More Than a Game
Life Lessons from Philadelphia's Sports Community
Will be published approx. on 17. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-9840429-0-6 (ISBN)
Description
Voices from Philadelphia's athletic community on what it's like being a Philadelphian and a fan, and on what makes a community work
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Philladelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
358 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9840429-0-6 (9780984042906)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Eliot Shorr-Parks, a graduate of Temple University, is Associate Editor of New City Community Press. More Than a Game is his first book. He is currently working on a project focused on Philadelphia football. You can read his coverage of Eagles football on BuzzonBroad.com. He is a life-long Philadelphia resident.
Steve Parks is an Associate Professor of Writing at Syracuse University and founder of New City Community Press (newcitycommunitypress.com). His previous books include Gravyland: Writing Beyond the Curriculum in the City of Brotherly Love and Class Politics: The Movement for a Students' Right To Their Own Language. He lives in Philadelphia with his family.
Steve Parks is an Associate Professor of Writing at Syracuse University and founder of New City Community Press (newcitycommunitypress.com). His previous books include Gravyland: Writing Beyond the Curriculum in the City of Brotherly Love and Class Politics: The Movement for a Students' Right To Their Own Language. He lives in Philadelphia with his family.
Content
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Michael Nutter; "The Philly fan wants you to put yourself out there..."; Leroy Johnson; "I can remember seeing Jack Johnson at an exhibition for the Wild Bill Hickcok Show"; Jordan Berman; "It cost a quarter to get in, maybe cheaper..."; Tina Sloan Brown; GGGGGGGGGG; Dave Leonardi; "Somewhere in the late 50's, there was a NHL game on..."; Angelo Cataldi:; "I'm positive the Red Sox killed my father..."; Nicholas Bradley:; "I looked up...but didn't see him..."; Ed Rendell:; "The shoeshine guy and the president of the bank both can have the same strong opinion..."; Michael Golic:; "Are you willing to do this? Are you willing to sacrifice?"; Rob Enslin:; "I like to think my dad was thinking the same thing..."; Bill Giles:; "At those moments, I would think of my dad...".; Vanessa Rodriguez; "Rained Out at the Ballgame."; Sheil Kapidia:; "When I was 6 years old, the game was always on for me to watch with my dad..."; Rami Ibrahim:; "They see the image of a true Palestinian, a true Musilim..."; Bobby Clarke:; "If talent won every time, what would be the point of working?"; Gary Cobb:; "An education is something they are always going to have."; Herman Douglas:; " I'm not quitting. You know, cause I'm no punk.; Alyson Goodner; "Some kid from the other team got on the microphone and said, "Stop the music, there's a white girl on the floor."; Chris Pronger; "I think the camaraderie of the team is what got us through that year".; Leonard Weaver:; "That's what God does teaches us- to continue to press on..."; James Ellis:; "And if we are going to be PDR swimming, then, we are going to represent the city."; Joseph Banner:; "I think we can try to use sports teams to reflect the values and attitudes... we have as citizens..."; Danny Diaz:; "There were 'A' students, corner students..."; Frank Greco:; "We're going to play hard, come to practice- No BS..."; Dan Winterstein:; "Understanding Mt Airy Baseball, is understanding Mt Airy"; Sonny Hill:; "Education gives you the opportunity to get to where you want to go over the long period."; Ruben Amaro, Jr.:; "Getting there is one thing, staying there is another..."; Jesse Biddle:; "Not a lot of people realize their dream. I did..."; Carlos Ruiz:; "I knew with one more pitch, we were World Champions.."; Larry Colangelo:; "It's easy to play when you know it's 20,000 against five, you know what I mean?.