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Search - Dark Horses & Underdogs: The Greatest Sports Upsets of All Time

Dark Horses Underdogs The Greatest Sports Upsets of All Time
Author: Les Krantz

How does an unranked 45-to-1 long shot KO the boxing ring's fiercest fighter? What twist of fate lets a ragged gang of American college boys beat the Olympics' most powerful hockey team? How do the seven-foot giants of the NBA lose a slam-dunk tournament to a five-foot-eight-inch mighty mite? These and other tales are the stuff of sport ... more »legends...

Everybody loves a winner. But everybody really loves the winner who comes from behind -- the one who is never given any chance to prevail -- to overcome daunting odds and bring home the championship trophy. Now, in this impressively produced volume, Les Krantz presents the 50 most shocking sports triumphs of all time. Packaged with a special DVD featuring actual game segments and news clips narrated by award-winning sportscaster Jim Lampley, this stunning collection is a must-have for anybody who loves the unexpected in sports.

You'll meet the unacclaimed ballplayers, boxers, Olympians, and athletes of all stripes who seized the day, achieving the impossible to emerge victorious. For one electrifying moment, they captured the world's imagination -- and now they are about to captivate yours. You'll be thrilled by these amazing stories:

1980 Winter Olympics, USA vs. USSR: A team of college hockey players defeats the unbeatable Russians, and America embraces its young heroes as it has no hockey team before
1982 Chaminade vs. the University of Virginia: On Christmas Eve, an unknown school from the Hawaiian island of Oahu beats the top-ranked team in that nation in the "greatest college basketball upset ever"
1969 Super Bowl, New York Jets vs. Baltimore Colts: Quarterback "Broadway Joe" Namath's firection on four scoring drives not only catapults this Jets team into immortality, but transforms the sport of professional football forever
1938 Pimlico Special: The undersized, knobby-kneed racehouse Seabiscuit speeds past Triple Crown winner War Admiral -- and shows what a real champion is made of
2000 Olympics, wrestling final: The unhearalded Rulon Gardner from Wyoming becomes a true giant killer when he tames "the Russian Bear," Alexander Karelin, and pins down the gold medal.

Yes, sometimes David really does slay Goliath. And Dark Horses and Underdogs is a sure winner -- a veritable celebration of gripping sports drama and the indomitable human spirit.

ISBN-13: 9780446577038
ISBN-10: 0446577030
Publication Date: 10/27/2005
Pages: 226
Edition: Har/DVD
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Publisher: Warner Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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