Bears, Bulls, Cubs, Sox, Blackhawks - there's no city like Chicago
when it comes to sports. Generation after generation, Chicagoans
pass down their almost religious allegiances to teams, stadiums,
and players and their never-say-die attitude, along with the
stories of the city's best (and worst) sports moments. And every
one of those moments - every come-from-behind victory or crushing
defeat - has been chronicled by Chicago's unparalleled
sportswriters. In From Black Sox to Three-Peats, veteran Chicago
sports columnist Ron Rapoport assembles one hundred of the best
pieces from the Tribune, Sun-Times, Daily News, Defender, and other
papers to tell the unforgettable story of a century of Chicago
sports. From Ring Lardner to Rick Telander, Westbrook Pegler to Bob
Verdi, Mike Royko to Wendell Smith, Melissa Isaacson to Brent
Musburger, and on, this collection reminds us that Chicago sports
fans have enjoyed a wealth of talent not just on the field, but in
the press box as well. Through their stories we relive the betrayal
of the Black Sox, the cocksure power of the '85 Bears, the
assassin's efficiency of Jordan's Bulls, the Blackhawks' stunning
reclamation of the Stanley Cup, and the Cubs' century of futility.
Sports are the most ephemeral of news events: once you know the
outcome, the drama is gone. But every once in a while, there are
those games, those teams, those players that make it into something
more-and great writers can transform those fleeting moments into
lasting stories that become part of the very identity of a city.
From Black Sox to Three-Peats is Chicago history at its most
exciting and celebratory. No sports fan should be without it.
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