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4152518The Only Game in Townhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-only-game-in-town-9780679603665/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3115279/92d0cea5-833e-41be-9ef4-c773deca242c.jpg?v=638384900660430000134149MXNRandom House Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p>For more than eighty years, <em>The New Yorker</em> has been home to some of the toughest, wisest, funniest, and most moving sportswriting around. <em>The Only Game in Town</em> is a classic collection from a magazine with a deep bench, including such authors as Roger Angell, John Updike, Don DeLillo, and John McPhee. Hall of Famer Ring Lardner is here, bemoaning the lowering of standards for baseball achievementin 1930. John Cheever pens a story about a boys troubled relationship with his father and the national pastime. From Lance Armstrong to bullfighter Sidney Franklin, from the Chinese Olympics to the U.S. Open, the greatest plays and players, past and present, are all covered in <em>The Only Game in Town</em>. At <em>The New Yorker</em>, its not whether you win or loseits how you write about the game.</p><p>Including:</p><p>The Web of the Game by Roger Angell<br />Ahab and Nemesis by A. J . Liebling<br />Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu by John Updike<br />The Only Games in Town by Anthony Lane<br />Race Track by Bill Barich<br />A Sense of Where You Are by John McPhee<br />El Único Matador by Lillian Ross<br />Net Worth by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.<br />The Long Ride by Michael Specter<br />Born Slippy by John Seabrook<br />The Chosen One by David Owen<br />Legend of a Sport by Alva Johnston<br />A Man-Child in Lotusland by Rebecca Mead<br />Dangerous Game by Nick Paumgarten<br />The Running Novelist by Haruki Murakami<br />Back to the Basement by Nancy Franklin<br />Playing Docs Games by William Finnegan<br />Last of the Metrozoids by Adam Gopnik<br />The Sandy Frazier Dream Team by Ian Frazier<br />Brer Rabbit Ball by Ring Lardner<br />The Greens of Ireland by Herbert Warren Wind<br />Tennis Personalities by Martin Amis<br />Project Knuckleball by Ben McGrath<br />Game Plan by Don DeLillo<br />The Art of Failure by Malcolm Gladwell<br />Swimming with Sharks by Charles Sprawson<br />The National Pastime by John Cheever<br />SNO by Calvin Trillin<br />Musher by Susan Orlean<br />Home and Away by Peter Hessler<br />No Obstacles by Alec Wikinson<br />A Studs Life by Kevin Conley</p>...4088343The Only Game in Town134149https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-only-game-in-town-9780679603665/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3115279/92d0cea5-833e-41be-9ef4-c773deca242c.jpg?v=638384900660430000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20109780679603665_W3siaWQiOiI1YTMwMThlNC02MTA5LTQ2MjQtYmQxMS1hYmZhZjY3ZmMzZDAiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjE0MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjE0LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjEyNiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDItMDVUMDY6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780679603665_<p>For more than eighty years, <em>The New Yorker</em> has been home to some of the toughest, wisest, funniest, and most moving sportswriting around. <em>The Only Game in Town</em> is a classic collection from a magazine with a deep bench, including such authors as Roger Angell, John Updike, Don DeLillo, and John McPhee. Hall of Famer Ring Lardner is here, bemoaning the lowering of standards for baseball achievementin 1930. John Cheever pens a story about a boys troubled relationship with his father and the national pastime. From Lance Armstrong to bullfighter Sidney Franklin, from the Chinese Olympics to the U.S. Open, the greatest plays and players, past and present, are all covered in <em>The Only Game in Town</em>. At <em>The New Yorker</em>, its not whether you win or loseits how you write about the game.</p><p>Including:</p><p>The Web of the Game by Roger Angell<br />Ahab and Nemesis by A. J . Liebling<br />Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu by John Updike<br />The Only Games in Town by Anthony Lane<br />Race Track by Bill Barich<br />A Sense of Where You Are by John McPhee<br />El Único Matador by Lillian Ross<br />Net Worth by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.<br />The Long Ride by Michael Specter<br />Born Slippy by John Seabrook<br />The Chosen One by David Owen<br />Legend of a Sport by Alva Johnston<br />A Man-Child in Lotusland by Rebecca Mead<br />Dangerous Game by Nick Paumgarten<br />The Running Novelist by Haruki Murakami<br />Back to the Basement by Nancy Franklin<br />Playing Docs Games by William Finnegan<br />Last of the Metrozoids by Adam Gopnik<br />The Sandy Frazier Dream Team by Ian Frazier<br />Brer Rabbit Ball by Ring Lardner<br />The Greens of Ireland by Herbert Warren Wind<br />Tennis Personalities by Martin Amis<br />Project Knuckleball by Ben McGrath<br />Game Plan by Don DeLillo<br />The Art of Failure by Malcolm Gladwell<br />Swimming with Sharks by Charles Sprawson<br />The National Pastime by John Cheever<br />SNO by Calvin Trillin<br />Musher by Susan Orlean<br />Home and Away by Peter Hessler<br />No Obstacles by Alec Wikinson<br />A Studs Life by Kevin Conley</p>...9780679603665_Random House Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_7444b5a7-33dc-467f-a324-7d3fa806cc72_9780679603665;9780679603665_9780679603665InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-11fc440d-42d4-487f-b155-dcd110f8098c.epub2010-06-08T00:00:00+00:00Random House Publishing Group