The Best American Sports Writing of the Century

Author: David Halberstam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 824

Book Description
Capturing the century's greatest moments in every sport from basseball to chess, these authors (Red Smith, Tom Boswell, John Updike, Jim Murray, Norman Mailer, W.C. Heinz, Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Breslin, Dick Schaap, David Remnick, Ring Lardner, Gay Talese, William Nack, Frank Deford, George Plimpton, Jon Krakauer) and their subjects (including Joe DiMaggio, Secretariat, Bobby Knight, and Muhammad Ali) reflect the rising societal importance of sports in this century, showing how sports have been shaped by such monumental events as war, the civil rights movement, and the changing economyomy.

The Best American Sports Writing 2020

Author: Jackie MacMullan
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0358181836
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 367

Book Description
The latest addition to the acclaimed series showcasing the best sports writing from the past year. For over twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the previous year, culled from hundreds of national, regional, and specialty print and digital publications. Each year, the series editor and guest editor curate a truly exceptional collection. The only shared traits among all these diverse styles, voices, and stories are the extraordinarily high caliber of writing, and the pure passion they tap into that can only come from sports.

The Year's Best Sports Writing 2021

Author: Glenn Stout
Publisher: Triumph Books
ISBN: 1641257091
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
A must-read collection featuring the best in sports journalism Glenn Stout, founding editor of the Best American Sports Writing, has curated an essential anthology showcasing incredible feats and diverse perspectives across the world of sports. Selected from a wide range of newspapers, magazines, and digital publications during the previous year, these stories capture enduring moments while celebrating the craft of writing at its most sublime. This extraordinary collection reveals the fascinating stories behind the sports we love, the competitors who push their boundaries, and the cultures they are ultimately embedded in.

The Best American Sports Writing 2019

Author: Charles Patrick Pierce
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328507858
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353

Book Description
Presents an anthology of the best sports writing published in the previous year, selected from American magazines and newspapers.

The Best American Sports Writing 2015

Author: Glenn Stout
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544340051
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 403

Book Description
The latest addition to the acclaimed series showcasing the best sports writing from the past year.

The Best American Sports Writing 2018

Author: Glenn Stout
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328846288
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 355

Book Description
The latest addition to the acclaimed series showcasing the best sports writing from the past year.

The Best American Sports Writing 2013

Author: Glenn Stout
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547884575
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 431

Book Description
J. R. Moehringer, a Pulitzer Prize–winning feature writer and the author of The Tender Bar, has selected the best in sports writing from the past year. Chosen from more than 350 national, regional, and specialty publications and, increasingly, the top sports blogs, this collection showcases those journalists who are at the top of their game.

The Best American Sports Writing 2017

Author: Rick Telander
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544821556
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 415

Book Description
The latest addition to the acclaimed series showcasing the best sports writing from the past year

The Best American Sports Writing 2014

Author: Christopher McDougall
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544147006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 415

Book Description
The Best American Sports Writing gathers the very best from sports journalists from the past year.

Rules of the Game

Author: Matthew Mills Stevenson
Publisher: American Retrospective
ISBN: 9781879957589
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Harper's Magazine has been America's preeminent monthly periodical for more than 150 years. Rules of the Game: The Best Sports Writing from Harper's Magazine takes a look into this storied magazine's unparalleled archive and uncovers funny, touching, exciting, intriguing stories of the sporting life, both professional and amateur, and what it means to us. These essays show that how we play and write about sports not only reflect our nation's character, but challenge it. Including stories from Mark Twain and James B. Connolly at the turn of the twentieth century, visiting with George Plimpton, Tom Wolfe, Bill Cardoso, and A. Bartlett Giamatti along the way, and continuing with Lewis Lapham, Rich Cohen, and Pat Jordan today, this collection is the definitive voice on sports-writing through the last hundred years. Edited by Matthew Stevenson and Michael Martin, with a humorous, insightful preface by Roy Blount Jr. (Fifth in the American Retrospective Series.)