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 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.

Real Sports Reporting

Author: Abraham Aamidor
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253216168
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 278

Book Description
Reprints over twenty selections of sports writing from print media across the United States, including beat coverage, and significant issues in sports reporting.

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 2020

Author: Jackie MacMullan
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 035819699X
Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 367

Book Description
For over twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has been a showcase for the most exceptional sports journalism of the previous year, selected by an acclaimed guest editor. Represented in this year's collection are giants in the field as well as up-and-coming writers to watch--the only shared traits among the diverse styles and voices are the extraordinarily high caliber of writing and the pure passion they tap into.

The Best American Sports Writing 2016

Author: Rick Telander
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0544618467
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 413

Book Description
For more than twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has curated the year’s finest sports journalism. Continuing the tradition in a long line of notable guest editors is Rick Telander, acclaimed journalist, author, and champion of the written word. His choices are defined by one shared thread: effort, on the part of athletes and writers alike. The physical strength it takes to play professional hockey and football, or for a forty-two-year-old writer to learn how to dunk in six months. The mental and emotional toughness needed to turn around a losing team, or to speak out about a coach. The careful striving to make everything seem effortless. This edition encompasses it all. The Best American Sports Writing 2016 includes Don Van Natta Jr. and Seth Wickersham, L. Jon Wertheim and Ken Rodriguez, Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru, Brett Popplewell, Alexandra Starr, Wright Thompson and others RICK TELANDER is a Chicago Sun-Times senior sports columnist and the Basketball Evangelist for Slam magazine. He has also written for Sports Illustrated and ESPN: The Magazine, and has been featured seven times in The Best American Sports Writing. He is the author of eight books, including Heaven Is a Playground and From Red Ink to Roses. GLENN STOUT, series editor of The Best American Sports Writing since its inception, is the author of Young Woman and the Sea and Fenway 1912.

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: Jackie MacMullan
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328507858
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 353

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 curates 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.

Big-Time Sports in American Universities

Author: Charles T. Clotfelter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108421121
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 403

Book Description
This book expands on the argument that spectator sports, despite their problems, have become a central function of American universities.

Lost In Summerland

Author: Barrett Swanson
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1640094199
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 342

Book Description
Barrett Swanson embarks on a personal quest across the United States to uncover what it means to be an American amid the swirl of our post-truth climate in this collection of critically acclaimed essays and reportage. A trip with his brother to a New York psychic community becomes a rollicking tour through the world of American spiritualism. At a wilderness retreat in Ohio, men seek a cure for toxic masculinity, while in the hinterlands of Wisconsin, antiwar veterans turn to farming when they cannot sustain the heroic myth of service. And when his best friend’s body washes up on the shores of the Mississippi River, he falls into the gullet of true crime discussion boards, exploring the stamina of conspiracy theories along the cankered byways of the Midwest. In this exhilarating debut, Barrett Swanson introduces us to a new reality. At a moment when grand unifying narratives have splintered into competing storylines, these critically acclaimed essays document the many routes by which people are struggling to find stability in the aftermath of our country’s political and economic collapse, sometimes at dire and disillusioning costs.