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This book illuminates how important sports are to the life of New York but also of the city's preeminent place in American sports. It covers the most dramatic sporting events ever to take place in New York and features both the greatest stars-including Babe Ruth and Muhammad Ali-and the unlikeliest of heroes-such as Jeremy Lin and Roberta Vinci.

Produktbeschreibung
This book illuminates how important sports are to the life of New York but also of the city's preeminent place in American sports. It covers the most dramatic sporting events ever to take place in New York and features both the greatest stars-including Babe Ruth and Muhammad Ali-and the unlikeliest of heroes-such as Jeremy Lin and Roberta Vinci.
Autorenporträt
Stuart Miller has been a journalist for three decades, covering a wide variety of topics for publications including the New York Times, the New York Daily News, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, Newsweek, the Guardian, and Variety. He is the author or co-author of The Other Islands of New York City: A History and Guide, Good Wood: The Story of the Baseball Bat, and Where Have All Our Giants Gone. He is a third-generation Brooklynite and lives in the South Slope neighborhood with his wife and two sons.