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Encompassing some of the most revered moments in sports history as well as some of the most forgotten, The Salt Lake Loonie & Other Stories Every Sports Fan Should Know by Brett and Jesse Matlock is a survival guide to table-top sports talk. Arming the greenhorn and the journeyman sports fan with new insights and takes on sports stories that cover the classical to the comical--what was 'the Curse of the Bambino'? Who won the so-called 'Battle of the Sexes' in tennis? What is the real story behind 'The Salt Lake Loonie'? Organized by themes and identifiied by fun sport symbols, The Salt Lake Loonie makes for an easy and engaging read. Fast Facts are interspersed throughout, arming sports fans with new insights and fun bits of trivia. With an introduction by Olympic gold medalist Hayley Wickenheiser and illustrations by Dwight Allott, The Salt Lake Loonie is destined to be the 'sports bible' that every fan will love.

The Salt Lake Loonie

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Encompassing some of the most revered moments in sports history as well as some of the most forgotten, The Salt... Read more

    Publisher: University of Regina Press
    Publication Date: 8/30/2011
    ISBN13: 9780889772397, 978-0889772397
    ISBN10: 889772398

    Non Fiction , Sport

    Description

    Encompassing some of the most revered moments in sports history as well as some of the most forgotten, The Salt Lake Loonie & Other Stories Every Sports Fan Should Know by Brett and Jesse Matlock is a survival guide to table-top sports talk. Arming the greenhorn and the journeyman sports fan with new insights and takes on sports stories that cover the classical to the comical--what was 'the Curse of the Bambino'? Who won the so-called 'Battle of the Sexes' in tennis? What is the real story behind 'The Salt Lake Loonie'? Organized by themes and identifiied by fun sport symbols, The Salt Lake Loonie makes for an easy and engaging read. Fast Facts are interspersed throughout, arming sports fans with new insights and fun bits of trivia. With an introduction by Olympic gold medalist Hayley Wickenheiser and illustrations by Dwight Allott, The Salt Lake Loonie is destined to be the 'sports bible' that every fan will love.

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