The best American sports writing
By: edited and with an introduction by Rick Telander ; Glenn Stout, series editor
Contributors: Calkins, Matt; Knight, Sam (Samuel); Ballard, Chris; Friedman, Steve, 1955-; Cross, Kim (Kimberly Hisako), 1976-; Saslow, Eli; Moscowitz, Eric; Wiewiora, Chris; McKnight, Michael; Van Leuven, Chris
Series: The best American series; Best American series
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780544617315
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Sports journalism; Sports literature; Sports
Notes: "A Mariner original."
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Glenn Stout; title: Introduction / Rick Telander; title: It's only a few words, but it's motivation from Lynch / Matt Calkins; title: Follow the white ball / Sam Knight; title: Revenge of the Nerds / Chris Ballard; title: Spun / Steve Friedman; title: The king of tides / Kim Cross; title: "Why him, why me?" / Eli Saslow; title: Her decision, their life / Eric Moskowitz; title: Board in the Florida suburbs / Chris Wiewiora; title: Learn to dunk / Michael McKnight; title: Going home / Chris van Leuven; title: Zilong Wang and the cosmic tale of the white dragon horse and the karmic moonbeams of destiny that restored all faith in humanity / John Brant; title: A long walk's end / William Browning; title: The high life and fast times of Jim Dent / Michael J. Mooney; title: Smack epidemic / L. Jon Wertheim and Ken Rodriguez; title: The most dangerous man in football / Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada; title: Meet Mago, former heavyweight / Dan Berry; title: He's the last boxer to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr., and he so regrets it / Sam Borden; title: Stopping the fight / Brett Popplewell; title: A woman fell from a stadium / Michael Rosenberg; title: Hold on, boys / John Branch; title: American hustle / Alexandra Starr; title: Ruck and roll / Steve Rushin; title: There's somebody ruthless on the way / Chris Jones; title: The greatest hitter who ever lived on / Wright Thompson; title: The Patriot way / Don van Natta Jr. and Seth Wickersham; title: Rotten ice / Gretel Ehrlich; title: About winning / Henley O'Brien.