The Great Book of Chicago Sports Llists / Dan McNeil and Ed Sherman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McNeil, Dan.

Sherman, Ed, author.

Contributor:

Jones, Greg, editor.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Illinois--Chicago--Miscellanea.

Sports.

Illinois--Chicago.

Genre:

miscellanies.

Trivia and miscellanea.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

248, [6] pages ; 23 cm

Distribution:

London : Running Press,

Other Title:

Chicago Sports Lists

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Running Press, 2009.

Contents:

Introduction

Jordan's Best Games

Most Defining Moments of the White Sox's 2005 October

Hawk Harrelson's Five Toughest White Sox / Hawk Harrelson

The Bartman Game

Sour Farewells

The United Center Goes Better with Ice

The Bears' Greatest Quarterback

Big-Time QB Failures

They Actually Started

Worst Sox Uniforms

The Marketing Game / John McDonough

Chicago Traditions That Have Exceeded Their Expiration Dates

My Favorite Voices of the Game

My Least Favorite Announcers and Analysts

Best Broadcast Duos

An Ode to Dick Allen

The Best of Walter

The Sweetest Bear / Dan Jiggetts

Overrated Chicago Trademarks

Underrated Chicago Living

Too Cheap to Pay Them

Len Kasper's Top 10 / Len Kasper

Linebacker 101 / Dick Butkus

Linebacker Royalty

Best News Anchors

Hottest News Babes

The Sutter Brothers

Most Over-Discussed Sports-Radio Topics Since 1990

Danny Mac's Worst Interviews

Fading Stars

Chicago Plays Who Got Away

Supreme Fan / U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens

Best Bears Drafts

No. 1 Failures

Bears Who Were Better Than You Thought They Were

Stacking Wax

Tiger Rules

Top 10 Public Golf Courses

Top Private Golf Courses

Danny Mac's Top 10 Steakhouses

White Sox-Yankees Battles / Bob Vanderberg

Good Sammy, Bad Sammy / Paul Sullivan

The Best of Chicago High School Basketball / David Kaplan

Top High School Basketball Coaches / Barry Temkin

Shockers

Sensational Rookies

Best Concerts

Looked Like Tarzan, Played Like Jane

John Jurkovic's Favorite Chicago Athletes / John Jurkovic

The Zen Master / Bill Wennington

All-Time Events

Cubs Collapse in 1969

Cubs Lose! Cubs Lose!

Why Chicago Is Not a College Sports Town

The Best Summer Job-Allpark Vendor

William Petersen's Fondest Chidhood Sports Memory

Best Chicago Movies

The Best of Ozzie Guillen

Da Coach

The Zen Master

The Only and Only

Great Voices / Pat Hughes

My Most Memorable Cubs Games / Pat Hughes

The Toughest Bulls / Norm Van Lier

Bulls Draft Busts

My Favorite Sports Columnists

Guys Who Never Got Teased in the Shower

They Once Played in Chicago.

(Continued) Top 5 Moments of the 2008 Presidential Campaign / Ben Finfer, ESPN Radio

Unsung Heroes

The Sports-Television Boom in Chicago / Jim Corno

Coach Ray / Chuck Swirsky

Favorite Athletes to Drink With / Mike North

Chicago's Best Pizza

The One-Man Show

The No-Man Show (the Post-Jordan Years)

Weird Weather Happenings

Why U.S. Cellular Tops Wrigley Field

Reasons I Prefer Wrigley Field to the Cell / Marc Silverman, ESPN Radio 1000)

The 10 Best Things About Wrigley Field / Gene Wojciechowski

Top Closers

Great Duos

Free Agent Busts

1985 Memories

The Most Significant Chicago Actors

Top 10 Blackhawks "Policemen" in the 1980s / Judd Sirott

Most Defining Moments in Northwestern Men's Basketball

The Other 23s

One and Off Key

The Most Significant Chicago Bands

Best Chicago Bands Since '90

Best Sox Trades

Worst Sox Trades

Best Cubs Trades

Worst Cubs Trades

The Top 10 Chicago Sports Myths / Dan Bernstein

Most Heartbreaking Moments

Bears' All-Time Anguish / Chet Coppock

My Favorite Memories

Saddest Deaths

Most Interesting Assistant Coaches

Most Desirable Charity Golf Outing Celebrities

Best White Sox Managers

Worst White Sox Managers

Best Bears Coaches

Worst Bears Coaches

Best Cubs Managers

Worst Cubs Manages

Best Bulls Coaches

Worst Bulls Coaches

Best Blackhawks Coaches

Worst Blackhawks Coaches

Worst Stadium Decision

Light Heavyweights You Don't Want to Fight

Favorite Names / Gene Honda

The 10 Worst Guys in Chicago Sports / Terry Boers

Top 100 Chicago Athletes of All Time.

Notes:

"Designed by Joshua McDonnell. Edited by Greg Jones."--Title page verso.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy is "1" printing.

ISBN:

9780762437092

076243709X

OCLC:

316825681