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Losing Isn’t Everything audiobook

  • By: Curt Menefee
  • Narrator: Curt Menefee
  • Category: General, Sports & Recreation
  • Length: 8 hours 33 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: November 01, 2016
  • Language: English
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Losing Isn’t Everything Audiobook Summary

A refreshing and thought-provoking look at athletes whose legacies have been reduced to one defining moment of defeat–those on the flip side of an epic triumph–and what their experiences can teach us about competition, life, and the human spirit.

Every sports fan recalls with amazing accuracy a pivotal winning moment involving a favorite team or player–Henry Aaron hitting his 715th home run to pass Babe Ruth; Christian Laettner’s famous buzzer beating shot in the NCAA tournament for Duke. Yet lost are the stories on the other side of these history-making moments, the athletes who experienced not transcendent glory but crushing disappointment: the cornerback who missed the tackle on the big touchdown; the relief pitcher who lost the series; the world-record holding Olympian who fell on the ice.

In Losing Isn’t Everything, famed sportscaster Curt Menefee, joined by bestselling writer Michael Arkush, examines a range of signature “disappointments” from the wide world of sports, interviewing the subject at the heart of each loss and uncovering what it means–months, years, or decades later–to be associated with failure. While history is written by the victorious, Menefee argues that these moments when an athlete has fallen short are equally valuable to sports history, offering deep insights into the individuals who suffered them and about humanity itself.

Telling the losing stories behind such famous moments as the Patriots’ Rodney Harrison guarding the Giants’ David Tyree during the “Helmet Catch” in Super Bowl XLII, Mary Decker’s fall in the 1984 Olympic 1500m, and Craig Ehlo who gave up “The Shot” to Michael Jordan in the 1989 NBA playoffs, Menefee examines the legacy of the hardest loses, revealing the unique path that athletes have to walk after they lose on their sport’s biggest stage. Shedding new light some of the most accepted scapegoat stories in the sports cannon, he also revisits both the Baltimore Colts’ loss to the Jets in Super Bowl III, as well as the Red Sox loss in the 1986 World Series, showing why, despite years of humiliation, it might not be all Bill Buckner’s fault.

This considered and compassionate study offers invaluable lessons about pain, resilience, disappointment, remorse, and acceptance that can help us look at our lives and ourselves in a profound new way.

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Losing Isn’t Everything Audiobook Narrator

Curt Menefee is the narrator of Losing Isn’t Everything audiobook that was written by Curt Menefee

Curt Menefee is the long-time host of Fox NFL Sunday, and was a sports reporter for MSG Network’s Sportsdesk show and the sports anchor for WNYW Fox flagship station in New York.

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Curt Menefee is the author of Losing Isn’t Everything

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Narrator Curt Menefee
Length 8 hours 33 minutes
Author Curt Menefee
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date November 01, 2016
ISBN 9780062564948

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The publisher of the Losing Isn’t Everything is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is General, Sports & Recreation

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The publisher of the Losing Isn’t Everything is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062564948.

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Goodreads Reviews

Michael

April 27, 2018

This is an absolutely terrific book that will be misunderstood by most.First, I'm a clinician in NYC who has worked with a number of elite individuals, including household named athletes, those whom our culture admires as being the best of the best. I've seen their highs (as likely you have) and I've worked with them through their lows. While each has their own story defining the reason(s) behind their drive to achieve, they are all alike in having an immense fear of mediocrity. As a result, they are people for whom unresolved public failure can have catastrophic consequence. To say "It's just a game" is to misunderstand everything that they are about. The book is not perfect, but it is unique in attempting to better understand the guilt, grief and shame associated with a pubic failure. Sports fandom is unique. Fans often believe (truly believe) that they are assisting "their team" or an individual athlete by wearing a team shirt, putting on a lucky hat, or just simply watching. Research has shown that when the athlete or team being rooted for loses, the fans also experience negative physical, hormonal and psychological changes. As a result, the spectator (as well as the athlete) experiences a unique response that is felt very personally and may contribute to perpetuating the athlete's trauma years, even decades, after the event - "Hey aren't you the guy who lost to Connors?", "Are't you the guy who dropped the ball?" These are stories about those whom our culture views as "super-human", simply being human. Bravo Mr. Menefee

Parker

May 24, 2017

Losing Isn't Everything by Curt Menefee is about a bunch of athletes that are super good and then they fail at something big. And then they can't recover from the fail that they had. I liked this book because it was really meaningful to me. I realized that if I lose something big then I can move on I can't sit on my butt and wait for life to pass by. I also realized that one thing in life that happedned doesn't matter if you just keep pushing on then you can become something amazing. I have a connection to this book about pushing through it. This year people have been spreading rumors about me and it hurts. But I don't let it bother me and I just love life. I think the theme of this book is get over it. The reason why I say that is that if you get over it then you can become something amazing and it will help you grow too.

Arza

January 23, 2019

Excellent book, detailing how some of the toughest losses in sports history happened, what led up to them, how the "losers" reacted; both immediately and in the long term, and why the loss isn't always as bad as it's made out to be. Were it not for some coarse language (which most of it came from direct quotations from the athletes), this would be a 5-Star.

Patrick

May 25, 2019

This book is great! Some will not "get it, get it;" however, for most this book is just a great read. Curt let's the series of story "be" the story. Good book even for those who are not big time sports fans. I loved it.

Eric

July 26, 2017

I appreciated the idea of this book and have enjoyed sharing some of the stories, especially the Red Sox.

Doreen

June 08, 2018

I actually won this book in a giveaway and never received it . --- so I can write a review on something I never received from the publisher. are one of our Giveaways lucky winners! You will soon receive a free copy of Losing Isn't Everything: The Untold Stories and Hidden Lessons Behind the Toughest Losses in Sports History in the mail. Please allow a few weeks for shipping. Don’t forget to add the book to your Goodreads currently-reading shelf, and we encourage you to also add it to a “giveaways” shelf when you are done reading. Posting a review is optional, but please keep in mind that reviewing the book is in the spirit of Giveaways. Publishers provide free copies to Goodreads in hopes of getting early feedback about the book. If you have further questions, please contact Dey Street Books, I contacted Dey Street Books and DID NOT get a reply.

Karen & Gerard

December 07, 2016

Losing Isn't Everything--The UNTOLD STORIES and HIDDEN LESSONS--Behind the TOUGHEST LOSSES in SPORTS HISTORY by Curt Meneffe with Michael Arkush is a winner! This book tells the story of people who were on a big sports stage and came out on the losing side. I found it interesting to see what they were thinking during the games and how they dealt with defeat. If you are a sports fan, then this book is for you! You know how the winners felt because they are on TV and social media, but this book shows how the losing side feels. (Gerard's review)

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