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Author:

Reilly, Rick.

Title:

Sports from hell : my search for the world's dumbest competition / Rick Reilly.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Doubleday/ESPN Books,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xiv, 204 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Sports--Miscellanea.
Sports--Humor.

Notes:

"What is the world's dumbest sport?: world sauna championship; ferret legging; bull poker; 3-mile golf hole; rock-paper-scissors; women's pro football; chess boxing; drinking games; zorbing; baseball; nude bicycling; jarts; homeless soccer"--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: The rules -- World sauna championships -- Ferret legging -- Bull poker -- The three-mile golf hole -- Rock-paper-scissors -- Women's pro football -- Chess boxing -- Drinking games -- Zorbing -- Baseball -- Nude bicycling -- Jarts -- Homeless soccer -- Conclusion: The winner.

Summary:

A popular sports columnist puts his life-- and his dignity-- on the line in search of the most absurd sporting event on the planet. He set out on a global journey to discover sports which push the body-- and human idiocy-- to the outermost limits.

ISBN:

0385514387
9780385514385

OCLC:

(OCoLC)430839086

LCCN:

2009025112

Locations:

BRPD251 -- Adel Public Library (Adel)

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TNPD062 -- Belle Plaine Community Library (Belle Plaine)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

HNPC845 -- Hawarden Public Library (Hawarden)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)