Lipsyte, Robert

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The contender

A Harlem high school dropout escapes from a gang of punks into a boxing gym, where he learns that being a contender is hard and often discouraging work, but that you don't know anything until you try.

An accidental sportswriter

a memoir
2012
Robert Lipsyte chronicles his career as a sportswriter, explaining how he became a sports columnist for the "New York Times" despite the fact that he was never a jock and spent most of his childhood and teen years avoiding what he called the Jock Culture.

The contender

A Harlem high school dropout escapes from a gang of punks into a boxing gym, where he learns that being a contender is hard and often discouraging work, but that you don't know anything until you try.

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The contender

A Harlem high school dropout escapes from a gang of punks into a boxing gym, where he learns that being a contender is hard and often discouraging work, but that you don't know anything until you try.

The contender

A Harlem high school drop-out escapes from a gang of punks into a boxing gym. He learns being a contender is hard and often discouraging work and that you don't know anything until you try.
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The brave

Having left the Indian reservation for the streets of New York, seventeen-year-old boxer Sonny Bear tries to harness his inner rage by training with Alfred Brooks, who has left the sport to become a policeman.

Heroes of baseball

A collection of heroes in the game of baseball that reflect the times and societies in which they played.

The chief

The brave

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