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SEE PHOTOS
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ISBN
9781562828691
Publication Year
1993
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
Up Close : and in Your Face with the Greats, Near Greats, and Ingrates of Sports
Illustrator
Yes
Author
Scott Ostler, Roy Firestone
Publisher
Hyperion Press
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Topic
Sports
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Publisher
Hyperion Press
ISBN-10
156282869X
ISBN-13
9781562828691
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038481217

Product Key Features

Publication Year
1993
Topic
Sports
Book Title
Up Close : and in Your Face with the Greats, Near Greats, and Ingrates of Sports
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Author
Scott Ostler, Roy Firestone
Format
Hardcover

Additional Product Features

LCCN
93-016221
Synopsis
The unorthodox sportscaster shares provocative anecdotes about some of the colorful figures of the sports world, including Reggie Jackson, Wilt Chamberlain, Pete Rose, Billie Jean King, and Michael Jordan.
LC Classification Number
GV583.F56 1993

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  • Great retrospective of sports interviews

    Roy Firestone was the host of the sports interview show “Up Close” on ESPN for many years and during that time he had on-air conversations with many of the best sports figures of the time as well as those past their prime. He also encountered many of the same people outside the confines of the interview environment, where he saw them with no camera and microphone present. This series of retrospectives is some of the most fascinating statements about sports figures. Some of them were arrogant on and off camera, others were ferocious during their games, yet soft and humble when not playing. Sports figures from boxing to golf to hockey, as well as the major sports of basketball, baseball and football are described. The most interesting category of interviewees are the prizefighters, most ...

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