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books by Rick Telander

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Like a Rose: A Celebration of Football

1 review
Rick Telander

Sports Publishing LLC, 2004

Like a rose indeed!
I loved this book. Not only does Rick Telander reprint his journal from his training camp with the Kansas City Chiefs, he also includes his current perspective on it. This is a very introspective and personal book, yet it also serves as just a great read. On the reflective side, Telander intersperses his current life with the life that the journal contained. Telander balances his love of ...

String Music

2 reviews
Rick Telander

Cricket Books, 2002

String Music
String Music is about a boy who loves basketball. He's having some problems at home, so he sneaks off to a NBA basketball game where he will see his favorite basketball player, Jasper Jasmine. After the game he sneaks off into the locker room to get a couple of words with Jasper Jasmine. Before he gets thrown out after the game he started crying because he was thinking about his mom's ...

In Life, First You Kick Ass: Reflections on the 1985 Bears and Wisdom from Da Coach

1 review
Mike Ditka; Rick Telander

Sports Publishing, 2005

A very highly recommended addition to any personal or community library American football history collection
In Life, First You Kick Ass: Reflections On The 1985 Bears And Wisdom From Da Coach is classic Mike Ditka sharing his memories of the 1985 Chicago Bears and Super Bowl XX. With the assistance of sports columnist Rick Telander, Ditka is able to bring the reader into the locker room and out onto the field for one of the most memorable seasons the Bears ever had -- with one of the most memorable ...

Heaven is a playground

22 reviews
Rick Telander

St. Martin's Press, 1976

A Great Story of Spirit, Struggle, and Escape
I read this book around '93, just after having read the "white version" in both Larry Bird's biography and autobiography. What was interesting was these two very similar yet distinct experiences and how they related to my own experience, growing up it what would seem like a very safe and socially adjusted rural town. Heaven is a Playground was a departure for me in to a world where basketball ...

From Red Ink to Roses: The Turbulent Transformation of a Big Ten Program

1 review
Rick Telander

Simon & Schuster, 1994

Must Read for the Athletic Administrator
Its hard to believe that an athletic program in the Big 10 conference was close to bankrupcy in 1990. Lackluster performance on the field and poor fiscal responsibility led the Badgers to the edge of financial ruin. What turned this program around? It depends on who you ask. Rick Telander (a senior Sports Illustrated writer) lays out the many complexities involved in the decisions made that not ...

The City Game: Basketball from the Garden to the Playgrounds

4 reviews
Pete Axthelm

Bison Books, 1999

The Best In-Detail Summary ofthe NYCLegends & the Knicks 1st
This has the greatest combination of the Knicks first Championship season and the best of the playground Legends and Players. It shows the good and the bad of basketball in New York. It describes some legendary games by some of New York's finest athletes like the "Hawk","Goat","Destroyer","Helicopter",etc. If you love the true game you should get this book. Much love to Earl "The Goat" ...

The Hundred Yard Lie: The Corruption of College Football and What We Can Do to Stop It

7 reviews
Rick Telander

Simon & Schuster, 1990

Passionate appeal for reform
Telander exposes rampant cheating, exploitation, and NCAA hypocrisy in this searing look at the sordid underside of college football. The author attacks amateurism as fraudulent and unworkable, and shows that scandals have recurred almost since the game's founding (by rebellious students) in the late 1800's. We also learn that athletic programs rarely turn profits or boost fund-raising for ...

IN THE YEAR OF THE BULL: Zen, Air and the Pursuit of Sacred and Profane Hoops
Rick Telander

Simon & Schuster, 1996

A sports columnist captures the excitement of the Chicago Bulls' 1995-96 championship season, from the superhuman efforts of Michael Jordan to the volatile personality of the controversial Dennis Rodman. 35,000 first printing.