Dan Coughlin’s fourth collection of stories about
the most colorful characters in Cleveland sports history
includes …
The Pro Bowl left tackle who would try anything once (including canoeing across Lake Erie and serving as state senator) …
The junior high school teacher who became
totally obsessed with making free throws
…
The
priest who got himself ejected
from a baseball game …
The soccer hero who won a championship for Cleveland yet played for three teams that folded within three years …
sandlot umpire and trivia whiz
who won more than $100,000 by appearing on 195 TV game shows …
bad boy of handball
, universally despised for his drinking, cheating, and womanizing …
Art Modell’s ill-conceived attempt at high culture in Municipal Stadium …
“Super Joe” Charboneau’s
brush with Hollywood
heyday of amateur baseball
in Lakewood, when big games sometimes ended in brawls …
The time
the Russians and the FBI got involved with the Cleveland Maratho
n …
and lots more!
By the author of
Crazy, With the Papers to Prove It
,
Pass the Nuts
, and
Let’s Have Another
.