Ross Bernstein Boeken

Exploring the life of a towering figure in sports, this biography chronicles Shaquille O'Neal's transformation from an awkward child into one of basketball's most dominant players. Standing at 7'1" and weighing 330 pounds, Shaq's physical presence is matched by his impressive achievements, including multiple NBA championships. Beyond basketball, he has ventured into acting, music, and entrepreneurship with a record label and clothing line. The narrative highlights his multifaceted career and larger-than-life personality.

More than 30 years after its cinematic debut, Slap Shot remains one of the most popular sports movies of all time, and this book is actor Dave Hanson’s firsthand account of its making. Starring the legendary Paul Newman, the movie was based on the hilarious and outrageous antics of the fictitious Charlestown Chiefs, a tough-as-nails minor league hockey team in the early 1970s. In financial trouble and due to fold at the end of the season, they bring in the Hanson Brothers—three of the toughest hockey players around—in a desperate bid to sell tickets. What ensues is pure comic genius. Here, Dave Hanson—who played ringleader Jack Hanson in the film—not only opens the vault and dishes the dirt on the making of the movie, from the bench-clearing brawls and the practical jokes on set to the legendary partying that went on during filming, but also explores how the movie changed his and many of the cast and crew’s lives forever.

For decades, hockey crowds have been brought to their feet for one of the most exciting aspects of NHL games—the fights. The The Unwritten Rules of Fighting and Retaliation in the NHL by Ross Bernstein takes you in-depth and behind the scenes to explore the history of fighting during hockey games and the honor system behind it. More than 50 NHL players, coaches, and media personalities were interviewed to examine how players go about their business during a fight on the ice. They explain why fighting is allowed and what tactics are used before, during, and after the melees. The The Unwritten Rules of Fighting and Retaliation in the NHL discusses the top reasons why the gloves come off during hockey games.

Turns out, the only people who truly understand Beckett's Waiting For Godot, are the understudies... A brilliant comedy looking at Beckett, art, and a life spent waiting in the wings.

Víte, proč se hokejisté v NHL perou? A proč si většina týmů drží specializované hráče – bitkaře, kteří jsou ochotní se večer co večer porvat? Autor této knihy sesbíral názory známých hokejových osobností a nabízí na tyto otázky zajímavé odpovědi. Jde až k samotné podstatě zámořského hokeje a shrnuje události, které měly zásadní vliv na utváření psaných i nepsaných pravidel hokejového násilí od vzniku NHL až po současnost. Hlavně však čtenáři nabízí poutavé příběhy, které se přihodily nejslavnějším hokejovým bitkařům. Toto české vydání je navíc doplněno komentáři Davida Kočího, prvního českého bitkaře, který se prosadil v NHL, a také exkluzivními fotografiemi.