The best American sports writing, 1992
By: edited and with an introduction by Thomas McGuane ; series editor Glenn Stout
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780395603406; 9780395603413
Subjects: Literary collections; Sports stories; Sports
Table of contents: title: Shadow of a nation  -- Gary Smith; title: Muhammad Ali, the Mongoose, and me  -- George Plimpton; title: Rodeo  -- Thomas Mallon; title: They shoot heroes, don't they?  -- David Von Drehle; title: Center of gravity  -- Timothy Dwyer; title: A painter on a planet of blind people  -- Michael Disend; title: Stealth bomber  -- Joe Sexton; title: A winter grouse  -- Sydney Lea; title: For Ali, greatness takes another form  -- William Gildea; title: Glory denied  -- Bryan Woolley; title: The throes of tossing a baseball  -- Peter Gammons; title: O unlucky man  -- William Nack; title: Mountain spirits  -- James Kilgo; title: The power and the gory  -- Paul Solotaroff; title: Bird-to-bird combat  -- Karen Uhlenhuth; title: Indy visible  -- Mike Kupper; title: Donfire of the vanities  -- Mike Lupica; title: What made Bobby run?  -- Linda Robertson; title: The man in the mask  -- John Marchese; title: Citizen Ryan  -- Leigh Montville; title: A hero for the wired world  -- David Halberstam; title: The hustler  -- Donna St. George; title: Armed and considered dangerous  -- Jan Reid; title: Alone across the burn  -- Craig Medred; title: Why the NBA isn't as offensive as you think -- Dave Barry.