Sometimes they even shook your hand
Subtitle: portraits of champions who walked among us
By: John Schulian ; foreword by William Nack
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780803237766
Subjects: SPORTS & RECREATION / Essays; History; Athletes; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism; Biography; Sports
Description: "John Schulian, a much-honored sportswriter for nearly forty years, takes us back to a time when our greatest athletes stood before us as human beings, not remote gods. In this compelling collection, Schulian paints prose portraits to remind fans of what today's cloistered stars won't share with them.  Here, Willie Mays remembers how to smile in dreaded retirement; Muhammad Ali muses about a world that was once his. For every moment of triumph--Joe Montana in the Super Bowl, Marvelous Marvin Hagler over Thomas Hearns--there is another filled with the heartache that Pete Maravich felt when he hung up his basketball shoes.  The result is a book guaranteed to stir memories for the generation that was--and to leave subsequent generations wishing they had it so good"--

"Profiles of one-of-a-kind athletes from decades past"--