{"product_id":"this-book-has-balls-sports-rants-from-the-mvp-of-talking-trash-9781501160325","title":"This Book Has Balls: Sports Rants from the MVP of Talking Trash","description":"The sports world according to Michael Rapaport--actor, Top 50 podcaster, award-winning film maker, and sports fanatic--from the greatest and downright worst athletes, players, teams, and jerseys, but minus statistics, analytics, or anything else that isn't pure hustle in this \"hell of a book\" (Shaquille O'Neal).In 1979, nine-year-old Michael Rapaport decided he was going to do whatever it took to be a pro baller. He practiced and practiced, but by the time he was fifteen, he realized there was no place for a slow, white Jewish kid in the NBA. So, he found another way to channel his obsession with sports: talking trash. In the \"crazy, passionate, funny and intense\" (Colin Cowherd) This Book Has Balls, Rapaport uses his signature smack-talk style and in-your-face humor to discuss everything from why LeBron will never be like Mike, that Tiger needs the ladies to get his golf game back, and how he once thought Mary Lou Retton was his true love. And, of course, why next year will be the year the New York Knicks win the championship. This book is a series of rants--some controversial, some affectionate, but all incredibly hilarious. \"Something is wrong with Michael Rapaport but that's what makes him right,\" (Charlamagne tha God).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRapaport, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Michael Rapaport is an actor, director, and comedian who's appeared on TV shows such as \u003ci\u003eFriends\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJustified\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe War at Home\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePrison Break\u003c\/i\u003e, and in films such as \u003ci\u003eTrue Romance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMighty Aphrodite\u003c\/i\u003e. He directed the award-winning 2011 documentary \u003ci\u003eBeats, Rhymes \u0026amp; Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest\u003c\/i\u003e and an ESPN \u003ci\u003e30 for 30\u003c\/i\u003e film \u003ci\u003eWhen The Garden Was Eden\u003c\/i\u003e that premiered in 2014. His sports podcast, \u003ci\u003eI Am Rapaport\u003c\/i\u003e, has almost two million monthly listeners and regularly makes the iTunes top 50. He's also a diehard Knicks fan. \u003ci\u003eThis Book Has Balls\u003c\/i\u003e is his first book.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50416449388818,"sku":"9781501160325","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6eb07934-d14b-41ef-9f28-2c9b2492abd8.jpg?v=1729421418","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-book-has-balls-sports-rants-from-the-mvp-of-talking-trash-9781501160325","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}