| The Minority Quarterback: And Other Lives in Sports Contributor(s): Berkow, Ira (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566634229 ISBN-13: 9781566634229 Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher OUR PRICE: $23.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2002 Annotation: In addition to his celebrated story of a white quarterback at an all-black college in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Berkow looks at a variety of sport's winners and losers, funny and tragic and inspiring, from the ballpark to the boxing ring. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Essays - Social Science | Minority Studies - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 796.08 |
| LCCN: 2001047578 |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 6.4" W x 9.24" (1.43 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An abundant collection of stories from the pages of the New York Times that 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. Ira Berkow is among the best--a Sondheim of the sports page. --George F. Will. I follow Ira Berkow in the Times with unfailing interest. --Saul Bellow. If there's anyone doing sports who is even close, I haven't read him. --Mike Royko. |