In the words of more than 200 of Ali's family members, opponents, friends, world leaders, and others who have known him best, the real Muhammad Ali emerges: deeply religious, mercurial, generous, a showman in and out of the ring. Thirty years after he burst onto the scene as a gold medal light-heavyweight at the Rome Olympics, Muhammad Ali is still a magical figure. His accomplishments in the ring were the stuff of legend--the two fights with Sonny Liston, when he proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and proved he was; the three epic wars against Joe Frazier; the stunning victory over George...
In the words of more than 200 of Ali's family members, opponents, friends, world leaders, and others who have known him best, the real Muhammad Ali em...
Thomas Hauser has become amust readinga in the boxing community, and his latest book demonstrates why. An Unforgiving Sport brings together Hauseras 2008 articles from secondsout.com and espn.com, in which he exposes the inner workings of HBO Sports, goes behind the scenes at boxingas biggest fights, revisits historical figures like John L. Sullivan, and offers revealing portraits of Don King, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, Ricky Hatton, Bernard Hopkins, and a host of others. Booklist praised an earlier collection of Hauseras articles as aone more testament to [Hauseras] talent and...
Thomas Hauser has become amust readinga in the boxing community, and his latest book demonstrates why. An Unforgiving Sport brings together Hauseras 2...
Thomas Hauser has become "must reading" in the boxing community, and his latest book demonstrates why. Boxing Is . . . brings together all of Hauser's 2009 articles. In them, Hauser illuminates the behind-the-scenes stories of the year's most memorable personalities and events. He takes us from Manny Pacquiao's dressing room in the tense moments before 2009's biggest fight to an in-depth portrait of the incomparable Sugar Ray Robinson, all the while continuing to show why his annual collections, avidly anticipated by fans and critics alike, have become, according to columnist Bart Barry, "an...
Thomas Hauser has become "must reading" in the boxing community, and his latest book demonstrates why. Boxing Is . . . brings together all of Hauser's...
Thomas Hauser's recording of the contemporary boxing scene has become the sport's most eagerly anticipated written work. Here's what readers are saying about And the New . . .
"Masterful, as always . . . Awesome writing."
"On a scale of one to ten, Hauser rates one hundred."
"The most accurate, honest, and insightful writing about boxing that I've ever read."
"Thomas Hauser is in a league of his own."
"It doesn't get any better than this. Another five-star article from Hauser."
"Brilliant, enlightening, and wonderful. This is what boxing writing...
Thomas Hauser's recording of the contemporary boxing scene has become the sport's most eagerly anticipated written work. Here's what readers are sayin...
Thomas Hauser is best known as Muhammad Ali's biographer and for his recording of the contemporary boxing scene. "Booklist" called Hauser "the most respected boxing journalist working today and perhaps the best ever." Robert Lipsyte said Hauser is "the best boxing writer of our time." Still, Hauser's love of sports began not with boxing but with baseball. Long before he turned to the sweet science, America's national pastime had captured his heart. His childhood allegiance was to the New York Yankees. Growing up in the suburbs of New York, he cheered for the Giants in football and Knicks...
Thomas Hauser is best known as Muhammad Ali's biographer and for his recording of the contemporary boxing scene. "Booklist" called Hauser "the most re...
Commenting on Thomas Hauser's annual collections of articles on boxing, Ring Magazine declared, "What makes Hauser's stories so extraordinary is that the man many consider 'The Dean of Boxing Writers' refuses to allow his admiration for the sport to blind him to its dark side. His annual volumes on boxing have become required reading for hardcore and casual fans alike."
"Straight Writes and Jabs" is the latest in the popular series. It brings readers into the dressing room with elite champions in the moments before some of 2012's biggest fights. Hauser's award-winning investigative...
Commenting on Thomas Hauser's annual collections of articles on boxing, Ring Magazine declared, "What makes Hauser's stories so extraordinary is that ...
In 2015, Booklist observed, the arrival of Hauser s annual boxing review is akin to Christmas morning for fight fans. Nobody knows a sport any better than Hauser knows boxing.
Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike look forward to Thomas Hauser s annual collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene. He s one of the last real champions of boxing and one of the very best who has ever written about the sport.
A Hard World continues this tradition of excellence with dressing-room reports from big fights like Canelo Alvarez vs. Miguel Cotto, a...
In 2015, Booklist observed, the arrival of Hauser s annual boxing review is akin to Christmas morning for fight fans. Nobody knows a sport a...
Thomas Hauser is well known to readers as Muhammad Ali's biographer and for his recording of the contemporary boxing scene. But Hauser began his writing career in the political arena as the author of "Missing," a novel later made into an AcademyAward-winning film starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek. He has written books on subjects as diverse as public education, moral values, and Chernobyl, and his articles have appeared in publications ranging from the "New Yorker" to "Penthouse." Reflections brings together all of Hauser's articles on subjects other than sports. The book begins with...
Thomas Hauser is well known to readers as Muhammad Ali's biographer and for his recording of the contemporary boxing scene. But Hauser began his writi...
Inhaltsangabe: Gang der Untersuchung: In Kapitel 2 wird zunachst auf die Frage, warum sich der Staat uberhaupt an mittelstandischen Unternehmen beteiligt, beziehungsweise diese fordert, eine Antwort gegeben. Ferner wird zu Beginn dieses Kapitels eine Definition der Begriffe „offentliche Forderung" und „Mittelstand" vorgenommen. Im weiteren Verlauf werden sechs ausgewahlte Programme im Einzelnen auf ihre Struktur, Einsatzbereiche, Rahmenbedingungen, Konditionen, deren Nutzen und in Bezug auf ihre Inanspruchnahme hin beschrieben. Durch Beispiele zu den jeweiligen Forderprogrammen und...
Inhaltsangabe: Gang der Untersuchung: In Kapitel 2 wird zunachst auf die Frage, warum sich der Staat uberhaupt an mittelstandischen Unternehmen beteil...
