{"product_id":"more-than-just-a-game-soccer-vs-apartheid-the-most-important-soccer-story-ever-told-9780312607166","title":"More Than Just a Game: Soccer vs. Apartheid: The Most Important Soccer Story Ever Told","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimed perfectly for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Chuck Korr and Marvin Close's \u003ci\u003eMore Than Just a Game\u003c\/i\u003e tells the timeless true story of how political prisoners under apartheid found hope and dignity through soccer. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the hell that was Robben Island, inmates united courageously in an act of protest. Beginning in 1964, they requested the right to play soccer during their exercise periods. Denied repeatedly, they risked beatings and food deprivation by repeating their request for three years. Finally granted this right, the prisoners banded together to form a multi-tiered, pro-level league that ran for more than two decades and served as an impassioned symbol of resistance against apartheid. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFormer Robben Island inmate Nelson Mandela noted in the documentary \u003ci\u003eFIFA: 90 Minutes for Mandela, \u003c\/i\u003eSoccer is more than just a game.... The energy, passion, and dedication this game created made us feel alive and triumphant despite the situation we found ourselves in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4882282\"\u003eChuck Korr\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4882283\"\u003eMarvin Close\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312607166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312607164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SPO\"\u003eSports \u0026amp; Recreation\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SPO040000\"\u003eSoccer\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS047000\"\u003eAfrica | South | Republic of South Africa\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SPO\"\u003eSports \u0026amp; Recreation\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SPO066000\"\u003eCultural \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHUCK KORR is professor emeritus of history at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Baseball As We Knew It \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWest Ham United. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has been published in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand has appeared on ESPN and CNN\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMARVIN CLOSE is a scriptwriter in the United Kingdom.","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44528130261229,"sku":"9780312607166","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_20fc2479-ea08-45b6-abc1-7d95412b6a3f.jpg?v=1701384475","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/more-than-just-a-game-soccer-vs-apartheid-the-most-important-soccer-story-ever-told-9780312607166","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}