The best American sports writing 2013
By: edited and with an introduction by J.R. Moehringer ; Glenn Stout, series editor
Series: The Best American series; Best American series
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780547884608
Subjects: Sports journalism; American essays; Sports literature; Sports
Description: Essays about sports chosen from magazines and newspapers published in 2013, on topics ranging from bullfighting to basketball, baseball, and boxing.
Notes: "A Mariner original."
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Glenn Stout; title: Introduction  -- J.R. Moehringer; title: The blind faith of the one-eyed matador  -- Karen Russell; title: The most amazing bowling story ever  -- Michael J. Mooney; title: The legacy of Wes Leonard  -- Thomas Lake; title: Mourning glory  -- Chris Ballard; title: The gym at Third and Ross  -- Bill Littlefield; title: Arrowhead anxiety  -- Kent Babb; title: End game  -- Jason Schwartz; title: It's not about the lab rats  -- Bill Gifford; title: Eddie is gone  -- Nicole Pasulka; title: The game of his life  -- Jonathan Segura; title: The making of "Homer at the bat", the episode that conquered prime time 20 years ago tonight  -- Erik Malinowski; title: At swim, two girls : a memoir  -- Bridget Quinn; title: At the corner of love and basketball  -- Allison Glock; title: Special team  -- Rick Reilly; title: The strongest man in the world  -- Burkhard Bilger; title: Caballo Blanco's last run  -- Barry Bearak; title: Marathon man  -- Mark Singer; title: Redemption of the running man  -- Dan Koeppel; title: Running  -- Cinthia Ritchie; title: Goal to go  -- Charles Siebert; title: Fear the bird  -- David Simon; title: Why don't more athletes take a stand?  -- Gary Smith; title: Did football kill Austin Tenum  -- Patrick Hruby; title: Urban Meyer will be home for dinner  -- Wright Thompson; title: The NFL's secret drug problem  -- Paul Solotaroff; title: Waiting for Goodell  -- Jeff MacGregor; title: Contributors' notes --; title: Notable sports writing of 2012.