Michael Weinreb: 3 books
Season of Saturdays
A History of College Football in 14 Games
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
From an award-winning sports journalist and college football expert: “A beautifully written mix of memoir and reportage that tracks college ball through fourteen key games, giving depth and meaning to all” (Sports Illustrated), now with a new Afterword about the first ever College Football Playoff.
Every...
Game of Kings
A Year Among the Oddballs and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top HighSchool Ches s Team
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2007
A year with the boy geniuses of the nation?s top high school chess team, now in paperback with a new afterword
Edward R. Murrow High School has long been one of New York?s public-education success stories, a school where there are no varsity sports, and the closest thing to jocks is found on...
Bigger Than the Game
Bo, Boz, the Punky QB, and How the '80s Created the Celebrity Athlete
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2010
A mesmerizing look at the year when American athletics went corporate, villains replaced heroes, and sports stars became superstars.
Greed and excess defined the 1980s, and the sports world was no exception. Shifting from the love of the game to the love of money, athletes made the transition...