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LIVING in the Mountain TIme zone, I still wake up each morning to "MIKE and MIKE" on ESPN-2 @ 4 o'clock.
THANKS TO A "ghost writer" who has captured 'the spirit' of this morning must watch T-V program on ESPN-"The DUECE"- I STILL LOOK FORWARD TO A "book signing" near me.

Not Impressed At All
First, let me tell you that I love Mike & Mike and eagerly awaited the publication of their book.I even preordered it from Amazon.I'm sorry I did.

The format is confusing and difficult to read.It is more of a compilation of their conversations and rehashes old material.Nothing is new or exciting.I haven't even been able to read the whole book because it is so difficult to tolerate the haphazard format.The material is not interesting.

Save your money and borrow it from someone (like me) who foolishly bought it sight unseen.Save your time and just watch or listen to Mike & Mike.

Fan of show but
I like their show and listen regularly.This book though is a disappointment.If I'd paid for it, I'd be furious but it was free at the library.Essentially it's a collection of transcripts from their show gathered ostensibly around "rules for life and sports".Thematically, the effort doesn't hold water as the rules are basically glossed over and only marginally relate to the discussion being transcribed.Also, what's charming and entertaining as a radio conversation just comes across as flat and pointless in book form.

Like the show - between covers
I bought this book for my husband for Father's Day. He's a big Mike & Mike fan. He loved the book. Great written banter between the guys and interesting backstage and personal insights into their lives.

Great Book
I ordered this book for my husband and he loves it.It is full of photos and interesting info for sports fans.It is Mike and Mike's opinions on how sports applies or reflects on life.He has not read it through yet but has liked what he has already read.He recommends it to sports fans. ... Read more

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Horrible and unfunny
Please don't waste your time. The author isn't funny and the book is just lame. I caught myself inaudibly groaning every other page.

Hilarious stuff if you are a Sportspickle fan
Personally I think DJ Gallo is one of the best things to happen to sports "journalism."I find just about everything he writes about sports to be downright hilarious.This book is no different.If you are a big sports fan in general (rather than just a fan of one team in one sport), then you will likely find this to be very enjoyable.

I mention that qualifier because if you are not aware of certain things in sports (e.g. the Yankees being willing to pay anyone who has played a good game $100mm) then you might not find the jokes as funny.Look at the jokes on the cover and see if you like them.

Funny Stuff
Wow, the last reviewer, C. Irwin must be a huge Ray Lewis fan......
Anyway, this book is great.A hilarious take on sports.A must buy if you are a fan of Barbaro, or Ray Lewis, aka "God's Linebacker."

DOUCHE
DJ Gallo is the biggest DOUCHE ever.Come on the guy wears Turtlenecks.DOUCHE

The View from the Upper Deck is all Laughs
When I've had a bad day, I know I can count on DJ's writing to make me laugh out loud.This book was worth double what I paid for it!If you're a DJ Gallo fan, this is a must-have. ... Read more

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CHICAGO SPORTS A FIFTY YEAR LOVE AFFAIR- My book is a compilation of the sports achievements from the most talented athletes and teams that passed through the Chicago landscape. As a Chicago fan, I was the fortunate one, the recipient of their success. Our teams had some of the greatest players of all time, and let's not forget the brilliant announcers that spun each game with enthusiasm. There were none better than the likes of our own Jack Brickhouse and Harry Caray.From childhood through adulthood,they captured my heart and mind... Author:Chris Papas

Whether you look through my Irish/Italian eyes,or the passion in the Greek eyes of Chris, we are simply proud Chicago fans. This terrific book covers fifty years of that fan hood. The anticipation,the thrills, and yes the heartaches are all in there.The book is filled with fun facts, statistics, and personal recollections. These stories create an interesting mix for the sports fan and trivia buff... Foreward By:Tom Dreesen

This book captures the essence of what it means to be a true Chicago sports fan. From the joy and heartbreak of following the Chicago Cubs, to the allure and angst that come from annually believing in the Chicago Bears, Bulls and White Sox, this is a genuine perspective from a life-long observer... Fred Mitchell,Chicago Tribune

