Sporting Moustaches

<p class=ql-align-justify>Thirteen tall tales about the role facial hair has played in athletics and competition over the years <em>Sporting Moustaches</em> puts the ache in moustache. Whiskers are wrapped around sticks bats clubs paddles chess pieces and shotglasses woven into ropes nets arrow strings and even other whiskers. The stories touch on the idea of the playoff beard superstitions Movember The Cleveland Curse mid-20th century American values eschewing all but the clean shaven and how in the 1978 Chess World Championship the opponents accused each other of using psychic powers. There are of course more than a few allusions to Burt Reynolds. Packed with puns and pop culture references galore <em>Sporting Moustaches</em> is a tribute to those who kept their head in the game.</p><p><br></p>