Publisher's Synopsis
Book Description
If you believe as I do, we "Boomers" have been blessed to experience first-hand the greatest 50-year period in all sports history, then this book was written specifically for you. At the risk of sounding arrogant, these pages will enhance your sports knowledge like nothing you've read before. You will be given a thoroughly researched, fresh perspective on most of your favorite American sports (and a few others). You will also, I guarantee, learn about players, teams, and sportsman that had previously went unnoticed even by you, the lifelong sports fan. JUST A TASTE of what's inside:- Which teams won championships that belonged to others?
- Why it's not ridiculous to rank Messi over Pele'.
- Who was better at his craft ... Ric Flair or Howard Cosell?
- Which are the top 20 greatest single-season teams ever from each sport?
- The better franchise ... Montreal Canadiens or New York Yankees?
- How to compare and rank the greatness of athletes from completely different sports.
- How do you even begin to name the 100 greatest sportsman of all-time?
- Which jersey number above all the rest, is most associated with all-time greatness?
- Who is Alex Honnold? And why he should matter to all sports fans.
