Hey Rube : Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness Modern History from the ESPN. com Sports Desk

Name: Hey Rube : Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness Modern History from the ESPN. com Sports Desk
Author: Hunter S. Thompson, Ryen Russillo
ISBN: 9780684873206

by Hunter S. Thompson, Ryen Russillo

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Sports, politics, and sex collide in Hunter S. Thompson's wildly popular ESPN.com columns. From the author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and father of "Gonzo" journalism comes Hey Rube . Insightful, incendiary, outrageously brilliant, such was the man who galvanized American journalism with his radical ideas and gonzo tactics. For over half a century, Hunter S. Thompson devastated his readers with his acerbic wit and uncanny grasp of politics and history. His reign as "The Unabomber of contemporary letters" ( Time ) is more legendary than ever with Hey Rube . Fear, greed, and action abound in this hilarious, thought-provoking compilation as Thompson doles out searing indictments and uproarious rants while providing commentary on politics, sex, and sports--at times all in the same column. With an enlightening foreword by ESPN executive editor John Walsh, critics' favorites, and never-before-published columns, Hey Rube follows Thompson through the beginning of the new century, revealing his queasiness over the 2000 election ("rigged and fixed from the start"); his take on professional sports (to improve Major League Baseball "eliminate the pitcher"); and his myriad controversial opinions and brutally honest observations on issues plaguing Americaâ€•including the Bush administration and the inequities within the American judicial system. Hey Rube gives us a lasting look at the gonzo journalist in his most organic formâ€•unbridled, astute, and irreverent.

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LanguageEnglish

PublisherSimon & Schuster

Publication DateAug. 1st, 2005

Pages246

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"Punctuated by moments of brilliant iconoclasm, as well as profound questions for our age."
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Reader Reviews for Hey Rube : Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness Modern History from the ESPN. com Sports Desk

The new dumb	p. 3
The fix is in	p. 4
Welcome to generation Z	p. 8
The White House disease	p. 11
Get ready for sainthood	p. 18
The Xmas vice	p. 21
The curse of Musburger	p. 24
Cruel twist in the coaching business	p. 27
The NFL sucks ... another league bites the dust ... rich kids with weapons	p. 30
Slow week for sports, in politics	p. 34
Lynching in Denver	p. 38
Mad cow disease comes to the NBA	p. 41
Death in the afternoon	p. 43
XFL, R.I.P.	p. 45
The most horrible curse in sports	p. 47
Urgent warming to gamblers : beware the ides of March	p. 50
I told you it was wrong	p. 52
Where were you when the fun stopped?	p. 53
Running away with the circus	p. 56
NBA and the downward spiral of dumbness	p. 59
Bad craziness at owl farm	p. 61
Can the three stooges save the NBA?	p. 64
Kentucky Derby and other gambling disasters	p. 67
Quitting the gambling business while I'm ahead	p. 70
The most dangerous sport of all	p. 71
Patrick Roy and Warren Zevon - two champions at the top of their game	p. 76
Wild days at the sports desk	p. 78
Eerie lull rattles the sports world	p. 80
Olympic disaster in Utah	p. 82
The wisdom of Nashville and the violence of Jack Nicholson - a football story	p. 83
Fear and loathing in America : beginning of the end	p. 89
When war drums roll	p. 91
Will sports survive Bin Laden?	p. 95
Stadium living in the new age	p. 98
Football in the kingdom of fear	p. 101
Foul balls and rash predictions	p. 104
Getting weird for devil's day	p. 106
The Yankees are dead : long live the Yankees	p. 109
The man who loved sport too much	p. 112
The shame of Indianapolis	p. 116
Failure, football & violence on the strip	p. 120
Madness in Honolulu	p. 123
Break up the ravens	p. 126
Pay up or get whipped	p. 128
Getting braced for the last football game	p. 131
Sodomized at the airport : are terrorists seizing control of the NFL? And who let it happen?	p. 135
Slow dance in rap town	p. 138
Dr. Thompson in Beirut	p. 141
Dr. Thompson is back from Beirut	p. 143
The NFL : we will march on a road of bones	p. 145
A wild & woolly tale of sporting excess	p. 151
My 49er habit	p. 154
Don't let this happen to you	p. 157
Grantland rice haunts the Honolulu Marathon	p. 159
Honolulu Marathon is decadent and depraved	p. 163
Public shame and private victory	p. 167
Shooting the moon with the raiders	p. 171
The last super bowl	p. 174
Extreme behavior in aspen	p. 178
Billionaire swine and kiwi catastrophe	p. 180
Fleeced by Ed Bradley	p. 183
Love blooms in the rockies	p. 185
Love in a time of war	p. 187
A sad week in America	p. 191
The doomed prefer Oakland	p. 196
The tragedy of naked bowling	p. 198
West coast offense	p. 201
Great fleecing in Woody Creek : Lakers staggered in series opener	p. 204
The sport of kings	p. 206
The good, the bad, and the vicious	p. 210
Rewarding the ugly	p. 214
Killed by a speeding Hummer	p. 216
When in doubt, bet the dark side	p. 218
Welcome to the big darkness	p. 220
The nation's capital	p. 222
Speed kills and other football wisdom	p. 225
Nightmare in Hollywood	p. 228
Speed will rule the NFL this year	p. 231
The Bush league	p. 235
Boxing sucks	p. 236
George Plimpton	p. 239
Victory	p. 241
Wisdom	p. 244
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FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

