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The Ecstasy of Defeat
Sports Reporting at Its Finest by the Editors of the Onion
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By Editors of The Onion
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The Sports Page As You’ve Never Seen It Before From painfully obvious steroid revelations to sex scandals and superstars who announce trades in over-the-top TV specials, the wide world of sports can often seem too ridiculous for words. Well, attention sports fans: In The Ecstasy of Defeat, the editors of The Onion offer the laugh-out-loud funny and long overdue lampoon of sports culture you’ve been waiting for. Filled with the very best of The Onion‘s bench-clearing sports coverage, this book includes such classics as:
- Lip-Reading BCS Computer Kills Officials Who Want To Shut It Down
- Barry Bonds Took Steroids, Reports Everyone Who Has Ever Watched Baseball.
- Report: Cheap Chinese NBA Players Falling Apart After A Few Seasons.
- Barbaro’s Doctors: “A Horse This Good You Don’t Eat All At Once.”
- Lance Armstrong Wants To Tell Nation Something But Nation Has To Promise Not To Get Mad.
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- On Sale
- Oct 11, 2011
- Page Count
- 272 pages
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- ISBN-13
- 9781401310721
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