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McCown's Law: The 100 Greatest Hockey Arguments

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McCown's Law: The 100 Greatest Hockey Arguments

by Bob Mccown, Dave Naylor

Doubleday Canada | October 30, 2007 | Trade Paperback

Hockey's most controversial authority gives you everything you need to know to be Canada's best-informed armchair coach.

Sports talk-radio personality Bob McCown knows what he's talking about, and he's not afraid to say what's on his mind. Depending on your own strongly held opinions, some of Bob's will have you cheering in agreement while others will tempt you to throw the book out the window (if you weren't enjoying the damn thing so much). McCown's Law will be fuelling and informing heated discussions at the bar for years to come.
A sample of Chairman Bob's opinions:

-The Leafs haven't won the Stanley Cup in 40 years for a perfectly logical reason: they have the crappiest players.
-It's time the law put hockey's most violent offenders in something more restrictive than the penalty box.
-Let's leave Olympic hockey to the men.
-Eric Lindros won't end up in the Hockey Hall of Fame, but he still deserves to be mentioned right alongside the all-time greats.
-Slovakia, not Canada, may just be the greatest hockey nation
on Earth.
-The Ottawa Senators. Are these guys a bunch of chokers or what?
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    Rating: 5/5

    A 'must read' for hockey fans

    Kristi Reilly

    • Indigo Employee

    4 years ago

    I really liked this book. The more I listen to Bob on the radio and think about his theories both on the air and in the book, the more I agree with him. His reasons for why the Leafs haven't won the Cup in 40 years are both honest and depressing, while his analysis of Mike Millbury's tenure at the helm of the Islanders is hilarious. The book has an easy to read style, and the arguments are organized in a manner that the topics do not seem tedious and overdrawn. A must read for all hockey fans.

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    Rating: 5/5

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    brian lucas

    4 years ago

    was like sitting in a sports bar with a true hockey mind debating this amzing game of ours

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    Rating: 4/5

    Nice read.

    thecdn1967

    4 years ago

    Bob makes some compelling arguments about the game. It's the kind of book that could read one story (or argument) at a time. A great little gift for the intelligent hockey fan in your life.

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    Rating: 4/5

    A great read

    Dwight Irwin

    4 years ago

    Bob McCown knows hockey and he's not scared to tell you. If you're a hockey fan and want a different perspective than Don Cherry and Ron MacLean give you, read this book. McCown makes some excellent points, calls out some people, and comes up with ideas that make you wonder why nobody has thought of them before.

    I recommend this book to anyone who likes the game behind the game of hockey and enjoys debating its greatest achievements, players and controversies.

    A must read.

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Hockey's most controversial authority gives you everything you need to know to be Canada's best-informed armchair coach.

Sports talk-radio personality Bob McCown knows what he's talking about, and he's not afraid to say what's on his mind. Depending on your own strongly held opinions, some of Bob's will have you cheering in agreement while others will tempt you to throw the book out the window (if you weren't enjoying the damn thing so much). McCown's Law will be fuelling and informing heated discussions at the bar for years to come.
A sample of Chairman Bob's opinions:

-The Leafs haven't won the Stanley Cup in 40 years for a perfectly logical reason: they have the crappiest players.
-It's time the law put hockey's most violent offenders in something more restrictive than the penalty box.
-Let's leave Olympic hockey to the men.
-Eric Lindros won't end up in the Hockey Hall of Fame, but he still deserves to be mentioned right alongside the all-time greats.
-Slovakia, not Canada, may just be the greatest hockey nation
on Earth.
-The Ottawa Senators. Are these guys a bunch of chokers or what?

About the Author

Known for his take-no-prisoners debating style and dry wit, Bob McCown is host of The Fan's "Prime Time Sports," syndicated throughout Canada on radio and simulcast nationally on Rogers Sportsnet. Prime Time has been the number one sports radio program in Canada for 17 consecutive years. At the Sports Radio Conference in Arizona this March, Bob McCown was named "Air Talent of the Year." He was born in Columbus, Ohio, but now resides in Toronto.

David Naylor has been a sportswriter for The Globe and Mail since 2000. He is also a regular guest on CBC radio and television and is frequently seen on TSN's The Reporters with Dave Hodge.

Trade Paperback

336 Pages, 5.03 x 8 x 0.9 in

October 30, 2007

Doubleday Canada

English


0385664656
9780385664653

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