Product Description
Find out what happens when the final closet door–that of men in sports–finally swings open. Is there life for gay athletes after coming out to their teammates? Journalist Dan Woog, himself an openly gay soccer coach, interviewed dozens of gay jocks and offers over 25 inspiring stories of men who are truly today’s champions…. More >>
Jocks: True Stories of America’s Gay Male Athletes
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#1 by Alexander Nikolov on February 23, 2010 - 8:30 am
I was expecting to read about how an athlete feels with other men around, some real stories about their first times with another guy or even something like sex in the locker room. DO NOT BUY this book if you expect to be entertained in any way! The book is a boring compilation of coming-out stories, I only read it on the metro, so that I don’t get a hard-on… It is probably a good source of information about coming out as an athlete and if there is someone in the closet and plays sports at school or something – this may be a useful read. That’s why I gave it 2 stars. Honestly – don’t get that book if you expect something hot. I recommend Alex Buchman’s A Night At the Barracks – now that’s a hot read!
Rating: 2 / 5
#2 by Anonymous on February 23, 2010 - 10:54 am
I found this book a major disappointment. Based on the title and the cover I expected at least some slight erotic charge, but there’s nothing even remotely titillating about this book. In fact, the author wants us to believe that gay athletes never get off on seeing their teammates naked. Uh-huh. What is the point of kowtowing to the prejudices of straight America in a book shamelessly marketed to horny gays?
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Steven Smith on February 23, 2010 - 1:34 pm
I give credit to Dan Woog for undertaking such a project and writing this book. Unfortunately, good intentions don’t make for good reading. The book misrepresents itself. It’s strewn together in a haphazard fashion. Nothing ever gets tied together. The title is a bit misleading as well. I bet many people would see the title and cover (with a half-naked gay porn star in football jersey) and think it is a book about erotic encounters with athletes or something. Well it’s not. I don’t recommend this book to anyone. If I were Dan, and I’m not, I would partner with an expert writer and really do justice to this theme.
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by P. Brown on February 23, 2010 - 3:54 pm
The book covers a series of sports, but does not make for interestyin, or intriguing reading. A little too mundane and in some chapters quite verbose.
Rating: 2 / 5
#5 by jeda on February 23, 2010 - 4:56 pm
I’m not gay but I picked this up because I know Dan Woog and he’s a nice guy. I started reading and realized what gay people actually have to go through. It made me realize how lucky I am to be straight. It was very inspirational. Please buy this book, it will change and move you and all of Dan Woog’s book they are all good and moving and they will change you. Woog is a nice guy please support him by buying his great books.
Rating: 5 / 5