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Losers - Dispatches from the Other Side of the Scoreboard (Paperback)
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"It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man
reveals himself." -Floyd Patterson Twenty-two notable
writers-including Bob Sullivan, Abby Ellin, Mike Pesca, Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, Louisa Hall, and Gay Talese-examine the untold stories
of the losers, and in doing so reveal something raw and significant
about what it means to be human The locker rooms of winning teams
are crowded with coaches, family, and fans. Reporters flock to the
athletes, brimming with victory and celebration, to ask, How does
it feel? In contrast, the locker rooms of the losing teams are
quiet and awkward, and reporters tend to leave quickly, reluctant
to linger too long around loss. But, as sports journalists Mary
Pilon and Louisa Thomas argue, losing is not a phenomenon to be
overlooked, and in Losers, they have called upon novelists,
reporters, and athletes to consider what it means to lose. From the
Olympic gymnast who was forced to surrender her spot to another
teammate, to the legacy of Bill Buckner's tenth-inning error in the
1986 World Series, to LeBron James's losing record in the NBA
Finals, these essays range from humorous to somber, but all are
united by their focus on defeat. Interweaving fourteen completely
new and unpublished pieces alongside beloved classics of the genre,
Losers turns the art of sports writing on its head and proves that
there is inspiration to be found in stories of risk, resilience,
and getting up after you've been knocked down.
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