What Were They Thinking?: The Brainless Blunders That Changed Sports History Book

EBook Description: Harper | 2009-05-01 | ISBN: 0061699926 | 256 pages | PDF | 2,6 MB<br>In 1919, the Boston Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees to finance a Broadway show. In 1968, NBC turned off the Jets-Raiders game with only seconds left to show the made-for-TV movie Heidi. In 1994, Tonya Harding decided the best way to win Olympic gold was by taking out Nancy Kerrigan's kneecap. In all of these situations, and many, many more, there is just one question fans can ask: What were they thinking?!<br>In these pages, sportswriter and fellow fan Kyle Garlett recounts the top sports blunders that made you tear out your hair, beat your chest in agony, and yell at the TV until your neighbors called the cops. Whether it's boneheaded coaches, idiotic general managers, or temporarily insane players, every fan has seen his team go from the brink of victory to total defeat for no logical reason. Whether it's baseball, football, golf, hockey, or any other sport, you'll discover what really happened during these painful moments and why they ended up the unbelievable way they did.

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La Vraie Durete du Mental Hockey et Philosophie Book

Pu Laval | 2009 | ISBN: 2763788688 | 262 pages | PDF | 1,4 MB
Table des mati�res
Pr�face � Pense et compte . XI
Introduction 1
La philosophie du sport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Un examen philosophique du hockey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Premi�re p�riode
Philosophie sociale et politique
� O n est Canayen ou ben on l�est pas �
Hockey, nationalisme et identit�s au Qu�bec et au Canada . 9
Tony Patoine
Hockey, Don Cherry et le Canadian way of life sur CBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Le hockey et le nationalisme qu�b�cois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Le Canadien de Montr�al : barom�tre et miroir du Nous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Une �quipe Qu�bec ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Hockey et politique, m�me combat ! . 27
Jean-Claude Simard
Les salaires au hockey : un scandale ? 43
Mario Jodoin
La fixation des salaires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Le salaire de subsistance et la Loi d�airain des salaires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
L�offre et la demande . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
La productivit� . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Autres d�terminants des salaires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Salaire et justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Le juste salaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Justice et �galitarisme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Revenus hors normes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Et alors : Scandale ou juste r�mun�ration ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Deuxi�me p�riode
Mythologie et m�taphysique
Le processus d�h�ro�sation du Rocket 63
Julie Perrone
Maurice Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Maurice Richard le h�ros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
D�finition du H�ros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Devenir un h�ros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
H�ros et philosophie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Entre l��tang gel� et le Centre Bell ou comment retricoter
le mythe de la Sainte-Flanelle 73
Anouk B�langer et Fannie Valois-Nadeau
De la logique du spectacle marchand � la gen�se
du Canadien de Montr�al . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Naissance d�un symbole canadien-fran�ais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Le spectacle m�diatis� du sport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
La formidable co�ncidence du mythe et du capital� les stars du hockey . . . 87
Le spectacle d�un mythe� et la participation des amateurs . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Mythologie, sport et soci�t� . 95
Jean-Fran�ois Dor�
Un peu de philologie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Fonctions du mythe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Nature du mythe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
La diffusion de la mythologie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Les h�ros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
L�Iliade, chant XXIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
La m�taphysique du hockey . 115
Jean Grondin
Une m�taphysique nordique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Mon pays, c�est le hockey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Une m�taphysique plut�t physique : la guerre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Une m�ritocratie dans une soci�t� � l�id�ologie �galitaire :
les meilleurs gagnent (le plus souvent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Le d�passement de soi collectif, mais aussi individuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
La transformation m�taphysique et m�diatique du hockey moderne . . . . . 124
Troisi�me p�riode
Enjeux �thiques et esth�tiques
�loge des matchs nuls 129
Daniel M. Weinstock
Le point sur les poings . 143
Christian Boissinot
Le discours des pro-bagarres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
De la nature du hockey � la nature humaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
La sacro-sainte tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
L�argument �conomique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Ouverture : le vrai combat � mener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
�l�ments d�esth�tique du hockey . 167
Normand Baillargeon
L�esth�tique en philosophie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Exp�rience, attitude et jugement esth�tiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Drogue et hockey : un samedi soir chez Paulo . 181
Normand Baillargeon
Prolongation
Un match � oublier ! 199
Jon Paquin
1. Int�rieur � une chambre de joueurs de hockey � soir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
2. Int�rieur � patinoire de hockey � soir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
3. Int�rieur � chambre des joueurs � soir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Pour un hockey kantien . 213
Chantal Santerre avec la collaboration de Normand Baillargeon
L��thique de Kant et l��thique utilitariste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Que faire ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Que ferait donc un utilitariste devant le cas imagin� ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Prol�gom�nes � tout hockey futur qui voudra se pr�senter
comme kantien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Premier principe : le respect des r�gles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Deuxi�me principe : le respect des personnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Troisi�me principe : responsabilit� et devoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Coup d�oeil sur un hockey kantien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Prospective : un plan de match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Kierkegaard et l�art de garder les buts au hockey . 231
par Charles Le Blanc
Pr�liminaires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Le concept d�angoisse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Le masque ou la pseudonymie �lective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Les stades de l�existence et les styles du gardien de but . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Fusillade
Des Ha�tiens, le hockey et quelques �l�ments
de philosophie de la culture 245
Rodney Saint-�loi
Pr�sentation des auteurs 257
Bibliographie . 261
Remerciements 275

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What Were They Thinking?: The Brainless Blunders That Changed Sports History Book

Harper | 2009-05-01 | ISBN: 0061699926 | 256 pages | PDF | 2,6 MB
In 1919, the Boston Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees to finance a Broadway show. In 1968, NBC turned off the Jets-Raiders game with only seconds left to show the made-for-TV movie Heidi. In 1994, Tonya Harding decided the best way to win Olympic gold was by taking out Nancy Kerrigan's kneecap. In all of these situations, and many, many more, there is just one question fans can ask: What were they thinking?!
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What Were They Thinking?: The Brainless Blunders That Changed Sports History Book

Harper | 2009-05-01 | ISBN: 0061699926 | 256 pages | PDF | 2,6 MB
In 1919, the Boston Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees to finance a Broadway show. In 1968, NBC turned off the Jets-Raiders game with only seconds left to show the made-for-TV movie Heidi. In 1994, Tonya Harding decided the best way to win Olympic gold was by taking out Nancy Kerrigan's kneecap. In all of these situations, and many, many more, there is just one question fans can ask: What were they thinking?!
In these pages, sportswriter and fellow fan Kyle Garlett recounts the top sports blunders that made you tear out your hair, beat your chest in agony, and yell at the TV until your neighbors called the cops. Whether it's boneheaded coaches, idiotic general managers, or temporarily insane players, every fan has seen his team go from the brink of victory to total defeat for no logical reason. Whether it's baseball, football, golf, hockey, or any other sport, you'll discover what really happened during these painful moments and why they ended up the unbelievable way they did.

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