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Shares the behind-the-scenes stories of the biggest sports deals of the past twenty years, offering insight into how cities and owners compete for teams, the contributions of politicians and sports managers, and the author's own experiences with such figures as Joe Robbie, Paul Tagliabue, Jeb Bush, and Jack Nicklaus.

Product Description: Much of the writing on the post-9/11 period in the United States has focused on the role of "official" Government rhetoric about 9/11. Those who have focused on the news media have suggested that they played a key role in (re)defining the nation, allowing the citizenry to come to terms with 9/11, in providing ‘official’ understandings and interpretations of the event, and setting the terms for a geo-political-military response (the war on terror)...read more