{"product_id":"once-in-a-lifetime-the-incredible-story-of-the-new-york-cosmos-paperback","title":"Once in a Lifetime: The Incredible Story of the New York Cosmos - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGavin Newsham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"compelling . . . detailed and thoughtful account\" of the rise and fall of the Cosmos, New York's first superstar soccer team (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1977, soccer was poised to finally conquer America and the New York Cosmos were the premier sports team of the city. They boasted the greatest roster of the world's best players--notably, Brazil's international sensation Pelé--ever assembled for any sport. For a time, they were the darlings of the press. Their first game was televised in twenty-two different countries. They were favorites at Studio 54. They partied behind the velvet ropes with Andy Warhol and Mick Jagger. Less a growing sports phenom than a pop-culture happening, the hottest ticket in town drew the likes of Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, Henry Kissinger, and Robert Redford. Warner Brothers chairman and Cosmos owner Steve Ross may not have known a goalkeeper from a zookeeper, but in a city awash in celebrity and decadence, Ross knew spectacle. He also knew how to make a dollar, and stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as the Cosmos players soon became enmeshed in a world of millionaires, gangsters, groupies, glamour, power struggles, alcoholic excess, drugs, disco and very public fistfights, they were set for a heartbreaking and inevitable fall. \"Colorful and keen . . . [and] detail-rich, this unlikely drama of a quintessentially American flirtation\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), \"is a gripping evocation of a glorious but brief moment when the beautiful game had the US entranced\" (\u003ci\u003eTime Out London\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGavin Newsham\u003c\/b\u003e is the associate editor of the groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eGolf Punk\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and is a regular contributor to T\u003ci\u003ehe Observer's Sport Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London). For his first book, \u003ci\u003eLetting the Big Dog Eat\u003c\/i\u003e, a biography of the golfer John Daly, he was awarded the Best New Writer Award at the UK National Sports Book of the Year Awards in May 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8.26 x 5.64 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53457744560435,"sku":"9780802142887","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/0NigGBUqkH9780802142887.webp?v=1783106241","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/once-in-a-lifetime-the-incredible-story-of-the-new-york-cosmos-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}