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Author: Christopher McDougall
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 415
ISBN-13: 0544147006
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Best American Sports Writing gathers the very best from sports journalists from the past year.
Author: David Halberstam
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 824
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCapturing 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.
Author: Gary Smith
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2001-08-06
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780802138491
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeyond the Game brings together the fifteen greatest stories by one of the most highly acclaimed sports journalists working today, Gary Smith. From the inspirational story of an extraordinary mentally retarded man named Radio and the high school football team that has adopted him for over thirty years, to the unforgettable profile of basketball coach Jim Valvano and his courageous battle against cancer, these stories are more than just great sportswriting. They are great writing, period. Each of Smith's stories -- of dreams and fears, failure and triumph, self-destruction and salvation -- will profoundly touch you and remain with you, long after you have closed the pages of this book. Book jacket.
Author: Glenn Stout
Publisher: Triumph Books
Published: 2021-10-05
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 1641257091
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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.
Author: Various
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2015-05-12
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 1598534173
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMen’s Journal’s “Ultimate Football Reading List” “First-rate” sports writing on American football from an all-star line-up that includes Red Smith, Jimmy Breslin, Michael Lewis, and more (Wall Street Journal) Since football’s meteoric rise in the mid-twentieth century, the standout writers on the sport have gone behind and beyond the spectacle to reveal the complexity, the contradictions, and the deeper humanity at the heart of the game. In a landmark collection, The Library of America brings together the very best of their work: gems of deadline reportage, incisive longform profiles of football’s storied figures, and autobiographical accounts by players and others close to the game. Celebrating the sport without shying away from its sometimes devastating personal and social costs, the forty-four pieces gathered here testify to football’s boundless capacity to generate outsized characters and memorable tales.
Author: Glenn Stout
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2012-10-23
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 054798538X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTim Tebow and the Denver Broncos, Roy Reigels in the 1929 Rose Bowl, Frank Reich and the Buffalo Bills during the 1993 NFL playoffs, Tracy McGrady and the Houston Rockets in 2004, the entire St. Louis Cardinals team in the 2011 World Series . . . What do these players have in common? Every one of them was on the brink of a humiliating defeat. But at the moment when they could have called it quits, they didn’t. These five real-life stories, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, will inspire readers young and old.
Author: Glenn Stout
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2020-11-03
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 0358181836
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: Bill Kartalopoulos
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 0358067286
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJillian Tamaki, co-author of This One Summer, picks the best graphic pieces of the year. "The pieces I chose were those that stuck with me, represented something important about comics in this moment, and exemplified excellence of the craft. Surveying the final collection, I'm moved by the variety of individual approaches. There are so many ways to make us care about little marks on a page."--Jillian Tamaki, from the introduction The Best American Comics 2019 showcases the work of established and up-and-coming artists, collecting work found in the pages of graphic novels, comic books, periodicals, zines, online, in galleries, and more, highlighting the kaleidoscopic diversity of the comics form today. Featuring Vera Brosgol, Eleanor Davis, Nick Drnaso, Margot Ferrick, Ben Passmore, John Porcellino, Joe Sacco, Lauren Weinstein, Lale Westvind, and others.
Author: Jason Wilson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 0544330153
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of the best travel writing pieces published in American periodicals during 2013.
Author: Glenn Stout
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 403
ISBN-13: 0544340051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe latest addition to the acclaimed series showcasing the best sports writing from the past year.
