{"product_id":"one-last-read-the-collected-works-of-the-worlds-slowest-sportswriter-paperback-softback-9781592136018","title":"One Last Read; The Collected Works of the World's Slowest Sportswriter (Paperback \/ softback) 9781592136018","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOne Last Read\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Collected Works of the World's Slowest Sportswriter\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRay Didinger (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781592136018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 July 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e394 pages, 10 halftones\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.653 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is no city in America where voices of reason are in greater need-and shorter supply-than Philadelphia. Fortunately, Ray Didinger has been stepping forward for more than three decades to serve as a paragon of sanity in a town where panic is always just a missed field goal away. As this book so beautifully reminds us, Ray has always had a knack for being as eloquent as he is professional. So who the heck cares if it took him a little longer to find just the right words? One Last Read proves once and for all that it was worth the wait.\" \u003cbr\u003e-Jayson Stark, senior baseball writer for ESPN.com and longtime Philadelphia Inquirer baseball writer and columnist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn a career that has spanned over thirty five years, Ray Didinger has seen and written about every sport, team, and athlete that has made a mark in American and the world.  In this collection of profiles, articles, and columns from his days in the Bulletin, the Daily News and through his current life on television and film, Ray Didinger takes his readers to the major moments and events that have measure the life of sports in Philadelphia, this country, and the world.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart One: The Home Town Teams\u003cbr\u003eThe Eagles\u003cbr\u003e1.  Bednarik's Legend Etched in Concrete\u003cbr\u003e2.  Vince Papale Ain't Just Another Bum from the Neighborhood Anymore\u003cbr\u003e3.  Wilbert has a Mom that Frets\u003cbr\u003e4.  A Real Philadelphia Kind of Win\u003cbr\u003e5..  Introducing Tommy McDonald at the Pro Football Hall of Fame\u003cbr\u003e6.  The New Dick Vermeil - Who is He?\u003cbr\u003e7.  Reggie White\u003cbr\u003eThe Phillies\u003cbr\u003e8.  Phillies are Rosel-less and Red-Faced\u003cbr\u003e9.  Maddox Takes Ride of His Life\u003cbr\u003e10.  Walk-ing into the Series Spotlight\u003cbr\u003e11.  McGraw's Retirement Tugs at Heartstrings\u003cbr\u003e12.  The End is Here\u003cbr\u003e13.  Lieberthal Receiving Good Reviews\u003cbr\u003eThe Flyers\u003cbr\u003e14.  For Hard Luck Parent, Another Damaging Blow\u003cbr\u003e15.  Stickle: It Could have been Worse\u003cbr\u003e16.  In Flin Flon, They Knew He'd be Great\u003cbr\u003e17.  Hextall's Goal Always was to be in Goal\u003cbr\u003e18.  Flyer's Shining Moment Tarnished Before Game\u003cbr\u003eThe Sixers\u003cbr\u003e19.  Moses Makes His Private Life Most Valuable\u003cbr\u003e20.  This One's for You, Jack McMahon\u003cbr\u003e21.  Erving Can't Make Sense of It All\u003cbr\u003e22.  Barkley Uncomfortable with Life in the Glare of the Spotlight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart Two: American Sports at Home and in the World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFootball\u003cbr\u003e23.  The Black Athlete: Jackie Robinson? He Wasn't the First\u003cbr\u003e24. America's Team: Cowboys Corral a Nation\u003cbr\u003e25.  Montana Magic\u003cbr\u003e26.  The Shulas Always have Felt at Home Near the Gridiron\u003cbr\u003e27.  Elevating Frankford\u003cbr\u003e28.  Just a Truck Drivin' Man\u003cbr\u003e29.  Passing of the Chief Marks the End of an Era\u003cbr\u003e30.  Larry Brown: King of the Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaseball\u003cbr\u003e31.  Aaron's Numbers Speak for Him\u003cbr\u003e32.  Munson: A Man of No Frills\u003cbr\u003e33.  The 500 Club\u003cbr\u003e34.  Fernando has been Touched by God\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOlympics\u003cbr\u003e35.  Thorpe Nets Golden Debt\u003cbr\u003e36.  Decker Runs Armed with a Killer Instinct\u003cbr\u003e37.  Huber Junks Diet for Taste of Gold \u003cbr\u003e38.  Teti Always Seems to Stand Out on Rowing Team\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1980 - The Year That Was\u003cbr\u003e39.  A Cure for America's BluesIs Rosie a Real Winner?\u003cbr\u003e40.  Flyers Lose to Islanders in the Stanley Cup Finals\u003cbr\u003e41.  “The Officials Killed Us,” Snider Sizzles\u003cbr\u003e42.  Fans Roar Tells Jack He's Back\u003cbr\u003e43.  Winning Makes It All Worthwhile\u003cbr\u003e44.  Duran Calls It Quits\u003cbr\u003e45.  A Real Philadelphia Kind of Win\u003cbr\u003e46.  Jim Plunkett's Journey Ends in Triumph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart Three: Facts and Opinion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfiles\u003cbr\u003e47.  Alcorn's Battle Over\u003cbr\u003e48.  Jim Tyrer Story Ultimate Tragedy\u003cbr\u003e49.  Their Hearts Belong to Daddy Mass\u003cbr\u003e50.  Hard Man to Please, Tough Man to Beat\u003cbr\u003e51.  Sugar Ray Pulls People Together\u003cbr\u003e52.  Waterboy Reaches Hall of Fame\u003cbr\u003e53.  Best of All Time?: Bird's Genius Puts Him in Rarified Aire\u003cbr\u003e54.  Climbing Capitol Hill\u003cbr\u003e55.  Abolition of Boxing Wouldn't be Jake\u003cbr\u003e56.  I'm not a Whiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpinion\u003cbr\u003e57.  Phillies Left Red-faced and Rose-less\u003cbr\u003e58.  NFL Should Sack Tose\u003cbr\u003e59.  The Real World of Professional Football\u003cbr\u003e60.  Working Up a Strong Hate\u003cbr\u003e61.  Woody Hayes Doesn't Merit an Appreciative Audience\u003cbr\u003e62.  A Sense of Perspective\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52620426248472,"sku":"9781592136018","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/one-last-read-the-collected-works-of-the-worlds-slowest-sportswriter-paperback-softback-9781592136018","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}