Glow Pucks and 10-Cent Beer: The 101 Worst Ideas in Sports History

By Greg Wyshynski

Glow Pucks and 10-Cent Beer: The 101 Worst Ideas in Sports History chronicles sports' most infamous events, ill-fated ideas and unfortunate trends. Glow Pucks and 10-Cent Beer offers hilarious essays and well-researched arguments that tackle silly sports phenomena (Bad Idea #101. Hulk Hogan, Thespian: "Eat your heart out, Meryl Streep ") while challenging some of the sports world's most revered traditions (Bad Idea #5 The Bronze Medal: "A trinket whose only purpose is to remind athletes that they're closer to fourth place than they are to first place.").
Rating his entries according to how egregious, embarrassing and damaging the events were to the parties involved; how idiotic the factors were behind their failures; and above all else, whether they were a direct insult to the heritage of the sports themselves, Wyshynski aims to spark debate about the most controversial moments and issues in sports history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589793080
• ISBN13: 9781589793088
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 0.8" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Great Book, Witty and All-Inclusive

This book is highly amusing, and I read it cover-to-cover really quickly. This is a great gift for sports fans, even if they're not the type that watches SportsCenter every day. Greg doesn't mince any words or speak delicately about how bad these ideas were. His grasp on sports history is truly amazing. All of the ideas my friends guessed were in the book were there, plus many more we'd never even heard of. The writing is excellent, and I hope to see more from Greg soon.

An entertaining read for any sports nut

"Glow Pucks" is a nice concise history of some of sports more..."colorful" ideas, and the ensuing mayhem. Great for fans of Kornheiser and other sports/comedy writers!