The cost of these dreams : sports stories and other serious business /
Thompson, Wright,
The cost of these dreams : sports stories and other serious business / Wright Thompson. - xvii, 378 pages ; 22 cm
Includes index.
"Whether it be Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods or Pat Riley or Urban Meyer, Wright Thompson strips the away the self-serving myths and fantasies to reveal his characters in full. There are fascinating common denominators: it may not be the case that every single great performer or coach had a complex relationship with his father, but it can sure seem that way. And there is much marvelous local knowledge: about specific sports, and times and places, and people. Ludicrously entertaining and often powerfully moving, The Cost of These Dreams is an ode to the reporter's art, and a celebration of true greatness and the high price that it exacts"--
9780143133872 014313387X
2018037816
Athletes--United States--Biography.
Coaches (Athletics)--United States--Biography.
Sports--Social aspects--United States.
Biographies.
The cost of these dreams : sports stories and other serious business / Wright Thompson. - xvii, 378 pages ; 22 cm
Includes index.
"Whether it be Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods or Pat Riley or Urban Meyer, Wright Thompson strips the away the self-serving myths and fantasies to reveal his characters in full. There are fascinating common denominators: it may not be the case that every single great performer or coach had a complex relationship with his father, but it can sure seem that way. And there is much marvelous local knowledge: about specific sports, and times and places, and people. Ludicrously entertaining and often powerfully moving, The Cost of These Dreams is an ode to the reporter's art, and a celebration of true greatness and the high price that it exacts"--
9780143133872 014313387X
2018037816
Athletes--United States--Biography.
Coaches (Athletics)--United States--Biography.
Sports--Social aspects--United States.
Biographies.