{"product_id":"one-game-at-a-time-why-sports-matter-9781849351362","title":"One Game at a Time: Why Sports Matter","description":"\"The spirit of Walt Whitman, cheered on by the ghost of A. J. Liebling, moves Matt Hern's pen in this street-tough but joyful celebration of bodies electric and hopes defiant. The bottom line? Be kind, be tough.\" --Mike Davis, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Barbarians\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSports are serious stuff. Football, basketball, tennis, mixed martial arts, and beyond: these are arenas of immense power, with mass appeal, yet far too many of us have abandoned the sporting world as a legitimate site of contestation and innovation. Why? What do we gain by handing over the power of sports to the world of hyper-consumption, militarism, violence, sexism, and homophobia--the worst elements of our culture? As Matt Hern suggests, not a whole lot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the basis of his forty-plus years of sports fanaticism, Hern makes an impassioned and entertaining plea for a more active engagement with sports, both physically and intellectually. His eye is critical, and his analysis is sharp, but this book is more than a critique--it's a celebration of what sports have taught us, and a map of how much more we still have to learn. Matt Hern is a former sportswriter and a radical urbanist whose writing has been published on six continents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFun, engaging, and fast-paced, One Game at a Time is for anyone willing to get their head into the game. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatt Hern \u003c\/b\u003elives and works in east Vancouver, where he founded the Purple Thistle Center and Car-Free Vancouver Day. A former sportswriter and a radical urbanist whose writing has been published on six continents and in ten languages, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eCommon Ground in a Liquid City \u003c\/i\u003e(AK Press, 2010), which was shortlisted for the Vancouver Book Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e AK Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849351362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.55w x 0.40d","brand":"Matt Hern","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43397756747957,"sku":"9781849351362","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4a5f42e3-a45d-4817-aeac-08cd28492217.jpg?v=1702393759","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/one-game-at-a-time-why-sports-matter-9781849351362","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}