Riveting stories that document pivotal career losses that
changed the lives of athletes with applicable lessons for everyone!
Host of Fox
NFL Sunday Curt Menefee and co-writer Michael Arkush (Rush!)
present an in-depth examination of pivotal instants in the lives of 15
athletes, coaches and managers who have been on the losing side of memorable
moments in sports.
Menefee
and Arkush profile a range of familiar names and incidents: Boston Red Sox
pitcher Calvin Schiraldi gave up the final game of the 1986 World Series to the
New York Mets. Craig Ehlo of the Cleveland Cavaliers allowed Michael Jordan of
the Chicago Bulls to score the winning shot in the '89 NBA playoffs. Lou
Michaels, a placekicker from the Baltimore Colts, missed a field goal that cost
the team the '69 Super Bowl. Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis made a split-second
decision at the finish line of the 2006 Winter Olympics that banished her from
gold. In the fourth round of the 1991 U.S. Open, Aaron Krickstein played his
heart out against veteran tennis icon Jimmy Connors, but it wasn't enough. With
one strike away from winning the 2011 World Series, Ron Washington, manager of
the Texas Rangers, made a fateful decision. Underdog French golfer, Jean Van de
Velde choked in the home stretch of the 1990 British Open. And runner Mary
Decker literally fell short at the 1984 Olympic Games.
Every riveting,
heartrending profile offers a well-chronicled history into events that led up
to the dramatic moment that changed everything, along with a fascinating
analysis of how each affected athlete sorted through complicated emotions and
moved on--or didn't--after the fact.
Dey Street Books (Harper
Collins), $26.99 Hardcover, 9780062440075, 272 pages
Publication
Date: November 1, 2016
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