How to Cheat in Sports
Published on 30. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-0-8118-5853-3 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first book to not only identify what forms of cheating are performed in professional sports, but also to break down each cheat into step-by-step directions to reveal how it's done. The author has conducted original interviews with professional athletes and coaches to learn how the professionals do it. The sports included are: basketball, baseball, American football, motor racing, hockey, football, bowling, water polo, horseshoes, golf, and, lacrosse.
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Language
English
Place of publication
California
United States
Illustrations
40-50 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 154 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8118-5853-3 (9780811858533)
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Additional editions
E-Book
07/2010
1st Edition
Chronicle Books LLC
€11.49
Available for download
Person
Scott Ostler is a sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and a frequent guest on TV and sports-radio talkshows. He previously served as a sports columnist for The Los Angeles Times and The National. He is an 11-time winner of the California Sportswriter of the Year award, most recently in 2007. Arthur Mount is an illustrator whose work has appeared in ESPN: The Magazine, The New York Times, and Maxim.