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Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 Barry Wilner

Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 By Barry Wilner

Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 by Barry Wilner


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When Harvard football team tied Yale in 1968 by making up a 16-point deficit in less than a minute, the Crimson the following morning carrried this headline: Harvard Beats Yale, 20-29. This and twenty other unlikely comebacks are the subject of this books, froom the 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers to the 1914 Boston Braves.

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Harvard Beats Yale 29-29: ...and Other Great Comebacks from the Annals of Sports by Barry Wilner

When Harvard came back from a 16-point deficit with less than a minute to go to tie Yale in their now-famous 1968 gridiron tilt, the headline in the Harvard Crimson the following Monda proudly boasted, Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29. This and nineteen other improbable comebacks are the subjects of Wilner and Rappoport's latest volume of extraordinary achievements from the world of sports, and include the 1914 miracle Braves, Billy Casper's incredible rally to beat Arnold Palmer in the 1966 U.S. Open, the New York Giants' magical playoff run in 1951, and others. Also included are sidebars on individual athletes whose combacks included overcoming disease (i.e. Lance Armstrong) and reviving a career (i.e. Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali).

About Barry Wilner

Barry Wilner has been a sports writer for the Associated Press since 1975. He has covered virtually every major sporting event, including ine Olympics, seven world cups, 19 Super Bowls, the World Series, and Stanley Cup finals. He has written eighteen books. He lives in Garnerville, New York. Ken Rappoport covered every major sport out of New York for 30 years and was the Associated Press' national hockey writer for 13 years. He lives in Old Bridge, New Jersey.

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CIN1589793315G
9781589793316
1589793315
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29: ...and Other Great Comebacks from the Annals of Sports by Barry Wilner
Used - Good
Paperback
Taylor Trade Publishing
20071204
272
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