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9780304366842 English 0304366846 How many ways can journalists describe Mike Tyson's infamous ear-munching moment? Try these:Pay Per Chew. From Champ to Chomp. Lobe Blow for Boxing. Every "sound bite" here is entirely unsporting--and that's exactly why sports lovers will enjoy these 1001 hilariously poisonous insults. Modeled on the highly successfulBig Book of FilthandE-Talescompilations, this delicious volume contains the very best put downs ever leveled at the world's top athletes, past and present. National Lampoon hit a hole in one, calling golf "not so much a sport as an insult to lawns." About football, George Will commented: "Football combines the two worst features of America life: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings." From writers to TV personalities, managers to players, everyone's got something wonderfully nasty to say., The Big Book of Sports Insults begins where responsible comment leaves off. Modelled on the successful format of such seminal works as E-Tales, The Big Book of National Insults, and The Big Book of Filth, The Big Book of Sports Insults tackles serious sporting issues with the finesse of Vinnie Jones, the humility of Geoffrey Boycott, the tact of John McEnroe, the elegance of Wayne Rooney, and the sheer sportsmanship of Mike Tyson. The Big Book of Sports Insults covers all the key UK, European and Commonwealth sports, including football, rugby, cricket, tennis, golf, athletics and others. There will be some coverage of US sports, but not at the same level as those mentioned above. The ideal corrective to the hysterical hero-worship of sportsmen and women, the Big Book of Sports Insults offers a spluttering Ali to Zola of abusive invective targeted at sporting icons both past and present. If you long - metaphorically speaking - to heap ordure on Beckham or (whisper it but softly...) to rearrange the choirboy features of a certain boy wonder, then the Big Book of Sports Insults could well be the book for you.
9780304366842 English 0304366846 How many ways can journalists describe Mike Tyson's infamous ear-munching moment? Try these:Pay Per Chew. From Champ to Chomp. Lobe Blow for Boxing. Every "sound bite" here is entirely unsporting--and that's exactly why sports lovers will enjoy these 1001 hilariously poisonous insults. Modeled on the highly successfulBig Book of FilthandE-Talescompilations, this delicious volume contains the very best put downs ever leveled at the world's top athletes, past and present. National Lampoon hit a hole in one, calling golf "not so much a sport as an insult to lawns." About football, George Will commented: "Football combines the two worst features of America life: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings." From writers to TV personalities, managers to players, everyone's got something wonderfully nasty to say., The Big Book of Sports Insults begins where responsible comment leaves off. Modelled on the successful format of such seminal works as E-Tales, The Big Book of National Insults, and The Big Book of Filth, The Big Book of Sports Insults tackles serious sporting issues with the finesse of Vinnie Jones, the humility of Geoffrey Boycott, the tact of John McEnroe, the elegance of Wayne Rooney, and the sheer sportsmanship of Mike Tyson. The Big Book of Sports Insults covers all the key UK, European and Commonwealth sports, including football, rugby, cricket, tennis, golf, athletics and others. There will be some coverage of US sports, but not at the same level as those mentioned above. The ideal corrective to the hysterical hero-worship of sportsmen and women, the Big Book of Sports Insults offers a spluttering Ali to Zola of abusive invective targeted at sporting icons both past and present. If you long - metaphorically speaking - to heap ordure on Beckham or (whisper it but softly...) to rearrange the choirboy features of a certain boy wonder, then the Big Book of Sports Insults could well be the book for you.