The Barstool Book of Sports: Stats, Stories, and Other Stuff for Drunken Debate

by Andrew Daniels, Joseph Applegate (Illustrator)

Overview

Sports debates are the foundation of every fan’s night out. But it’s not enough merely to have these inebriated arguments—you must win them, too. Enter The Barstool Book Of Sports: a disorderly debate bible that’s jam-packed with hilarious lists, irreverent sidebars, and edgy illustrations that will help you transform your sports knowledge and sound smarter and more confident than everyone else in drunken trivia duels—even when you can’t see straight.

Forget boring “Player X vs. Player Y” fights. This book tackles the hard-hitting stuff: Who are the best fat athletes of all time? Where’s the saddest fan base in America? What are the dumbest athlete injuries ever? Which nonsensical sports conspiracy is just plausible enough to actually be true? Which NFL player should star alongside CGI animals in the football version of Space Jam?

Consider it the ultimate toast to every intoxicated argument you’ve ever had.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493028481
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Andrew Daniels is a digital editor and veteran of Men’s Health magazine who has interviewed hundreds of athletes and celebrities including Cam Newton, John Elway, Drew Brees, Mike Tyson, and, uh, Vanilla Ice. He is also the author of a book: this one. A Lehigh University alum, Daniels currently lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with his wife and dog. In 2010 and 2011, he won back-to-back titles in his fantasy football league. He played two years of organized tee-ball.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

1 The Most Boneheaded Play Calls and Embarrassing Big-Game Blunders 1

2 Where is the Saddest Sports City in America? 15

3 Great Moments in Volatile Fan History 25

4 20 Impossible Questions and Ethical Quandaries 33

5 The Most Inglorious Exits from a Game 39

6 The Foul-Mouthed Trash Talkers' Hall of Fame 47

7 The Greatest Upsets of All Time 57

8 What's the Best Way to Watch Sports? 65

9 Bucket List Ballpark Traditions 77

10 Inexplicable Minor-League Promotions 85

11 Sports Conspiracies, Ranked from Most to Least Plausible 91

12 Eight Sports Scandals, Sorted from Mildly Crazy to Positively Preposterous 101

13 The Greatest Rivalries in American Sports 109

14 Five Egregiously Game-Changing Trades 121

15 Do Championships Matter? 131

16 The Best Teams to Not Win a Championship 135

17 The Worst Teams to Win a Championship 143

18 20 History-Altering What-IFS 149

19 The Dumbest (and Unluckiest) Athlete Injuries of All Time 159

20 History's Heftiest Heavyweights 169

21 The Quick Sports Debate Drinking Game 175

22 A List of the 250 Funniest Names in Sports, Presented without Comment 179

23 The Lamest Sports Nicknames 185

24 What's the Best Stretch on the Sports Calendar? 193

25 Fictional Sports Movie Plots, Ranked from Most to Least Plausible 205

26 The Best Athletes-Turned-Actors 213

27 Casting a Space Jam-Style Flick for Every Sport 219

28 The Criteria for Determining Superstars 225

29 Incredible Records and Feats that (Probably) Won't be Broken 229

30 What's the Most Exciting Play in Sports? 241

31 Baseball Walk-Up Songs, Ranked from Most to Least Intimidating 247

32 Sports You Didn't Know Existed, and One Utterly Meaningless Debate for Each 257

Acknowledgments 266

About the Author 268

Editorial Reviews

Barstool Book of Sports is stimulating in a lot of ways. It’s educational, even for someone who knows a lot about sports.  It’s amusing because it’s presented in a lively, breezy style. And it’s provocative because the author offers strong viewpoints backed by research.

Dan Pompei

Read this on a plane and forgot I was on a plane, which is one of the biggest compliments I can give to a book I read on a plane. Daniels bounces from topic to topic, never taking himself – or sports – too seriously.

Martin Rickman