Home and away
Subtitle: memoir of a fan
By: Scott Simon
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780786864157; 9780786886524
Subjects: Chicago Cubs (Baseball team); Journalists; Sports spectators; Sports; Chicago Bears (Football team); Chicago Bulls (Basketball team); Biography; History
Description: A devout sports fan and NPR commentator discusses the influence of sports and larger-than-life sports figures on his life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.363-364).
Table of contents: title: Sputnik by the bay; title: I'm a fan; title: Don't knock the rock; title: Cubbie love; title: Bear down: Papa Bear, the Comet, and Pic; title: Blue flu: the summer of 1969; title: The death of the machine and da birth of da Bears; title: From father to son - to stepfather; title: War and remembrance of the Bulls; title: The interregnum; title: Champions of the world; title: The last dance; title: The last shot; title: Epilogue.