Out of left field : a sportswriter's last word / Stan Isaacs ; edited and with an introduction by Aram Goudsouzian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isaacs, Stan, author.

Contributor:

Goudsouzian, Aram, editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Sport and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Isaacs, Stan.

Sportswriters--United States--Biography.

Sportswriters.

Sports--United States--History.

Sports.

African American athletes--History.

African American athletes.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies

History

Physical Description:

xxiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Iconoclastic and irreverent, Stan Isaacs was part of a generation that bucked the sports establishment with a skepticism for authority, an appreciation for absurdity, and a gift for placing athletes and events within the context of their tumultuous times. Isaacs draws on his trademark wink-and-a-grin approach to tell the story of the long-ago Brooklyn that formed him and a career that placed him amidst the major sporting events of his era. Mixing reminiscences with column excerpts, Isaacs recalls antics like stealing a Brooklyn Dodgers pennant after the team moved to Los Angeles and his many writings on Paul Revere's horse. But Isaacs also reveals the crusading and humanist instincts that gave Black athletes like Muhammad Ali a rare forum to express their views and celebrated the oddball, unsung Mets over the straitlaced Yankees. Insightful and hilarious, Out of Left Field is the long-awaited memoir of the influential sportswriter and his adventures in the era of Jim Brown, Arthur Ashe, and the Amazin' Mets"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Isaacs, Stan, Out of left field

ISBN:

9780252087882

0252087887

OCLC:

1390774478