This is an honest and heartfelt account of a life "in the trenches"as a Chicago sports fan. They're a hardy, resilient breed, coming back for more even though they know they're likely to experience more heartbreak than happiness. Chris Papas is an excellent spokesman for them. Dan McGrath, Chicago Tribune

This book is also available in hard back. ... Read more

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Buzz Beamer, complete with dark shades and a flattop, offers his wacky suggestions for variations on the events at the summer Olympics. ... Read more

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Kiwis love sport – and they love Footrot Flats!In this new Sports Collection the two come together in a hilarious romp through Wal, Dog and friends’ sporting exploits.Join them on the footie field, at the crease, on the netball court, in the fishing dinghy … and on many more sporting adventures. ... Read more

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It's no secret that pro athletes cheat. But how exactly do they do it? Original interviews with former professional athletes and coaches reveal step-by-step instructions and technical drawings on how to throw a spitball, become an unblockable linebacker, foul a jumpshooter without getting caught, and other ways to gain an advantage over opponents. Hilarious accounts from insiders place these trade secrets in context, divulging what really happens in baseball, football, basketball, NASCAR, hockey, and even bowling, horseshoes, and kickball. When athletes say they give 110%, How to Cheat in Sports explains the extra 10%. ... Read more

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Funny, insightful & surprising
I was surprised by how ubiquitous cheating is in pro sports, but Scott Ostler names names and gives step-by-step instructions on how it's done. Pretty useful for pick-up game players who can now identify the sneaky ways that opponents might try to get the best of them.He covers football, basketball, baseball [bat corking is real!], bowling, even golf and water polo. Where does it end? Not kickball, he's got a cheat for that, too. Oh and horseshoes for cryin' out loud. :)
A fun book to read and Scott's writing is humorous and engaging. Rick Reilly's foreword is a hoot.

Oh and.. shame on you, Bill Romanowski, shame! [find out about his cheats in the football chapter].

A darkly entertaining read for our darkly entertaining times
You don't need a trainer named Anderson to inject you with 'roids in order to cheat in sports.For as long as there has been sport, there has been cheating.In fact, some historians believe cheating predates sport by several hundred millennia.In any case, this book contains tips from some of the finest athletes to ever give themselves a bit of a competitive edge - from Bill Romanowski to Charles Barkley.It exposes many lesser-known sports cheats that athletes have been using for decades to get ahead (like how to win a jump ball), and details exactly how more commonly known cheats are performed (like how to cork a bat).The book is more than just the anarchist's cookbook to pulling a fast one on the refs or umpires, however, fusing a timely topic with some genuinely funny commentary to create a wonderful alchemy of information and sarcasm.The perfect bedtime read! ... Read more

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With over 400 of the most hilariously bone-headed remarks ever made in the history of athletics, The Book of Truly Stupid Sports Quotes will have you laughing so hard you'll have to call "time out!"

"I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."
-- Shaquille O'Neal on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his trip to Greece

"You guys line up alphabetically by height."
-- Bill Peterson, Florida State football coach

"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."
-- Rod Brookin, senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh

"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
-- Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann ... Read more

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laugh-out loud funny!!!
Parietti has compiled the most outrageous, hillarious collection of sports quotes EVER MADE. From Chick, to yogi, to Barkely, Don King, or Shaq, he will keep you on the floor in laughter.
(There are about two quotes on each page)

Stupid Is As Stupid Does
I enjoyed this book. I laughed at the truly stupid things that some of the country's best athletes and coaches had to say. However, it's not the type of book that you could just read through in one sitting. The book is good if you are bored and want to scroll through it to get a good laugh. ... Read more

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100 great sports debates for each city-from who was the best coach to what was the best play of all time.

The perfect gift for sports fans-the series that’s sweeping the nation, and is already a hit in Boston, Chicago and New York.

The best debates for rabid fans

The Best Sports Arguments gives each city or region all the best arguments of their hometown teams, with expert answers from top sports media figures.In fact, the Best Sports Arguments series is the #1 sports debates series on the market! Why?

