ESPN the Magazine Presents Answer Guy
Author | : Brendan O'Connor |
Publisher | : Gary Belsky |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2002-05-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 0786887567 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780786887569 |
Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Why do baseball fans stretch in the seventh inning? Why do hockey players wear shorts? These are the questions that try sports fans souls, sending the most ardent athletic aficionados into a tailspin. Luckily, sports lore is the domain of Answer Guy, whose column in ESPN The Magazine is the first place those fans turn to for answers.Now Answer Guys hilarious, highly anecdotal and mostly correct answers are compiled for the first time in this easy-to-tote volume that includes 65 of the best published and never-before-seen columns along with new material such as: testimony from famous and not-so-famous Answer Guy sources; an Answer Guy quiz; A Brief History of Inquiry; and questions Answer Guy thought of asking but didnt.