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  • Published: 15 June 2011
  • ISBN: 9780767919708
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $32.99
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Sports from Hell

My Search for the World's Most Outrageous Competition



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.

  • Published: 15 June 2011
  • ISBN: 9780767919708
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $32.99
Categories:

About the author

Rick Reilly

Rick Reilly is the author of the cult classic Missing Links, Slo Mo, and The Life of Reilly, a New York Times bestseller. A senior writer for Sports Illustrated, he has been voted seven times as the National Sportswriter of the year by his peers. He lives in Denver, Colorado.

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