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Author:

Gray, Jim (Sports broadcaster), author.

Title:

Talking to GOATs : the moments you remember and the stories you never heard / Jim Gray with Greg Bishop ; foreword by Tom Brady.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

William Morrowan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xv, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), 24 cm

Subject:

Athletes--United States--Interviews.
Athletes--United States--Biography.
Gray, Jim,--(Sports broadcaster).
Sports--United States--History.
Sports--History.
Sportscasters--United States--Biography.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Interviews.

Other Authors:

Bishop, Greg, author.
Brady, Tom, 1977- writer of foreword.

Notes:

Includes index. "The moments you remember... Ali, Jordan, Tiger, Kobe, Phelps, Tyson, LeBron--and the other stories you never heard"--Jacket.

Contents:

Tyson : much more than the bite -- Ali : touched by the greatest -- My world wide web -- Michael (Jackson) and the mirage -- First pitch -- Hammerin' Hank : Mr. Decency -- Your Rose, my thorn -- Steroids : from Ben to Marion, the breaking of Bonds -- Tiger : how a legend became human -- Upon further review -- Tom Brady : my friend the goat -- 17-0, 28, 50-0 = perfect -- People who changed the world -- Dream team : "You'll never see anything like this again" -- His Airness's good-bye -- The triangle : Kobe, Shaq, and Jax -- Malice at The Palace -- The decision -- My dad and The Masters -- I'm not writing another book.

Summary:

"Sportscaster and sports historian Jim Gray gives the reader a coveted all-access pass as he reviews the best interviews, the best athletes, and the best games in modern sports history. It's like a personal introduction to the characters and careers of these heroes and villains we've known since childhood. He examines how money, celebrity, the media, and power interact, and how sports ... has led to ... transformations in American society"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0062992066
9780062992062

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1202407237

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