Dress Whites - Hardcover

Phillips, John: - John Phillips has led many lives: among them bartender, beauty products salesman, union representative, sportswriter. Running a bar was the best and worst of times. (Think sending a guy back to jail for burglary and having to pay off cops to ensure they'd be there when needed.) Of course, there were barroom dramas-good, bad, and just weird. All of it while trying to look the other way as Staten Island gave up guys to die in Vietnam and dancing as fast as he could to not be one of them.As a sportswriter, Phillips covered more than 60 world title fights and their scenes, filled with a wonderland of characters-many tough, decent, and funny, others cold-eyed predators, always, always on the hustle. Among other events he covered were the Olympics, World Series, Super Bowl, figure skating, tennis, and horse racing. He also reported from Cuba, where he spent three days in a hospital because he was dumb enough to drink unfiltered water at the airport.