The Big Book of Sports Insults: 1001 quips and quotes: 1001 unadmiring quips and quotes

by David Milsted (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $3.25

  The Big Book of Sports Insults begins where responsible comment leaves off. Modelled on the successful format of such seminal works as E-Tales, The Big Book of National Insults, and The Big Book of Filth, The Big Book of Sports Insults tackles serious sporting issues with the finesse of Vinnie Jones, the humility of Geoffrey Boycott, the tact of John McEnroe, the elegance of Wayne Rooney, and the sheer sportsmanship of Mike Tyson. The Big Book of Sports Insults covers all the key UK, European and Commonwealth sports, including football, rugby, cricket, tennis, golf, athletics and others. There will be some coverage of US sports, but not at the same level as those mentioned above. The ideal corrective to the hysterical hero-worship of sportsmen and women, the Big Book of Sports Insults offers a spluttering Ali to Zola of abusive invective targeted at sporting icons both past and present. If you long - metaphorically speaking - to heap ordure on Beckham or (whisper it but softly...) to rearrange the choirboy features of a certain boy wonder, then the Big Book of Sports Insults could well be the book for you.