
Gloves Off
40 Years of Unfiltered Sports Writing
Lowell Cohn(Author)
Rare Bird Books, A Vireo Book (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 28. May 2020
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-949480-08-5 (ISBN)
Description
Freed from the prohibitions of traditional reporting, Cohn’s tell-all book takes in you into the rarified world of sports that you can’t see from the confines of your newspaper.
After forty years inside the press box delivering unique perspectives on the biggest stars, events, and storylines in sports, former San Francisco Chronicle and Press Democrat columnist Lowell Cohn has seen it all. From wild locker room conflicts to bizarre player interviews to heartfelt conversations with the heroes of the athletic world, Cohn has spent decades bringing to life the narratives of sports through his masterfully crafted newspaper columns. Now you can go directly into the locker room with Cohn. This unparalleled collection of anecdotes and interactions reveals Cohn’s insider perspective and unvarnished opinions on some of the sports world’s most well-known personalities, including Bill Walsh, Barry Bonds, Michael Jordan, Sugar Ray Robinson, Steve Young, and many more.
After forty years inside the press box delivering unique perspectives on the biggest stars, events, and storylines in sports, former San Francisco Chronicle and Press Democrat columnist Lowell Cohn has seen it all. From wild locker room conflicts to bizarre player interviews to heartfelt conversations with the heroes of the athletic world, Cohn has spent decades bringing to life the narratives of sports through his masterfully crafted newspaper columns. Now you can go directly into the locker room with Cohn. This unparalleled collection of anecdotes and interactions reveals Cohn’s insider perspective and unvarnished opinions on some of the sports world’s most well-known personalities, including Bill Walsh, Barry Bonds, Michael Jordan, Sugar Ray Robinson, Steve Young, and many more.
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Language
English
Product notice
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-949480-08-5 (9781949480085)
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Persons
Lowell Cohn was a sports columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat and San Francisco Chronicle. He has been published in Sports Illustrated and the New York Times, and was Sports Columnist of the Year in the San Francisco Bay Area eight times. He lives in Oakland, California, with his wife.