Why We Root (Vol. 1): Mad Obsessions of a Chicago Sports Fan by Jack M. Silverst

Description: Why We Root (Vol. 1) by Jack M. Silverstein Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Why We Root: Mad Obsessions of a Chicago Sports Fan is a collection of Jack M Silversteins sportswriting, including pieces from 1999 to 2023 that reveal the sports-fan mindset and show readers why we root for our teams. This collection of eighty-one articles is organized based on a fans emotional journey-from learning the game, to knowing the game, to emotional heartbreak, and eventually to celebrating championships.Included in the book are Silversteins real-time articles on many of the best known Chicago sports events of the early 21st century, including: the White Sox, Blackhawks, and Cubs breaking winning their first championships after massive droughts; the Bears reaching, and losing, the Super Bowl; the rise and fall of saviors-to-be Derrick Rose and Jay Cutler; the Chicago Sky winning the 2021 WNBA championship; the Blackhawks famed "17 seconds" championship; the Bears agonizing "double doink"; and the Cubs horrific Bartman game, retold from multiple perspectives in multiple years, including ten years later by pitcher Mark Prior and catcher Paul Bako. Also included are Silversteins look back at the Bulls-Pistons rivalry of the 1990s, the 1995 Northwestern Wildcats Rose Bowl team, and Michael Jordans flu game. Author Biography Jack M Silverstein is Chicagos sports historian. He is the Chicago Bears historian for Windy City Gridiron, and a regular guest historian around Chicago, including 670 The Score, WGN-TV, and ESPN 1000. His sportswriting has appeared in numerous publications, including Chicago Magazine, Chicago Reader, NBC Sports Chicago, RedEye Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, his beloved ChicagoNow and the Barbers Chair Network. He was a featured historian on the 2022 Audible-History Channel podcast series "American Football," hosted by Michael Strahan.Sportswriters have cited his work and interviewed him for stories in Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, The Athletic, NBC Sports Chicago, SB Nation, Bleacher Report, Forbes, Fast Company, and for radio and television segments for ESPN Radio (national), Sports Illustrated, Fox Sports 1, BBC Radio, "Keep Hope Alive" with Jesse Jackson, The Santita Jackson Show, 670 The Score, ESPN 1000, NBC Sports Chicago, CHGO and The Ringer. His 2019 Windy City Gridiron story, "Throwback: The truth about George Halas and the NFLs ban on black players," caused Chicago Bears chairman and George Halass grandson George McCaskey to release a video in which he, along with five players, admitted the role that the Chicago Bears had played in banning Black players from the NFL in the 1930s and 1940s.Silverstein is the author of Our President and How the GOAT Was Built: 6 Life Lessons From the 1996 Chicago Bulls. His next book, 6 Rings: The Bulls, The City, and the Dynasty that Changed the Game, will be published by Keylog Media. To follow his work on that book, subscribe to his newsletter at readjack.substack.com. Details ISBN 1662939418 ISBN-13 9781662939419 Title Why We Root (Vol. 1) Author Jack M. Silverstein Format Paperback Year 2024 Pages 500 Publisher Keylog Media GE_Item_ID:158330724; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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