Talking to GOATs : the moments you remember and the stories you never heard
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.
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Gray, Jim. Sports > United States > History. Sports > History. Sportscasters > United States > Biography. Athletes > United States > Biography. |
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Autobiographies. |
- ISBN: 9780062992062
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xv, 316 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm - Edition First edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2020.
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General Note: | Includes index. |
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Talking to GOATs : The Moments You Remember and the Stories You Never Heard
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Table of Contents
Talking to GOATs : The Moments You Remember and the Stories You Never Heard
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Foreword Tom Brady | p. xiii | |
Preface | p. xvii | |
Chapter 1 | Tyson: Much more than the Bite | p. 1 |
Chapter 2 | Ali: Touched by the Greatest | p. 22 |
Chapter 3 | My World Wide Web | p. 45 |
Chapter 4 | Michael (Jackson) and the Mirage | p. 66 |
Chapter 5 | First Pitch | p. 68 |
Chapter 6 | Hammerin' Hank: Mr. Decency | p. 85 |
Chapter 7 | Your Rose, My Thorn | p. 92 |
Chapter 8 | Steroids: From BEN to Marion, the Breaking of Bonds | p. 123 |
Chapter 9 | Tiger: How a Legend Became Human | p. 137 |
Chapter 10 | Upon Further Review | p. 150 |
Chapter 11 | Tom Brady: My Friend the Goat | p. 165 |
Chapter 12 | 17-0, 28, 50-0 = Perfect | p. 178 |
Chapter 13 | People Who Changed the World | p. 193 |
Chapter 14 | Dream Team: "You'll Never See Anything Like This Again" | p. 213 |
Chapter 15 | His Airness's Good-Bye | p. 227 |
Chapter 16 | The Triangle: Kobe, Shaq, and Jax | p. 230 |
Chapter 17 | Malice at the Palace | p. 238 |
Chapter 18 | The Decision | p. 256 |
Chapter 19 | My Dad and the Masters | p. 279 |
Chapter 20 | I'm Not writing another Book | p. 297 |
Acknowledgments | p. 303 | |
Photo Credits | p. 309 | |
Index | p. 311 |