The Reason For Sports: A Christian Manifesto

Three cheers for...Cheating, Pride, and Greed?

How can fans enjoy sports today with its strutting players, must-win attitudes, and big-contract demands? And should Christians root, root, root for the home team when players strike, gripe, or are found using drugs to enhance their performance?

Ted Kluck, who himself has played semipro football and trained with pro boxers and pro wrestling wannabes, answers these questions in an irreverent and contrarian look at the world of sports. He concludes that competition can teach us much about living and giving.

As sports journalist Kluck entertains, he also spotlights a set of colorful characters well known and lesser know, including:

- Harold Abrahams

- Tom Brady

- Mallory Holtman

- Dwight Howard

- Tony Mandarich

- Jerrell Powe

- Alex Rodriguez

- Mike Tyson