Crazyball
Subtitle: sports scandals, superstitions, and sick plays
By: Barry Wilner and Ken Rappoport
Contributors: Rappoport, Ken
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781589799127; 9781589799134
Subjects: Miscellanea; Sports; History
Description: Recounts some of the most unusual and humorous occurrences in sports history, from Evel Knievel's Grand Canyon adventures to George Brett's anger in the "pine tar incident," as well as strange superstitions, pranks, and blown calls.
Table of contents: title: Sports' worst teams; title: Botchball; title: Sports' greatest scandals; title: Crazy pranks, silly stunts; title: Sick plays : Really, really awesome moments; title: Chuckleball; title: What were they thinking?; title: Sports as theater; title: Crazy superstitions, crazy fans, and other locker room tales; title: Can you believe it?; title: Mascots; title: Say what?