No aspect of our culture has escaped the discerning eyes of the editors at The Onion—and now, with The Ecstasy of Defeat, sports gets its turn in the spotlight. Celebrate the launch at powerHouse.

About The Ecstasy of Defeat:

From hockey rinks to tennis courts, football stadiums to baseball diamonds (and yes, even, begrudgingly, soccer pitches), no jockstrap remains unturned in The Onion's quest for journalistic excellence.

Articles include:
• Brett Favre Demands Trade to 1996 Packers
• Barry Bonds Took Steroids, Reports Everyone Who Has Ever Watched Baseball
• Creepy Lifeguard Turns Out to Be Nine-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Mark Spitz
• Pilgrims Depart for America to Escape Horrible Oppression of Soccer
• Augusta National Honors Tiger Woods With Own Drinking Fountain
• Lance Armstrong Wants to Tell Nation Something But Nation Has to Promise Not to Get Mad
• Michael Phelps Returns To His Tank At Sea World
• Somalia Defeats Rwanda To Win Third-World Cup

About The Onion:

Originally founded in 1988 as a weekly college newspaper, The Onion is the world's most popular humor publication, misinforming more than 1.5 million readers in print and 7.5 million online each month. More than a million copies of its various books have been sold to date, beginning with Our Dumb Century, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

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