-Each book features 100 debates, the most of any series!
-Each city’s book is written by authors well-known in the region, leading to fan recognition and media interest.
-They make perfect gifts for sports fans of any age.
-And the debates go on! ... Read more

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A Houston sports fan
If you were born and raised in Houston and you're a sports fan you have to have this book, period. ... Read more

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I had a better time reading this than I do fishing
Sandy Lindsey is right on target with this book.It had me and my buddys clutching our ribs with laughter.You know Sandy's lost her share of fish -- and had a great time doing it.I'm giving it to all my friends for birthday presents.

Thoroughly entertaining & enjoyable
This has to be the funniest book I've ever read.

I nearly fell out of my fishing boat laughing.
This has to be one of the funniest books ever written.I took it out fishing with me so I'd have something to do in between the fish biting. You know, I didn't pay attention to the fish all day, I was so busy reading this book.This book kept me laughing so much I nearly fell overboard clutching my ribs.Even non-fishermen will love it! ... Read more

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A collection of jokes and riddles about sports, including "What do you get if you cross a karate expert with a pig? A pork chop." ... Read more

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As a serious player, a high handicapper, or simply a baffled onlooker to the awesome nonsense that is golf, have you ever wondered why, say, the golf balls have dimples, and the tee is both the thing you stick in the ground and the place you hit from, and the hole is so small, and the courses have all these big pits full of sand where any sane person would put grass?

Well, so did noted humor writer and avid hacker Henry Beard, who brought twenty-first-century computer search-engine technology to bear on this thousand-year-old game, tapping the internet's inherent capacity to confer a thin veneer of authenticity to far-fetched accounts of great moments in the history of golf, warped portraits of its legendary players, and fanciful conjectures about its origins and evolution.

Employing an easy-to-read and simple-to-fudge timeline format, he chronicles the amazing process through which this screwy pastime with wacky equipment and loony rules played for penny wagers by a bunch of bored-silly shepherds was gradually transformed into a screwy sport with wacky equipment and loony rules played for million-dollar purses by superstar athletes.

As he peers through the mists of time to the birthplace of the game, Beard resolves once and for all its many mysteries, like where those weird-looking pants came from, when the fi rst telling of the "Hit, drag Harry" joke was, what a Stimpmeter is, and who dreamed up the idea of those stupid blimps.

Here, then, in one convenient golf-bag-side-pocket-sized volume is a rich, wildly embroidered, ludicrously embellished tapestry of colorful fabrications and highly entertaining but thoroughly dubious speculations that tell the tall tale of golf -- the game that deranged the world. ... Read more

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Being included in this "hall of shame" is a dubious honor, but countless fans of professional football, basketball, and baseball are sure to make this book a star player.

As the fan base for professional sports rabidly seeks to score news on the most famous-or most infamous-athletes, reports of outrageous, shocking, and even disturbing behavior from the players have skyrocketed.

Spoiled Sports: Comical and Disturbing Stories of the 21st Century is an entertaining expose of the funniest and most shameful behavior by professional athletes. The stories chronicle professional athletes' most amusing, unusual, undignified, and unethical criminal escapades.

The book, by first-time author and sports fanatic Garret Kolb, features 38 recent accounts of ridiculous and shameful athlete behavior, along with a detailed list of today's 38 worst offenders (the "Ingrate 38"), according to both courts of law and public opinion. A 38-question quiz rounds out the compilation and tests the reader's knowledge of sports players and their on- and off-the-field shenanigans.

Included are such misadventures and mishaps as:

* Green Bay Packer Najeh Davenport is arrested after defecating in the laundry basket of an unsuspecting coed.

* A minor-league baseball game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, is delayed while Boston Red Sox Manny Ramirez searches the field for his lost diamond earring.

These and dozens of other stories are sure to hit a home run with legions of sports fans. ... Read more

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Great Read
This is an absolutely hilarious (and yet true) read.The most embarassing point of it all is a couple of these idiots have played in Cleveland.I hope to see more from this author and think you will enjoy the fresh prospective that he puts on everything in the book.

Enjoy the Read!!!

