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"YOU CALL IT SPORTS, BUT I SAY IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE!"

Dan Jenkins
YOU CALL IT SPORTS BUT I SAY IT S A JUNGLE OUT THERE Book PDF

Author : Dan Jenkins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501122040

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"YOU CALL IT SPORTS, BUT I SAY IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE!" by Dan Jenkins Pdf

For the last quarter century, Dan Jenkins has been fixing his cold-eyed stare and wisecracking style on the real-life Billy Clyde and Kenny Lee Pucketts of the sports world. You Call It Sports, But I Say It’s a Jungle Out There is a collection of his best work from Sports Illustrated, Playboy, Golf Digest, and his nationally syndicated column, and includes a stack of new pieces written especially for this book. Jenkins spares no one in his search for the culprits who have taken the fun out of sports: NFL owners and refs, PGA Tour administrators, basketball players who can’t read, tennis players who can’t speak English (or say anything worth hearing when they do). He also finds things worth celebrating: the electric charge given off by Arnold Palmer at his best, the excitement of a truly great college football game, or a real heavyweight champion, like Joe Louis. Overflowing with good ol’ boys, great one-liners, famous sporting events, and barroom tales, this is the best of Dan Jenkins—which is to say, it’s as good as sportswriting gets anywhere.

Sports Media

Brad Schultz
Sports Media Book PDF

Author : Brad Schultz
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780240807317

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Sports Media by Brad Schultz Pdf

Emphasizing the skills required to be successful in sports journalism, this text offers descriptions into the role of the sports reporter's function, as well as offering historical and background information into the evolution of the sports industry.

Sport in American Culture

Joyce D. Duncan
Sport in American Culture Book PDF

Author : Joyce D. Duncan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-19
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781851095599

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Sport in American Culture by Joyce D. Duncan Pdf

A unique and timely exploration of the cultural impact of sport on American society, including lifestyles, language, and thinking. Sport in American Culture is the first and only reference work to provide an in-depth and up-to-date exploration of sport and its impact on American culture. Essays from more than 200 scholars, professionals, and sports enthusiasts address how sport has changed our lifestyles, language, and thinking. Arranged alphabetically, the work introduces key sport figures and national icons, with a focus on their cultural impact, examines individual sports and how they have influenced society, and discusses such phenomena as the billion-dollar athletic apparel industry, sport as big business, and the effect of sport on gender, racial views, pride, and nationalism. In addition to expected topics, the work also includes less studied areas such as myths, audience rituals, Wheaties, comic books, the hula hoop, and religion.

Sports Media

Bradley Schultz,Edward T. Arke
Sports Media Book PDF

Author : Bradley Schultz,Edward T. Arke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317449263

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Sports Media by Bradley Schultz,Edward T. Arke Pdf

Sports Media covers reporting, anchoring, and production, and offers thorough descriptions of the sports reporter and anchor's function in sports journalism. This text offers important historical background on the evolution of the sports industry, some grounding in the business of sports, and a discussion of social issues including the experience of women in sports journalism. New to this edition: An introduction focused on the intersection of economics, technology, and culture that drives modern sports journalism Interviews with industry experts currently working in the field of sports journalism The evolution of the industry to today’s audience-driven, social media-influenced landscape Reporting as storytelling in a modern media environment A companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/schultz) featuring video and audio examples from the authors’ own work to illustrate concepts from the text, links to additional examples and further resources, video tours of production facilities, video interviews with leaders in the field, and an updated instructor’s manual.

It's Not Over 'Til It's Over

Al Silverman
It s Not Over Til It s Over Book PDF

Author : Al Silverman
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781468304312

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It's Not Over 'Til It's Over by Al Silverman Pdf

Find inspiration in these “enjoyable” accounts of historic last-minute victories—both legendary and little-known—in the world of sports (Booklist). From a former editor of Sport magazine, this book is a journey through a century of athletic endeavor, from baseball to boxing and beyond—filled with true stories that remind us of some of the qualities that can help to create a champion: perseverance, determination, and hope. “Re-creations of 13 dramatic sports events from the 20th century . . . While Silverman has chosen to profile a handful of well-documented events, such as New York Giant Bobby Thompson’s 1951 home run at the Polo Grounds, the first Ali-Frazier prizefight in 1971 and the 1980 US hockey team’s Olympic victory over the Russians, the real value of the book lies in his depiction of such obscure or neglected events as the 1923 boxing match between Argentine Luis Firpo and American Jack Dempsey, and the 1968 Harvard-Yale football game . . . The best piece follows an unknown Native American Marine from Kansas who shocked himself and the world by winning the 10,000-meter road race at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics . . . He often tracks down and interviews event participants to provide perspective from both the victor and the vanquished.” —Publishers Weekly

