{"product_id":"9781399711470-my-sporting-life","title":"My Sporting Life","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMemories, moments and declarations. \u003ci\u003eMichael Parkinson recalls his sporting   life in this amusing memoir full of personality, anecdotes and insight. \u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A lovely kind of nostalgia, which colourises the black and white of yesteryear' - \u003ci\u003eThe Oldie Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eHe writes about them all with wonderful precision and a powerful evocation' - \u003ci\u003eRadio Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Like my father before me, I believe that both the playing and watching of sport can teach us important lessons about ourselves by providing practical instruction in co-operation, tests of resolve and temper'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Michael Parkinson it was never really in doubt that he would spend his life in sport. His father, a fearsome fast bowler himself, indoctrinated young Michael from an early age into the Yorkshire cricket tradition and supporting Barnsley FC. All he ever wanted was to play cricket for Yorkshire and England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe rose through the ranks of Barnsley cricket along with his friends Dickie Bird and Geoffrey Boycott. But while they went on to find fame on the field, he spent the next few decades watching, writing and talking about sport. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Sporting Life\u003c\/i\u003e is Sir Michael's love letter to sport, to the heroes and legends of his Yorkshire youth, to the characters of the international games he watched and wrote about, and to the very idea of sport itself. With warm humorous anecdotes about many icons of sport, from Shane Warne to George Best and Muhammad Ali to Fred Trueman, Sir Michael Parkinson reflects on his life writing about his one great passion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40522819338337,"sku":"9781399711470","price":17.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/c6eab10c400a9d4eb9503fbebc2e9e7b.jpg?v=1667433714","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399711470-my-sporting-life","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}