“A surprising and rewarding new book.” � American Photo (Sept./Oct. 2006) �The work of the best sports photographers reaches the level of art with striking regularity…. A Year in Sports by renowned photographer Neil Leifer, 63, grew out of an assignment from SI to spend 2005 revisiting all of the top sporting events that he�d covered as a younger man, when he was a staff photographer for the magazine. This dream job, which he delightedly dubbed the Neil Leifer Senior Citizen Tour, took him and his camera to all of the year�s top sports events, from the Texas Rose Bowl victory over Michigan on New Year�s Day, to Giacomo�s late-spring Kentucky Derby triumph, to the Chargers� December upset of the previously undefeated Colts. The resulting book, with an introduction by Frank Deford, will appeal to anyone who loves either photography or sports. For those who love both, it is a little bit of paradise.� � Sports Illustrated. November 6, 2006 Celebration of a year’s great sporting events from the Rose Bowl in January to the U.S. Figure Skating Challenge in December by Neil Leifer, one of the best photographers of our time. Neil Leifer is a master of the art of sports photography. Among his wellknown images is a victorious Muhammad Ali having just defeated Sonny Liston in Lewiston, Maine, considered by many the best sports picture of all time. More than forty-five years after publishing Leifer�s first photograph in Sports Illustrated, the current editor assigned him to go on a year-long shooting spree. It was a chance for Leifer to go back in time and shoot many of the same events that he had photographed in the past. The awesome results of his coverage of thirty-two extraordinary events over the course of a year are featured in this captivating book. Included are such exciting events as the World Series, the British Open at St. Andrews, Scotland, the Super Bowl, the Kentucky Derby, the Daytona 500, Wimbledon, and the Tour de France. Supplementing these recent images are vintage pictures from Leifer�s archives that illustrate how sports and sports photography have changed over the decades. Award-winning sportswriter Frank Deford provides a lively, anecdotal introduction commenting on Leifer�s artistry, composition, and ability to freeze time in just the right moment. In addition, Leifer contributes a preface providing insight into his remarkable career witnessing the world�s greatest sports competitions and also offers introductions to each month�s celebrated events. For anyone who loves sports or great sports photography, this is a must-have book or prized gift. Neil Leifer is credited with more than 200 covers for Sports Illustrated, Time, and People. He has also produced twelve books and works as a film director/producer for documentary, short, and feature-length films. Leifer lives in New York City where he was born. Frank Deford is the senior contributing writer at Sports Illustrated and a regular commentator on National Public Radio and HBO�s RealSports with Bryant Gumbel. The author of fourteen books, he has won numerous awards including Sportswriter of the Year and a Peabody Award. 230 illustrations