The 100 Greatest Athletes of All Time: A Sports Editor's Personal Ranking [Hardcover]

Bert Randolph Sugar (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1995

Sugar, having spent more than three decades in sports media, has selected those athletes whom he personally considers to be the best that ever played throughout the history of sports. He then ranks them according to achievement and adds vignette biographies of each. The book is heavily illustrated with photos.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Citadel Pr; Carol Publishing Group ed edition (November 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806516143
• ISBN-13: 978-0806516141
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,529,473 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Useless, May 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The 100 Greatest Athletes of All Time: A Sports Editor's Personal Ranking (Hardcover)

When reading the description, high hopes are raised on the potential reader. Mr. Sugar's selection is disproportionally biased towards boxing. Even Mr. Sugar's boxing selections are disappointing; quite a surprise considering his prestige in the field. Other popular sports such as football, soccer, and basketball are not covered in the depth that they deserve. Furthermore, his oppinions are rarely supported by facts, sometimes leading to disinformation . Sincerely, I regret buying it and I would not recommend it to any serious sports reader.

4.0 out of 5 stars a great book, July 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The 100 Greatest Athletes of All Time: A Sports Editor's Personal Ranking (Hardcover)

well what do you expect, it isnt biased towards boxing, boxing is the greatest sport of all time, and many great athletes have been boxers. This book is very thorough and well written.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Painfully bad, May 9, 2004

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This review is from: The 100 Greatest Athletes of All Time: A Sports Editor's Personal Ranking (Hardcover)

Despite Bert Sugar's reputation, this is one of the most worst sports books I have read. He is guilty of "overwriting", inserting awkward metaphors and descriptives throughout each fact-starved page. I have tried several times to read this book, but each section is bloated with commentary such as "...Aaron had quietly snuck up on Ruth's record...he was laying claim to more records than an Alaskan claim-jumper..." Huh? And describing a young Bill Russell: "...a skinny, six-foot-two, 128-pound teenager who looked like he worked in an olive factory dragging the pimientos through..." What in the world are you talking about, Bert?

This book is better when Sugar sticks to facts and doesn't try to dazzle us with his "wit". He is not a terrible writer, he just tries way too hard here. I wouldn't recommend this unless it were rewritten.