Sports from Hell: My Search for the World's Most Outrageous Competition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780767919708)

Bestselling author and ESPN star, Rick Reilly delivers a hilarious, unabashedly fun, and at times, skin-searing tour through some of the world's most amazing and outrageous sports

From the physically and mentally taxing sport of chess boxing to the psychological battlefield that is the rock-paper-scissors championship, to the underground world of illegal jart throwing, Rick Reilly subjected himself to both bodily danger and abject humiliation (or, in the case of ferret legging, both) in order to personally find the world's strangest sporting event. Chronicling his adventures as only he can, Rick enters a world of bizarre characters, fierce competition, and exotic locals--with stops in Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Denmark, England, and even a maximum security prison at Angola, Louisiana--and the result is a laugh-out-loud book perfect for any sport's fan.

Author: Rick Reilly
ISBN-10: 076791970X
ISBN-13: 9780767919708
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2011
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.24w x 0.66d