A Book About Being A Bad Sport

Author : Dave Zirin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9781439175743
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bad Sports written by Dave Zirin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A THOUGHT-PROVOKING LOOK AT THE BIG BUSINESS AND IMMORAL PRACTICES BEHIND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS BY ACCLAIMED SPORTSWRITER DAVE ZIRIN, HAILED AS THE “CONSCIENCE OF AMERICAN SPORTSWRITING” (THE WASHINGTON POST ) The fastest-growing sector of today’s sports audience is the alienated fan. Complaints abound: from inflated ticket prices, $6 hot dogs, and $9 beers to owners endlessly demanding new multimillion-dollar stadiums funded by public tax dollars. Those sitting in the owners’ boxes are increasingly placing profit over players’ performances and fan loyalty. Bad Sports cuts through the hype and bombast to zero in on tales of abusive, dictatorial owners who move their teams thousands of miles away from their fan base, use their stadiums as religious and political platforms, or hold communities ransom for millions of dollars of taxpayer money to fund their gargantuan stadiums. As the multibillion-dollar sports-industrial complex continues to lumber along, Dave Zirin is the voice in the wilderness, speaking out for the common fan with a tough, passionate, and intelligent voice that will remind readers that there is more to sportswriting than glowing athlete profiles.

Author : Joy Berry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781636170640
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Being a Bad Sport written by Joy Berry and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-31 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Being a Bad Sport" explains the disadvantages of being a bad sport and teaches children how to avoid being one. Free download includes songs and read-along with Joy.

Author : Christianne Jones
Publisher : Picture Window Books
ISBN 13 : 151584028X
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lucia Lacorte, Poor Sport written by Christianne Jones and published by Picture Window Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucia Lacorte's gaming club meets on Fridays, but the truth is the other members are not having fun because, win or lose, Lucia is a very poor sport; a fact that is finally made clear to her when the others stop showing up, and her grandfather mimics her behavior when he wins--and loses.

Author : George Plimpton
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 031632647X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mad Ducks and Bears written by George Plimpton and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Plimpton's follow-up to Paper Lion, one of his personal favorites among his classic books -- repackaged and including a foreword from Steve Almond and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton archives. In Mad Ducks and Bears, George Plimpton's engaging companion to Paper Lion, Plimpton focuses on two of the most entertaining and roguish linemen and former teammates -- Alex Karras ("Mad Ducks") and John Gordy ("Bears"), both of whom went on to achieve brilliant post-football success. A more reflective, less madcap book than Plimpton's other work, Mad Ducks and Bears is no less truthful and searching. In this fond exploration of football's values and follies, Plimpton rejoins his two teammates to discuss their careers in this brutal but captivating game. The result is an astute exploration into the fascinating lives and motivations of the players at home, in the locker room, and on the field.

Author : Gaby Dunn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 150117634X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bad with Money written by Gaby Dunn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Humorous and forthright...[Gaby] Dunn makes facing money issues seem not only palatable but possibly even fun....Dunn’s book delivers.” —Publishers Weekly The beloved writer-comedian expands on her popular podcast with an engaging and empowering financial literacy book for Millennials and Gen Z. In the first episode of her “Bad With Money” podcast, Gaby Dunn asked patrons at a coffee shop two questions: First, what’s your favorite sex position? Everyone was game to answer, even the barista. Then, she asked how much money was in their bank accounts. People were aghast. “That’s a very personal question,” they insisted. And therein lies the problem. Dunn argues that our inability to speak honestly about money is our #1 barrier to understanding it, leading us to feel alone, ashamed and anxious, which in turns makes us feel even more overwhelmed by it. In Bad With Money, she reveals the legitimate, systemic reasons behind our feeling of helplessness when it comes to personal finance, demystifying the many signposts on the road to getting our financial sh*t together, like how to choose an insurance plan or buy a car, sign up for a credit card or take out student loans. She speaks directly to her audience, offering advice on how to make that #freelancelyfe work for you, navigate money while you date, and budget without becoming a Nobel-winning economist overnight. Even a topic as notoriously dry as money becomes hilarious and engaging in the hands of Dunn, who weaves her own stories with the perspectives of various comedians, artists, students, and more, arguing that—even without selling our bodies to science or suffering the indignity of snobby thrift shop buyers—we can all start taking control of our financial futures.

Author : Josh Wilker
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 9781610394017
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Benchwarmer written by Josh Wilker and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving, funny, inventive parenting memoir, written in a surprising form: an encyclopedia of failure in sports What can a new father learn about parenthood from reading sports almanacs? For most dads, the answer to this question is: nothing. But to Josh Wilker, whose life and writing have been defined by sports fandom, all of the joy, helplessness, and absurdity of parenthood are present between the lines. After all, what better way to think about losing control than Eugenio Velez's forty-five consecutive at-bats without a hit? How better to understand ridiculous joy than the NFL career of Walter Achiu, whose nickname was “Sneeze”? In the stories of sports figures large and small, Wilker finds the pathos in success and the humor in losing. As the terrified father of a one-day-old, Wilker recalls the 1986 World Series, when the moment was too big for the Red Sox. When he finds himself stealing away for an hour of alone time, Wilker thinks of boxer Roberto Duran, so beaten by Sugar Ray Leonard that he finally gave up. And yet, even as the frustrations and anxieties build, Wilker remembers Mets pitcher Anthony Young, who broke the baseball record for most consecutive losses—and never stopped showing up. Finding the richness of life in obscure wrestling maneuvers and pop-ups lost in the sun, Benchwarmer is a book of unique humanity and surprising wisdom.

Author : Jacqueline A. Ball
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780717268016
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disney Princess Ready, Set, Throw! written by Jacqueline A. Ball and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briar Rose and her Aunts learn an important leason about being a good sport.

Author : Jason Ellis
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062270168
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Awesome Guide to Life written by Jason Ellis and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the same inimitable, uncensored, and hilarious style that has made him one of the most popular voices on satellite radio, Jason Ellis unleashes his no-holds-barred words of advice on diet and exercise, cultivating your signature look, partying, getting laid, maintaining a relationship—and more! Maybe—like Jason Ellis—you want to have sex with multiple partners and then talk about it on the radio while wearing cheetah pants . . . Or maybe you have some goals of your own. Whatever the case may be, Jason believes it's all about getting off your ass and maximizing the opportunities that life has to offer. It's about remembering that you are alive, right now, and that won't always be the case. So do something. Anything. Enjoy the ride. Go outside and get naked. Jason can tell you how to handle every situation life throws at you and play it like a champ: how to look, how to act, how to pick up a stripper—you name it. But that's just for starters. Jason believes that to get what you really want out of life, you have to have confidence. And true confidence is something you have to earn, by deciding what you want from life and then pursuing your passion until you make your dreams a reality. This book will show you how to develop the positive attitude that will allow you to truly make things happen.

Author : Joy Wilt Berry
Publisher : Scholastic Library Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780717285884
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Book about Being a Bad Sport written by Joy Wilt Berry and published by Scholastic Library Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joy Berry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781636170855
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interrupting written by Joy Berry and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-31 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses why it is impolite and annoying to interrupt people who are talking or busy doing something.