Thomas Hauser is best known as Muhammad Ali's biographer and for his recording of the contemporary boxing scene. Booklist called Hauser ""the most respected boxing journalist working today and perhaps the best ever."" Robert Lipsyte said Hauser is ""the best boxing writer of our time."" Still, Hauser's love of sports began not with boxing but with baseball.
Long before he turned to the sweet science, America's national pastime had captured his heart. His childhood allegiance was to the New York Yankees. Growing up in the suburbs of New York, he cheered for the Giants in football and Knicks in basketball. In college, the often-hapless Columbia Lions became his cause.
Thomas Hauser on Sports brings together Hauser's articles on sports other than boxing. It combines personal memories with issue-oriented commentary and an intimate look at some of the most remarkable athletes of modern times.
Hauser has dealt one-on-one with Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Arnold Palmer, Pete Rose, Arthur Ashe, Wilt Chamberlain, and other giants of sports. He has crossed swords with the likes of Marvin Miller and Howard Cosell. Thomas Hauser on Sports is a remarkable journey that begins in the days of Hauser's youth and follows the games we play into the era of steroids and multi-billion-dollar television contracts.
- ISBN10 1610755243
- ISBN13 9781610755245
- Publish Date 1 January 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 June 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Arkansas Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 213
- Language English