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Dan Coughlin's fourth collection of stories about the most colorful characters in Cleveland sports history includes ... The Pro Bowl left tackle who would try anything once (including canoeing across Lake Erie and serving as state senator) ... The junior high school teacher who became totally obsessed with making free throws ... The priest who got himself ejected from a baseball game ... The soccer hero who won a championship for Cleveland yet played for three teams that folded within three years ... The sandlot umpire and trivia whiz who won more than $100,000 by appearing on 195 TV game shows ... The bad boy of handball, universally despised for his drinking, cheating, and womanizing ... Art Modell's ill-conceived attempt at high culture in Municipal Stadium ... ""Super Joe"" Charboneau's brush with Hollywood ... The heyday of amateur baseball in Lakewood, when big games sometimes ended in brawls ... The time the Russians and the FBI got involved with the Cleveland Marathon ... and lots more! By the author of Crazy, With the Papers to Prove It, Pass the Nuts, and Let's Have Another.

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Dan Coughlin has covered Cleveland sports for more than four decades, as a sportswriter for The Plain Dealer (1964-1982) and on WJW-TV 8 (since 1983). His columns also appeared in the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, Medina Gazette, Lake County News-Herald, Painesville Telegraph and other newspapers. He was twice named Ohio sportswriter of the year and was honored with an Emmy award. He traveled with the Browns and Indians, and covered some of the biggest college football games of the 20th century, including five major bowl games. He was at ringside for several world championship fights as well as the Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier series. He covered 17 Indianapolis 500s and several auto races in Europe. He lives in Rocky River, Ohio.

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