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Unlevel Playing Fields
From as long as sport has been played, it has always evoked great passion and emotion. Human error will always be part of the game but nothing arouses curiosity and unabated feeling like officiating blunders, lying and blatant cheating. Welcome to a captivating journey through some of the greatest sporting controversies in history. These are the fascinating backstories and consequences of not only the most debatable moments in sport, but also some of its most scandalous characters.
199 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 2, 2019
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Dave Tomlinson
6 books4 followersMy name is Dave Tomlinson. I’m from New Zealand and now living in Brisbane, Australia. My life passions are travel, outdoor adventure, sport and writing. After writing the budget travel guide ‘Travel Unravelled’ I then documented my travel stories in ‘Around the World in 80 Tales’. I blog about my travel and assist other travellers on my Step Ahead Travel website. It’s my dream to eventually travel 100 countries and go to every continent on the planet.
My first sports book ‘Days of Miracle and Wonder’ describes 25 of the most incredible sporting victories brought about by amazing comebacks and painful chokes. This was followed by ‘Unlevel Playing Fields’ which tells the dramatic stories behind 25 of the greatest sporting controversies. The latest publication in this fascinating series ‘Excellence in Motion’ relates the courage, respect and sacrifice displayed in 25 of the finest acts of sportsmanship.
My first sports book ‘Days of Miracle and Wonder’ describes 25 of the most incredible sporting victories brought about by amazing comebacks and painful chokes. This was followed by ‘Unlevel Playing Fields’ which tells the dramatic stories behind 25 of the greatest sporting controversies. The latest publication in this fascinating series ‘Excellence in Motion’ relates the courage, respect and sacrifice displayed in 25 of the finest acts of sportsmanship.
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July 5, 2019
‘Sport is unique in the passion and emotion it evokes’
New Zealand author Dave Tomlinson has in earlier books taken us on places Around the World in 80 Tales, offered tips on budget travel, offered spiritual suggestions, a history of Leeds United, and an overview of famous sports victories. Now he turns to the interesting subject of sports controversies, sharing 25 stories as the UNLEVEL PLAYING FIELDS. As he states, ‘One of the reasons we love sport is it provides us with a simple clarity. It removes the frustrating shades of grey that often seem to dominate our daily lives to a point where we don’t know is we’re winning, losing or just getting by. In sport, a scoreboard will show the clear winner, with most results determined relatively quickly. Even full seasons reach their eventual conclusion and the champion is crowned. But what happens when the result isn’t so clear?’
With that question Dave delves into famous sporting controversies and shares the following – ”The word ‘controversy’ can be defined as something that creates much discussion and debate, often involving feelings of anger or disapproval. And so it is for a sporting controversy, where those feelings are usually expressed by passionate fans or even entire nations. Human error will always be a factor in sport. Passes will be dropped and easy shots missed, but nothing infuriates fans quite like officiating blunders and blatant cheating, And nothing arouses their curiosity more than circumstances so unusual that nobody is quite sure how the moment will be resolved.’
What follows is an inside view of sporting controversies in almost every sport – baseball, the Olympics, cricket, marathons, figure skating, tennis, swimming, boxing, motor racing - true stories of individuals and teams that leave us amazed. For every sports fan this is a resource for gaining in depth information on the famous and challenging controversies that have caused such consternation. A well-written, very fine book, rich in good-to-know facts.
New Zealand author Dave Tomlinson has in earlier books taken us on places Around the World in 80 Tales, offered tips on budget travel, offered spiritual suggestions, a history of Leeds United, and an overview of famous sports victories. Now he turns to the interesting subject of sports controversies, sharing 25 stories as the UNLEVEL PLAYING FIELDS. As he states, ‘One of the reasons we love sport is it provides us with a simple clarity. It removes the frustrating shades of grey that often seem to dominate our daily lives to a point where we don’t know is we’re winning, losing or just getting by. In sport, a scoreboard will show the clear winner, with most results determined relatively quickly. Even full seasons reach their eventual conclusion and the champion is crowned. But what happens when the result isn’t so clear?’
With that question Dave delves into famous sporting controversies and shares the following – ”The word ‘controversy’ can be defined as something that creates much discussion and debate, often involving feelings of anger or disapproval. And so it is for a sporting controversy, where those feelings are usually expressed by passionate fans or even entire nations. Human error will always be a factor in sport. Passes will be dropped and easy shots missed, but nothing infuriates fans quite like officiating blunders and blatant cheating, And nothing arouses their curiosity more than circumstances so unusual that nobody is quite sure how the moment will be resolved.’
What follows is an inside view of sporting controversies in almost every sport – baseball, the Olympics, cricket, marathons, figure skating, tennis, swimming, boxing, motor racing - true stories of individuals and teams that leave us amazed. For every sports fan this is a resource for gaining in depth information on the famous and challenging controversies that have caused such consternation. A well-written, very fine book, rich in good-to-know facts.
October 31, 2019
I am not a huge sports buff but enjoyed reading about some of the greatest controversies in sports! There are some real great ones in here to read about too!!
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November 30, 2019
Life in sports is not easy when something bad happens and it changes the results of the game. Many are discussed in this book including the band of for football match
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