Reviews for Official 365 Sports Facts-A-Year 2006 Calendar

The average rating for Official 365 Sports Facts-A-Year 2006 Calendar based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-09-22 00:00:00 Kevin Shipley I read /Sports Babylon/, by Mark Sabljak and Martin Greenberg. The book is about athletes who are famous for actions outside of sports, including their crimes, sex lives, and drug use. The book also chronicles gambling, dirty dealings, cheaters, and stupid plays within the athlete's sport, and has a chapter on "flakes", who acted strangely while performing well (e.g., "The Bird", who talked to the baseball before throwing it). The book was entertaining or interesting at times, but is not recommended.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-04-10 00:00:00 Seyed Ehsaei If this book were written today, it would include the exploits of modern sports scoundrels like Plaxico Burress, Barry Bonds, and Ron Artest and would probably make for a boring read. Now any time an athlete gets too carried away on a night out, we get cellphone photos the next morning (Michael Phelps) and the ESPN shoves it down our throats for the next two weeks. In 1988 maybe a book like Sports Babylon was a good introspective at athletes behaving badly, but would hardly be relevant today. However, while it relived the exploits of household names like Doc Gooden and Billy Martin, it also introduced characters lost to a generation. It produced little known gems like Dave Stewart sleeping with a transvestite hooker, Orlando Cepeda picking up two suit cases of marijuana at the airport, and the unbelievable story of NCAA runner Kathy Ormsby abandoning the track mid-race in a possible suicide attempt.