The Worst of Sports: Chumps, Cheats, and Chokers from the Games We Love Book

TAKE THEM OUT OF THE BALL GAMEâ??PLEASE!From star running back Bryon â??Bamâ? Morrisâ??s interesting (and totally illegal) sideline career to the 1950s Kansas City Aâ??s sneaky relationship with the New York Yankees; from French golfer Jean Van de Veldeâ??s epic choke on 18 at the 1999 British Open to the infamous Cleveland Ten-Cent Beer Night riot of 1974; from Hungaryâ??s bloody 1956 Olympic water polo match with the Soviet Union to the definitive analysis of basketball coach Larry Brownâ??s sartorial evolution and hoops maven Mike Fratelloâ??s hair devolutionâ??if itâ??s bad and sports related, then itâ??s likely in The Worst of Sports.An uproarious collection of the most controversial and regrettable moments in major pro and college athletics, with a sprinkling of the obscure, The Worst of Sports is a compendium of abject failure, harebrained decision-making, avarice, and rank stupidityâ??in other words, the stuff that some athletes, and fans, are best at.Whether youâ??re a casual fan or a face-painting zealot, youâ??ll find plenty to root for (or against) in The Worst of Sports.â??Original and funny, this book will entertain the pessimist that lurks in all of us who donâ??t root for the Yankees.â?â??Mike Greenberg, author of Why My Wife Thinks Iâ??m an IdiotRead More