhood. He examines how money, celebrity, the media, and power interact, and how sports ... has led to ... transformations in American society"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Tyson : much more than the bite -- Ali : touched by the greatest -- My world wide web -- Michael (Jackson) and the mirage -- First pitch -- Hammerin' Hank : Mr. Decency -- Your Rose, my thorn -- Steroids : from Ben to Marion, the breaking of Bonds -- Tiger : how a legend became human -- Upon further review -- Tom Brady : my friend the goat -- 17-0, 28, 50-0 = perfect -- People who changed the world -- Dream team : "You'll never see anything like this again" -- His Airness's good-bye -- The triangle : Kobe, Shaq, and Jax -- Malice at The Palace -- The decision -- My dad and The Masters -- I'm not writing another book.
Subjects:
Gray, Jim (Sportscaster)
Athletes -- United States -- Interviews.
Athletes -- United States -- Biography.
Sports -- United States -- History.
Sports -- History.
Sportscasters -- United States -- Biography.
Sports -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Gray, Jim (Sportscaster)
Athletes -- United States -- Interviews.
Athletes -- United States -- Biography.
Sports -- United States -- History.
Sports -- History.
Sportscasters -- United States -- Biography.
Sports -- History -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9780062992062
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BIOGRAPHY Gray, Jim | North Main | Biography | In |
Includes index.
"The moments you remember... Ali, Jordan, Tiger, Kobe, Phelps, Tyson, LeBron--and the other stories you never heard."--Jacket.
"The moments you remember... Ali, Jordan, Tiger, Kobe, Phelps, Tyson, LeBron--and the other stories you never heard."--Jacket.