{"product_id":"spoiled-sports-garret-l-kolb-9780740757044","title":"Spoiled Sports: Comical and Disturbing Stories of the 21st Century","description":"Being included in this \"hall of shame\" is a dubious honor, but countless fans of professional football, basketball, and baseball are sure to make this book a star player. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the fan base for professional sports rabidly seeks to score news on the most famous-or most infamous-athletes, reports of outrageous, shocking, and even disturbing behavior from the players have skyrocketed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpoiled Sports: Comical and Disturbing Stories of the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e is an entertaining expose of the funniest and most shameful behavior by professional athletes. The stories chronicle professional athletes' most amusing, unusual, undignified, and unethical criminal escapades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book, by first-time author and sports fanatic Garret Kolb, features 38 recent accounts of ridiculous and shameful athlete behavior, along with a detailed list of today's 38 worst offenders (the \"Ingrate 38\"), according to both courts of law and public opinion. A 38-question quiz rounds out the compilation and tests the reader's knowledge of sports players and their on- and off-the-field shenanigans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluded are such misadventures and mishaps as: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* Green Bay Packer Najeh Davenport is arrested after defecating in the laundry basket of an unsuspecting coed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* A minor-league baseball game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, is delayed while Boston Red Sox Manny Ramirez searches the field for his lost diamond earring. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese and dozens of other stories are sure to hit a home run with legions of sports fans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Garret L. Kolb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0740757040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780740757044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrews McMeel Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.96h x 5.46w x 0.62d","brand":"Garret L. Kolb","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48748282839295,"sku":"9780740757044","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spoiled-sports-garret-l-kolb-9780740757044","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}