Golf and the American Country Club

Richard J. Moss
Golf and the American Country Club Book PDF

Author : Richard J. Moss
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 025202642X

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Golf and the American Country Club by Richard J. Moss Pdf

In this entertaining cultural history, Moss explores the circumstances that led to the establishment of the country club as an American social institution and its inextricable connection to the ancient, imported game of golf. Moss traces the evolution of country clubs from informal groups of golf-playing friends to "country estates" in the suburbs and eventually into public and private daily-fee courses, corporate country clubs, and gated golfing communities. The book shows how these developments reflect shifts in American values and attitudes toward health and sport, as well as changing social dynamics.

Slim and None

Dan Jenkins
Slim and None Book PDF

Author : Dan Jenkins
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307419262

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Slim and None by Dan Jenkins Pdf

Introduced in Dan Jenkins’s previous uproarious novel of the pro golf tour, The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist, Bobby Joe Grooves is now forty-four and still without a win in a major championship. A student of golf lore, Bobby Joe is well aware that only a small group of stars have ever won a major at his age or older, and among them are such immortals as Nicklaus, Boros, Irwin, and Trevino. It’s now or never for Bobby Joe, and excuse him for thinking that his chances are slim and none. So it’s off to the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and the rest of the PGA Tour for Bobby Joe, who’s leaving behind the prospect of a third ex-wife. On the golf courses he’ll face familiar competitors such as Knut Thorssun and Cheetah Farmer, but the rival who may loom the largest is the game’s newest child star, nineteen-year-old Scott Pritchard. His talents are the talk of the Tour—so is his arrogance—and so, by the way, is his stunning mom, Gwendolyn, a shapely adorable woman who captures Bobby Joe’s full attention and threatens not to let go. Long revered by his peers as one of the world’s best sportswriters, and beloved by readers for such classics as Semi-Tough and Dead Solid Perfect, Dan Jenkins is at the top of his form in Slim and None. It’s packed with authentic insider gems about each of the majors and hilarious sketches of many of the characters—touring pros, officials, media, agents, caddies, and ladies—who inhabit this outrageous and endearing world of sports.

Stick a Fork in Me

Dan Jenkins
Stick a Fork in Me Book PDF

Author : Dan Jenkins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781507201473

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Stick a Fork in Me by Dan Jenkins Pdf

"A humorous, non-politically correct look into the life of college athletics. Pete Wallace, the most persevering, glad-handing athletic director who ever worked in higher education, reminisces about some of the strangest episodes in his career, from dealing with Title IX regulations and liberal professors to handling student-athletes with anger and mental health issues"--

Unplayable Lies

Dan Jenkins
Unplayable Lies Book PDF

Author : Dan Jenkins
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781101873076

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Unplayable Lies by Dan Jenkins Pdf

In Unplayable Lies, Dan Jenkins takes us on a tour of the links as only he can do it. Here, Dan delves into the greatest rounds of golf he's ever seen, the funniest things said on a golf course, the rivalries on tour and in the press box, the game's most magical moments—and its most absurd. Filled with well-known characters like Tiger Woods, to others like Titanic Thompson—gambler, golf hustler, accused murderer, legendary storyteller—Unplayable Lies is an ode to the game of golf and the people who play it. But it is Dan Jenkins, so nothing—even the game itself—can escape his wrath, his critical eye, or his acerbic pen. This is Dan Jenkins at his best, writing about the sport he loves the most.

YOU GOTTA PLAY HURT

Dan Jenkins
YOU GOTTA PLAY HURT Book PDF

Author : Dan Jenkins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501122033

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YOU GOTTA PLAY HURT by Dan Jenkins Pdf

From the author of Semi-Tough comes a hilarious novel chronicling one year in the life of irreverent sports columnist Jim Tom Pinch. "Bawdy, bitter, very funny...Jenkins's farewell salute to big-time sportswriting is a tell-all novel that deflates the hype around each and every event, from the Olympics to the Kentucky Derby to Wimbledon (Kirkus Reviews).

