{"product_id":"power-players-sports-politics-and-the-american-presidency-hardcover","title":"Power Players: Sports, Politics, and the American Presidency - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Cillizza\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA colorful look at how modern presidents play sports, have used sports to play politics, and what our fan-in-chief can often tell us about our national pastimes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e POWER PLAYERS tells all the great stories of presidents and the sports they played, loved and spectated as a way to better understand what it takes to be elected to lead a country driven by sports fans of all stripes. While every modern president has used sports to relate to Joe Q. Public, POWER PLAYERS turns the lens around to examine how sports have shaped our presidents and made for some amazing moments in White House history, including: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDwight Eisenhower \u003c\/b\u003eplayed so much golf he had a putting green built outside the Oval Office! (He also almost died on a golf course while in office.) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e How\u003cb\u003e John F. Kennedy's\u003c\/b\u003e touch-football games with family were knowing plays to polish the Camelot mystique. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e People might not have related to the aloof and awkward \u003cb\u003eRichard Nixon\u003c\/b\u003e but, hey, he would bowl a few frames just like them. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRonald Reagan\u003c\/b\u003e didn't just play the part of \"The Gipper\" for the silver screen, but truly adopted the famous footballer's never-say-die persona. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGeorge H.W. Bush\u003c\/b\u003e once ran a horseshoe league from the White House - with a commissioner and brackets! (He would later claim to have come up with the fan expression, \"You da man.\") \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBill Clinton's\u003c\/b\u003e Arkansas Razorback fandom was so intense that he could be found shouting at the referees from a box at the basketball national championship game in 1994. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGeorge W. Bush's\u003c\/b\u003e not only owned the Texas Rangers but also threw out the most iconic first pitch ever in the 2001 World Series. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e What really went down when \u003cb\u003eBarack Obama\u003c\/b\u003e played pickup hoops with the North Carolina Tarheels. (He later won the state by .3 percent of the vote.) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDonald Trump\u003c\/b\u003e is the only president ever featured in a professional wrestling storyline--and everything real and fake that went with that. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e In the pages of POWER PLAYERS, a love of sports shines through as the key to understanding who these presidents \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e were and how they chose to play by the rules, occasionally bluff or cheat, all the while coaching the country into a few quality wins and some notorious losses.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Cillizza \u003c\/b\u003espent four years as an editor at large at CNN. While there, he built a brand called The Point, which included articles, YouTube videos, and a podcast. He also regularly appeared as a political analyst on CNN's airwaves. Prior to his time at CNN, Cillizza worked for a decade at the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, where he founded the political blog \u003ci\u003eThe Fix\u003c\/i\u003e and built a reputation as the source for fast, incisive analysis of the day's events. He was also a frequent TV guest across networks, appearing as an MSNBC political contributor for eight years. A graduate of Georgetown University, he lives in Virginia with his wife and two sons and is a die-hard Hoyas basketball fan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 8.8 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732403359807,"sku":"9781538720608","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6ff0991f848cd11d3ea15e9b34ed1130.webp?v=1765132354","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/power-players-sports-politics-and-the-american-presidency-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}