This book celebrates more than 25 years of the most eye-popping, mind-blowing, jump-off-the-couch-worthy sports highlights from the network that made them famous in the first place. Every week, ESPN's SportsCenter collects seven days, worth of the most extraordinary (or sometimes boneheaded) plays, controversial calls, last-second miracles, and strangest fans in action. Each highlight clip with its commentary is a mini-story about a game, a player, or a season. A few of the best of the best: Michael Jordan's takeoff from the foul line in the 1988 slam-dunk competition; Derek Jeter's foul-ball dive to help defeat the Red Sox in 2004; Christian Laettner's buzzer beater against Kentucky in the 1992 NCAA Championship; Dwight Clarke completing "The Catch" in the 1982 NFC Championship; Brandi Chastain's bra-bearing victory celebration following the 1999 World Cup; and, of course, Dennis Rodman's hair. Included is all of the trademark humor that makes ESPN the first stop and the last word for fans everywhere: razor-sharp commentary, infectious catchphrases, and unrepentant nicknaming. ESPN Ultimate Highlight Reel is the first book ever to bring the nightly excitement of the most popular highlight reels in the world to the printed page.
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Publisher: ESPN Books
Paperback
384 pages, 9 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches
ISBN-13: 978-1-933060-21-7
ISBN-10: 1-933060-21-2
Fall 2006
$29.95
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