Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 8, 2023
A timely escape into sports history
Neil Steinberg/Sun-Times
Rich Cohen at Harry Caray’s in 2017. The Glencoe native’s 16th book chronicles the 1987/1988 NBA season, arguing it is the greatest ever.One problem with not following professional sports is that you are denied the distraction that sports offer from the woes of the world.
Which is why, over a weekend that saw a massive Hamas terror attack murder at least 700 Israelis, and Israeli counterstrikes kill hundreds of Palestinians, I was grateful to lose myself for a while in a new book by Rich Cohen, “When the Game was War: The NBA’s Greatest Season.”
