Rick Telander, Author . Cricket/Marcato $15.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-8126-2657-5
"Why was I this little kind of nobody guy?... I was like a minus sign. A zero." In this moving if not exactly plausible novel, Chicago sports columnist Telander (Heaven Is a Playground) agilely projects the voice of an 11-year-old who is...
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Rick Telander, Author Simon & Schuster $8.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-72788-8
``Bad things are happening'' to college football, according to Telander, and he explains why the sport has reached such a lamentable pass. ``His righteous indignation is infectious and potent,'' asserted PW. (Sept.)
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Rick Telander, Author Simon & Schuster $17.45 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-68095-4
``Bad things are happening'' to college football, according to former Sports Illustrated writer Telander ( Heaven Is a Playground ), and he explains here why the sport has reached such a lamentable pass. The crux of the problem, he argues, is...
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Rick Telander, Author Simon & Schuster $21.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-74853-1
Telander (Heaven is a Playground) describes a year's events in the University of Wisconsin athletic department through a series of vignettes. Three people draw most of his attention: Barry Baum, a reporter for the student newspaper; Rick Aberman,...
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Rick Telander, Author Simon & Schuster $22.5 (2880p) ISBN 978-0-684-80946-5
Although there may be some debate about whether the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls were the best basketball team ever (see Peter May's The Last Banner, reviewed in this issue), none can argue that it didn't compile the winningest record, going 72 and 10....
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