Bill Livingston

George Steinbrenner's Pipe Dream

The Abl Champion Cleveland Pipers

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Produktbeschreibung

Bill Livingston brings to life the remarkable story of the one-season wonder Cleveland Pipers and their unlikely national championship. Drawing on personal interviews and extensive research, he introduces readers to the personalities that surrounded the organisation, providing a compelling and entertaining story about a fascinating chapter in sports history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kent State University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 121mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781606352618
• ISBN-10: 160635261X
• Artikelnr.: 42148046

Autorenporträt

Bill Livingston has been a sports columnist at The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer since 1984. Before that he worked at the Dallas Morning News and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, Livingston has won over 25 journalism awards, including five awards for either best column or game story in Ohio, and a top 10 finish for features in the Associated Press Sports Editors contest. Livingston is the author of Above and Beyond: Tim Mack, the Pole Vault, and the Quest for Olympic Gold (The Kent State University Press, 2008), which won three national awards. He attended Vanderbilt University on the Fred Russell-Grantland Rice national sportswriting scholarship.