Title:
Losers : dispatches from the other side of the scoreboard
Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
[New York, New York] : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2020]
Physical Description:
xvi, 288 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780143133834
Abstract:
The locker rooms of winning teams are crowded with coaches, family, and fans. Reporters flock to the athletes, brimming with victory and celebration. 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. Pilon and Thomas argue that losing is not a phenomenon to be overlooked. Here they have called upon novelists, reporters, and athletes to consider what it means to lose. The essays range from humorous to somber, but all are united by their focus on defeat. In doing so, they reveal something significant about what it means to be human. -- adapted from back cover
Contents:
Introduction / Mary Pilon and Louisa Thomas -- The sporting house / Charles Bock -- Yankees strike / Bob Sullivan -- Banderillero / Barry Newman -- An Athens odyssey skips the medal mark : sailing out of a square story / Kevin Hall -- The peanut vendor and the curse / Samuel Graham Felsen -- That loser LeBron / Ryan O'Hanlon -- Two white kids from New York kicking ass / Brian Platzer -- Too lucky in love / Joshua Prager -- If you can't beat 'em / Louisa Hall -- The great Wimbledon FC heist / Ryan Bailey -- The 1908 Olympic marathon / Arthur Conan Doyle -- Requiem for the Ivory Coast : an anatomy of Greece's last-minute penalty / Rowan Ricardo Phillips -- The "Dewey defeats Truman" of sports / James Andrew Miller -- Chasing Ashton Eaton : an unintended pursuit of the world's greatest athlete that no one has heard of / Jeremy Taiwo, as told to Stefanie Loh -- Galiyeva-ed / Carla Correa -- The Kyrgios enigma / Louisa Thomas -- Tomato can blues / Mary Pilon -- Washington Generals win! / Matt Nissenbaum -- The guy wearing a hat / Andrew Lehren -- Losing on purpose / Mike Pesca -- Larry and the ball / Abby Dllin -- The loser / Gay Talese.
Language:
English