His Ownself

Dan Jenkins
His Ownself Book PDF

Author : Dan Jenkins
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307474704

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His Ownself by Dan Jenkins Pdf

In His Ownself, Dan Jenkins takes us on a tour of his legendary career as a sportswriter and novelist. Here we see Dan's hone his craft, from his high school paper through to his first job at theFort Worth Press and on to the glory days of Sports Illustrated. Whether in Texas, New York, or anywhere for that matter, Dan was always at the center of it all—hanging out at Elaine's while swapping stories with politicians and movie stars, covering every Masters and U.S. Open and British Open for over four decades. The result is a knee-slapping, star-studded, once-in-a-lifetime memoir from one of the most important, hilarious, and semi-cantankerous sportswriters ever.

Dead Solid Perfect

Dan Jenkins
Dead Solid Perfect Book PDF

Author : Dan Jenkins
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307574527

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Dead Solid Perfect by Dan Jenkins Pdf

The legendary golf novel, rereleased in a special edition with a new foreword by the author. Don Imus said it best: "Dan Jenkins is a comic genius." And nowhere is that genius more evident than in Dead Solid Perfect, his uproarious 1974 novel about life on the PGA Tour. To some, Kenny Lee Puckett, the star of Jenkins's ribald saga, is a more important figure in the history of golf than Bobby Jones himself.

The Franchise Babe

Dan Jenkins
The Franchise Babe Book PDF

Author : Dan Jenkins
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780767925280

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The Franchise Babe by Dan Jenkins Pdf

Jack Brannon, a golf writer in his forties who has been bunkered more than once in the marriage game, covers the sport for a big-time magazine. Bored with the PGA, he decides to check out “the Lolitas,” on the LPGA Tour. Jack chooses as a magazine subject Ginger Clayton, a fiery eighteen-year old whose killer looks and killer game make her the kind of star who can take the LPGA to the next level. She is, indeed, The Franchise Babe, and everyone wants a part of her, but someone, it seems, is trying to knock Ginger out of the competition-permanently. Filled with dead-on take downs of sports moms, adventurous promoters, suck-up corporate sponsors, double-dealing sports agents, and just enough menace to make golf dangerous, Dan Jenkins latest tale of hijinks on the links is not to be missed.

The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist

Dan Jenkins
The Money Whipped Steer Job Three Jack Give Up Artist Book PDF

Author : Dan Jenkins
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780767913157

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The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist by Dan Jenkins Pdf

The best golf writer on the planet returns with his funniest book ever. Dan Jenkins virtually invented the golf novel with Dead Solid Perfect, his rollicking account of the life and times of touring pro Kenny Lee Puckett. After thirty years of waiting for the follow-up, Jenkins returns to the world of big-time golf in The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist and finds a world where endorsements and course fashion matter more than the side bet. His hero, Bobby Joe Grooves, is a hell-raising two-iron-wielding rogue trying to turn his one annual tournament win and considerable Texas charm into a spot on the Ryder Cup team. Standing between Bobby Joe and his little spot of golf heaven are two ex-wives, a girlfriend, various pious PGA officials, and his embarrassing lack of a career major. A book that will teach you more about golf history than any weepy sunset-over-the-eighteenth-green retrospective, The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist is an uproarious portrait of what it’s really like to play on the PGA Tour. It’s vintage Dan Jenkins.

Jenkins at the Majors

Dan Jenkins
Jenkins at the Majors Book PDF

Author : Dan Jenkins
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780385530590

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Jenkins at the Majors by Dan Jenkins Pdf

Legendary sports writer Dan Jenkins delivers a golf history lesson that is unrivaled in its scope and style. In this seminal collection, Dan Jenkins has selected the funniest and most riveting stories from his epic career as a writer for Sports Illustrated and Golf Digest, where his wry reportage of golf’s most thrilling finishes, historic moments, and heartbreaking collapses brought legions of fans intimately close to the action. All the greatest moments of golf over the last sixty years are here: Jack Nicklaus at Pebble Beach, Arnold Palmer at Cherry Hills, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead at Oakmont, and of course Tiger Woods, just about everywhere. As much about journalism and watching the growth of one of our most cherished sports writers, as it is about the great game of golf, Jenkins at the Majors is a must read for sports fans and golfers alike.