| Author | Verdi, Bob.
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| Title | The Bob Verdi collection / introduction by Mike Royko.
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| Published | Dallas, Tex. : Taylor Pub. Co., c1988.
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| Description | xvii, 269 p. ; 24 cm.
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| Series | The Sportswriter's eye
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| ISBN | 0-87833-608-7 : $14.95 |
| ISBN | 978-0-87833-608-1 |
| ISBN | ISBN (invalid) 0-87833-607-7 (jacket) |
| General Note | "The columns included in this collection originally appeared in the Chicago tribune"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Baseball. Uecker laments lost riches ; Kuenn comes through ; Dodgers' fortitude ; Baseball again reigns supreme ; Glory of the times ; Toast of the bleachers ; 'Hard to deal with' ; Struck down again ; For Pete's sake ; Give the man a hand ; Season really hits fan ; Maris a victim of time, place ; Sure smells familiar ; Something's lost in translation ; Red Sox burst own balloons ; Brett shoulders heartfelt pain -- Football. "We're no. 28!" ; Pure Halas - perfectly unclear ; 49ers discover gold mine ; Business as usual? Bet on it ; Super beating ; Nothing sacred to 'Kremlin's team' ; McMahon enjoys head-case image ; Patriots are crazy, too! ; They come to praise Simms ; A giant celebration ; 'Other' QB outguns Elway ; Daddy, why don't they play? -- Golf. Graham's perfect round ; Tight-fitting hero ; Living a fantasy ; White flags flutter ; 'I've died 16 deaths in golf' ; The Masters: still graceful ; Mr. Mischief wins the open ; The Master again ; How many miracle shots must one endure? ; Myra keeps swinging -- Basketball. It's Magic! ; Celts simply great ; Little nourishment in this feast ; In a class by himself ; A tragedy for all ; Walton's comeback ; Foot-in-mouth disease -- Boxing. Duran eats away at mentors' faith ; 'Ain't nobody done what I did' ; 'Larry who?' ; Marvelous champ ; The ripple effect ; You can go home --
Hockey. 'Short-pants boys' saving games ; A gold medal ; The great Gretzky ; Reform up to players -- Horse racing. A ms. match ; Devil's bag bares his soul ; Fate takes Pincay for a ride ; It's the only race -- Olympics. Tough sledding for one-man team ; All the comforts of home - almost ; A thrill for Mr. Agony ; Soviets whine way to L.A. ; View from men of Tass ; Time to end 5-ring circus ; Wholly Moses ; No place for 'courage' ; Like hockey in a big bathtub ; The last anthem belongs to L.A. -- Miscellany. Billy Jean isn't letting up ; Reagan a Cub fan ; Rumorizing with the King's English ; School for scandal ; Grappling with an honest crisis ; Mini-trend in honesty ; Stars & stripes & tedium ; A race never lost, a race never over ; A special lesson.
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| Subjects | Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. -- Sports.
Sports.
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| LC Card Number | 87-33612 |
| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: GV 707 V484
mq234962: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 141565] |
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