Reviews for Dispatches from the Sporting Life

The average rating for Dispatches from the Sporting Life based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-01-30 00:00:00 Scott Sizemore A posthumous collection of articles about and related to sports, if you define sports as pre-1985 ice hockey, the Montreal Expos, or Montreal Royals. Anachronistic prose that can make one nostalgic for bygone eras.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-01-26 00:00:00 Lampard Lampard Richler always entertains - fishing trips to safaris to his love of baseball. His acerbic take on humanity in combination with his droll use of language makes me long for more from his pen. My favourite essays were on his love of hockey, particularly Les Habitants - his beloved Canadiens - their downfall, the spoiling of North American hockey, the NHL, the end of the great old game. I wonder what he would make of the Vegas Knights reaching the final in their first season?