College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others by Beck, Stan

College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780810891203)

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Format: Hardcover
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College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others by Beck, Stan

College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others

$60.00
College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others by Beck, Stan

College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others

$60.00
Format: Hardcover
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College sports fans number almost 175 million strong, and each has a loyalty to their team and the traditions they share. From the crazy and eccentric to the touching and meaningful, these traditions connect fans and athletes across generations. College Sports Traditions details not only the well-known traditions of major universities, but also the obscure customs of smaller schools. Approximately 1,000 traditions are captured in this volume, covering hundreds of universities and colleges and almost every college sport. Featuring 75 photos that bring many of these events to life, College Sports Traditions will be an entertaining read for every sports fan.


Author: Stan Beck, Jack Wilkinson
ISBN-10: 0810891204
ISBN-13: 9780810891203
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Language: English
Published: 09/19/2013
Pages: 436
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.67lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.40d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/01/2013 pg. 124
Booklist 01/01/2014 pg. 76
Publishers Weekly 02/03/2014
Choice 04/01/2014
By Stan Beck
By Stan Beck
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Stan Beck has built a unique reputation as the preeminent expert on college sports traditions, and has been interviewed on the subject by numerous publications and radio broadcasts, including ESPN Radio.

Jack Wilkinson is the author or coauthor of eight books, the most recent of which include Of Mikes and Men: A Lifetime of Braves Baseball (2010) and 100 Things Braves Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die (2011). A three-time Georgia Sportswriter of the Year, Wilkinson has worked for such publications as Newsday, the Miami News, the Chicago Daily News, the New York Daily News, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Associated Press.

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