PublisherSimon & Schuster

Publication DateAug. 1st, 2005

Pages246

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ISBN-139780684873206

Dimensions5.50 x 8.38 x 0.10 inches

ISBN-100684873206

Shipping Weight0.56 lbs

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The new dumb	p. 3
The fix is in	p. 4
Welcome to generation Z	p. 8
The White House disease	p. 11
Get ready for sainthood	p. 18
The Xmas vice	p. 21
The curse of Musburger	p. 24
Cruel twist in the coaching business	p. 27
The NFL sucks ... another league bites the dust ... rich kids with weapons	p. 30
Slow week for sports, in politics	p. 34
Lynching in Denver	p. 38
Mad cow disease comes to the NBA	p. 41
Death in the afternoon	p. 43
XFL, R.I.P.	p. 45
The most horrible curse in sports	p. 47
Urgent warming to gamblers : beware the ides of March	p. 50
I told you it was wrong	p. 52
Where were you when the fun stopped?	p. 53
Running away with the circus	p. 56
NBA and the downward spiral of dumbness	p. 59
Bad craziness at owl farm	p. 61
Can the three stooges save the NBA?	p. 64
Kentucky Derby and other gambling disasters	p. 67
Quitting the gambling business while I'm ahead	p. 70
The most dangerous sport of all	p. 71
Patrick Roy and Warren Zevon - two champions at the top of their game	p. 76
Wild days at the sports desk	p. 78
Eerie lull rattles the sports world	p. 80
Olympic disaster in Utah	p. 82
The wisdom of Nashville and the violence of Jack Nicholson - a football story	p. 83
Fear and loathing in America : beginning of the end	p. 89
When war drums roll	p. 91
Will sports survive Bin Laden?	p. 95
Stadium living in the new age	p. 98
Football in the kingdom of fear	p. 101
Foul balls and rash predictions	p. 104
Getting weird for devil's day	p. 106
The Yankees are dead : long live the Yankees	p. 109
The man who loved sport too much	p. 112
The shame of Indianapolis	p. 116
Failure, football & violence on the strip	p. 120
Madness in Honolulu	p. 123
Break up the ravens	p. 126
Pay up or get whipped	p. 128
Getting braced for the last football game	p. 131
Sodomized at the airport : are terrorists seizing control of the NFL? And who let it happen?	p. 135
Slow dance in rap town	p. 138
Dr. Thompson in Beirut	p. 141
Dr. Thompson is back from Beirut	p. 143
The NFL : we will march on a road of bones	p. 145
A wild & woolly tale of sporting excess	p. 151
My 49er habit	p. 154
Don't let this happen to you	p. 157
Grantland rice haunts the Honolulu Marathon	p. 159
Honolulu Marathon is decadent and depraved	p. 163
Public shame and private victory	p. 167
Shooting the moon with the raiders	p. 171
The last super bowl	p. 174
Extreme behavior in aspen	p. 178
Billionaire swine and kiwi catastrophe	p. 180
Fleeced by Ed Bradley	p. 183
Love blooms in the rockies	p. 185
Love in a time of war	p. 187
A sad week in America	p. 191
The doomed prefer Oakland	p. 196
The tragedy of naked bowling	p. 198
West coast offense	p. 201
Great fleecing in Woody Creek : Lakers staggered in series opener	p. 204
The sport of kings	p. 206
The good, the bad, and the vicious	p. 210
Rewarding the ugly	p. 214
Killed by a speeding Hummer	p. 216
When in doubt, bet the dark side	p. 218
Welcome to the big darkness	p. 220
The nation's capital	p. 222
Speed kills and other football wisdom	p. 225
Nightmare in Hollywood	p. 228
Speed will rule the NFL this year	p. 231
The Bush league	p. 235
Boxing sucks	p. 236
George Plimpton	p. 239
Victory	p. 241
Wisdom	p. 244
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