Why did tennis sensation Billie Jean King, in the nicest way possible, threaten to beat up sports writer Ed Koch while riding with him on a Riviera Hotel elevator? What provocative thing did drunken baseball star Mickey Mantle do outside the Desert Inn Country Club that shocked even a hard-hitting reporter like Koch? And, during an exclusive interview with Koch at Caesars Palace, what did legendary world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali say he spent his adult lifetime searching for that was greater than ...
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Why did tennis sensation Billie Jean King, in the nicest way possible, threaten to beat up sports writer Ed Koch while riding with him on a Riviera Hotel elevator? What provocative thing did drunken baseball star Mickey Mantle do outside the Desert Inn Country Club that shocked even a hard-hitting reporter like Koch? And, during an exclusive interview with Koch at Caesars Palace, what did legendary world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali say he spent his adult lifetime searching for that was greater than himself? For those answers and others, you will want to read "BAD SPORT: Confessions of a Las Vegas Sports Writer in the Times of Spectaculars and Demise." Author Koch takes you on a journey through his days as a Las Vegas sports writer in the late 1970s and early 1980s, where he covered some of sports' biggest names: ① The final days of boxer Joe Louis, for whom Koch was an honorary pallbearer ② The tale of lady pro golfer Jan Stephenson and her stimulating boudoir photos ③ A sad look at the raw, mean side of wrestler Andre the Giant that few knew If you like sports, glittering Las Vegas, nostalgia and controversies you will want to read Ed Koch's "BAD SPORT: Confessions of a Las Vegas Sports Writer in the Times of Spectaculars and Demise" (Kindle: $9.99).
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