Bestselling author and ESPN star, Rick Reilly delivers a hilarious, unabashedly fun, and at times, skin-searing tour through some of the world’s most amazing and outrageous sports
From the physically and mentally taxing sport of chess boxing to the psychological battlefield that is the rock-paper-scissors championship, to the underground world of illegal jart throwing, Rick Reilly subjected himself to both bodily danger and abject humiliation (or, in the case of ferret legging, both) in order to personally find the world's strangest sporting event. Chronicling his adventures as only he can, Rick enters a world of bizarre characters, fierce competition, and exotic locals--with stops in Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Denmark, England, and even a maximum security prison at Angola, Louisiana--and the result is a laugh-out-loud book perfect for any sport’s fan.
- ISBN10 0385514387
- ISBN13 9780385514385
- Publish Date 15 May 2010 (first published 1 January 2010)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 May 2017
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Random House USA Inc
- Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 204
- Language English