It's Not Over 'til it's Over - Softcover

Silverman, Al

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9781585675050: It's Not Over 'til it's Over

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ISBN 10: 1585675059 ISBN 13: 9781585675050

Publisher: Overlook Books, 2004

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In It’s Not Over ’Til It’s Over, Al Silverman, former editor of Sport magazine and author of I Am Third (on which the movie Brian’s Song was based), exuberantly re-creates the most electrifying down-to-the-wire sports turnarounds of the last hundred years

With extraordinary narrative detail and fresh insights culled from interviews with many of the participants of these now-legendary contests, It’s Not Over ’Til It’s Over captures the thrill and astonishment of players and spectators alike. Whether it is the bottom of the ninth, the 15th round, or the eighteenth hole that brings cheering, screaming, fans to their feet, each of these thirteen tales celebrates the uncompromising, unwillingness to quit that has proven, time and again: you better not leave the stadium early.

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About the Author:

Al Silverman, most recently editor and publisher of The Viking Press, was editor of Sport magazine for twelve years, later becoming CEO of the Book-of-the-Month Club. Among his ten books on sports are I am Third, written with Gale Sayers, which became the acclaimed movie Brian�’s Song. He is co-editor of The Twentieth Century Treasury of Sports.

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Silverman, a former publishing executive and editor of Sport magazine in the 1960s and '70s, offers re-creations of 13 dramatic sports events from the 20th century, from New York Giant Fred Merkle's failure to touch second base at the end of a 1908 game (which ultimately cost his team the pennant) to the 1999 U.S. team's penalty kick victory over China in the 1999 Women's World Cup. While Silverman has chosen to profile a handful of well-documented events, such as New York Giant Bobby Thompson's 1951 home run at the Polo Grounds, the first Ali-Frazier prizefight in 1971 and the 1980 U.S. hockey team's Olympic victory over the Russians, the real value of the book lies in his depiction of such obscure or neglected events as the 1923 boxing match between Argentine Luis Firpo and American Jack Dempsey, and the 1968 Harvard-Yale football game, which ended in an unusual tie. The best piece follows an unknown Native American Marine from Kansas who shocked himself and the world by winning the 10,000-meter road race at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Silverman often writes breathlessly, as if caught up in the excitement of the moment; while this makes for engaging reading, it also tends to give away the endings too soon. He often tracks down and interviews event participants to provide perspective from both the victor and the vanquished, giving the book its greatest authority. More a book for fans than fanatics, it makes a credible contribution to the annals of sports history.
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