| An Unforgiving Sport: An Inside Look at Another Year in Boxing Contributor(s): Hauser, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1557289107 ISBN-13: 9781557289100 Publisher: University of Arkansas Press OUR PRICE: $20.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2009 Annotation: Thomas Hauser has become amust readinga in the boxing community, and his latest book demonstrates why. An Unforgiving Sport brings together Hauseras 2008 articles from secondsout.com and espn.com, in which he exposes the inner workings of HBO Sports, goes behind the scenes at boxingas biggest fights, revisits historical figures like John L. Sullivan, and offers revealing portraits of Don King, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, Ricky Hatton, Bernard Hopkins, and a host of others. Booklist praised an earlier collection of Hauseras articles as aone more testament to [Hauseras] talent and passion for the most elemental of our sports.a An Unforgiving Sport adds to Hauseras definitive record of the contemporary boxing scene. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Boxing |
| Dewey: 796.83 |
| LCCN: 2009018537 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.97 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thomas Hauser has become "must reading" in the boxing community, and his latest book demonstrates why. An Unforgiving Sport brings together Hauser's 2008 articles from secondsout.com and espn.com, in which he exposes the inner workings of HBO Sports, goes behind the scenes at boxing's biggest fights, revisits historical figures like John L. Sullivan, and offers revealing portraits of Don King, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, Ricky Hatton, Bernard Hopkins, and a host of others. Booklist praised an earlier collection of Hauser's articles as "one more testament to Hauser's] talent and passion for the most elemental of our sports." An Unforgiving Sport adds to Hauser's definitive record of the contemporary boxing scene. |