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Rough Ride (Revised Edition) PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Daniel Cann   
Friday, 13 March 2009
Rough Ride (Revised Edition)
Paul Kimmage Published 2007 Yellow Jersey Press The dust jacket cover of this boldly pronounces ‘Rough Ride is one of the greatest books ever written about the life of a professional athlete…’ So the book has much to live up to. In this new revised edition to the original the author has added a new preface and new chapters. I began reading the book with enthusiasm and anticipation, having already read a few books on the sport of cycling this was the first actually written by someone who ha...
 
In Search Of Robert Millar PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Daniel Cann   
Thursday, 19 February 2009
In Search Of Robert Millar
From an early childhood memory watching the Tour de France on television Moore’s book takes a fans view of a fascinating, enigmatic and elusive sports hero: Robert Millar. Moore takes the reader on a lovingly and meticulously researched journey of Mi...
 
Four Kings - Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran and The Last Great Era of Boxing PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 22 January 2009
Four Kings - Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran and The Last Great Era of Boxing
With the retirement of Muhammad Ali and the fragmentation and emergence of more titles in the early 1980s the sport of boxing looked in trouble, if not terminal decline. Four boxers came to its rescue and between 1980 and 1989 the four of them engage...
 
The Last Great Fight PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 22 January 2009
The Last Great Fight
Unquestionably the one World heavyweight title fight of the last twenty years that stays in the memory of all serious boxing fans has to be the Mike Tyson versus James ‘Buster’ Douglas contest that took place on 11 February 1990 in Tokyo, Japan. Th...
 
Bad Blood: The Secret Life of the Tour De France PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Daniel Cann   
Saturday, 08 November 2008
Bad Blood: The Secret Life of the Tour De France
This tells the story of how one besotted fan of the sport of cycling discovers over the course of several years many unpalatable truths. From unquestioning enthusiast to disillusioned and bitter cynic this book charts not only Whittle's painful jou...
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