The Great New York Sports Debate: Two New York Sportswriters Go Head-To-Head on the 50 Most Heated Questions

by David Lennon and Roger Rubin

Two top authorities slug it out over the fifty hottest debates in New York sports New Yorkers are notoriously opinionated, and nothing spurs their argumentative side quite like sports. David Lennon of Newsdayand Roger Rubin of The New York Daily News? two New York sportswriters, add gasoline to the fire with The Great New York Sports Debate, a raucous and spirited examination of the fifty most contentious issues in New York athletics. Longtime friends...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452287545
• ISBN13: 9780452287549
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Not just for sports lovers

I was a little apprehensive buying this book because I don't know too much about the NY sports scene. I was not disappointed. I enjoyed the debate-style format between the 2 authors, who are both veteran sports writers. The book is a fantastic insight into New Yorkers and sports media psychology in general. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the phenomenon and relevance of sport in society.

Damn good reading

What a tremendous read! When I was pouring over it, I felt I was sitting in a newsroom listening to two reporters go at it, New York City style! I really recommend it!

Must Reading

Forget Fodor's Dining Guide, The Great NY Sports Debate is the must have book for anyone who moves to New York. Where else can you become well versed in the most talked about issues that have shaped NY culture in the last 35 years? Wife-swapping in the '70's - it's in there, Drug scandals of the '80's - it's in there, the celebrity athlete of the '90's and globalization of the '00's - check and check. This book should be handed out in the orientation packet right next to maps of the city and subway passes for any student entering NYU, Columbia, or other institutions in the city. It is a fascinating read that serves as the most entertaining text book anyone could hope to pick up.

Great read!

This was a great book to read! Lennon and Rubin are both knowledgable about NYC sports from their many years covering the NY sports scene as sportswriters from their respective newspapers. Their different writing styles and opinions make for an interesting, fun read. I highly recommend this book for any sports fan... not just the NY ones.