David C. Coleman
Cleveland, Ohio

Who knew sports could be so funny?!
This is a great compendium of funny and embarrassing stories involving some of the biggest athletes of the past few years. I'm a sports fan, but not as rabid as most - so I hadn't heard a lot of these stories. Written by a newspaper columnist, it was an enjoyable read and full of fun facts. For a fictional, humorous book that imagines a solution to athlete's outrageous behavior by mandating educational seminars, check out Robert Gussin's TRASH TALK. It's as equally hilarious as the real thing.

Greatand Funny Read
Funny and unbelievably researched with lots of varied sports knowledge and clever inuendo exhibited by the author. Loved the section divisions and the clever multiple choice test in section three! My Dad will love this one! ... Read more

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Buzz Beamer, a real radical dude, introduces some wacky ideas for improving sports. ... Read more

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Sports Have Never Been Played Like This!

From the creators of critically acclaimed SayItAintSo.com comes this hilarious spoof of today’s sports-obsessed culture. A punchy blend of ESPN, The Onion, and tequila, Sports Off-Center skewers the world of sports in unforgettable fashion. From football and baseball to chess and video fishing, Sports Off-Center shines the bright light of untruth on all corners of the sports landscape.

Parodying a sports year via news articles, editorials, advertisements, photo essays, and much more, every page of this ingenious book is packed with outrageous, absurd misinformation. Some highlights include:


• Nike Signs Spelling Bee Champ To Lifetime Non-Endorsement Deal

• Texas Hockey Team Institutes Death Penalty Box

• NASCAR Crash Attributed To Mid-Race Cell-Phone Call

• NBA Rookie Apologizes For Future Behavior

• October 3, 1965: Yanks’ Manager Lets Fading Mickey Mantle Bat, Drink Fifth 

• Pick-up Polo Match Hindered By Lack Of Mallets, Horses, Interest 


For a culture flooded with round-the-clock coverage of touchdown dances and contract disputes, Sports Off-Center is a much-needed satirical refuge.An instant classic, this deft, completely original lampooning of the landscape of competition belongs in every sports fan’s bathroom. ... Read more

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A must for any sports lover with a sense of humor.
As a big fan of The Onion style humor, this book really delivered for me. Its sports spoofs are right on and completely hilarious. The photos and ads make the parodies look so real, adding to the fun absurdity of the book. I loved it! If you're a big sports humor guy like I am, I would also recommend Robert Gussin's TRASH TALK. It's a pretty new and really funny fiction book that imagines an accidental pairing up professional athletes and environmentalists. Sounds wacky - and it is. In the best way possible! Check it out.

This book makes Bone of Pig proud
When I saw that this book had come out, I immediately thought, "Ooh, Leyritz!"Unfortunately there were no appearances from the lovable bald catcher, but there are plenty of humorous stories to both make you laugh and provoke fond memories of your favorite sports memories.It's a perfect blend of sports-insider humor and witty comments on society at large (see the guest appearances from Noam Chomsky and Joyce Carol Oates and the frequent "corrections").Definitely buy this book -- you won't regret it!

Hilarious
This book is very cleverly done. It's very accessible to sports fans and even if you're not, the snippets are hilarious. My wife sometimes scoffs at my obsession with sports but when I read her some of the pieces aloud, she was cracking up. The book reminds me of the various sports "Hall of Shame" series I read as a child and hopefully these guys will follow suit. I enjoyed this one and look forward to more!

Oustanding satire!
From the title itself to all of the content, this book is thoroughly entertaining and very humorous.I enjoyed all the spoofs on sports metaphors, the swimsuit issue, the interviews with fake sports celebrities, and all the little jokes woven throughout the book.There are many clever and witty gags that any sports fan would surely relish.I definitely recommend this title!

Swing my way!
Hilarious! Hard to read the articles because the next headline is so funny.But stick it out-- these guys don't overcook the roastbeef.Some morsels:

"Rocky VIII: Rocky vs. Bullwinkle"
"NASCAR Rookie Asked to Stop Using Turn Signals"
"Woeful Season Blamed on Liberal Media"
"Nike Signs Spelling Bee Champ to LIfetie Non-Endorsement Deal:$4.3 Million Agreement Ensures Gawky 8th Grader Will Never Wear Company Apparel"

Really more of an investment in humor than a purchase... ... Read more