TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thompson,Wright
TI  - The cost of these dreams: sports stories and other serious business 
SN  - 9780143133872
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - [New York]
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Athletes
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Coaches (Athletics)
KW  - Sports
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes index
N2  - "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"--
ER  -