The best American sports writing. 2011 edited and with an introduction by Michael Wilbon ; Glenn Stout, series editor.
Material type: TextSeries: Best American seriesPublication details: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.Description: xix, 361 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780547336961
- 9780547336961
- PN4784.S6 B48 2011
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General circulation | Wote Campus Library General Stacks | PN4784.S6 B48 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | GM | 2016/011786 |
Foreword / [Glenn Stout] -- Introduction / [Michael Wilbon] -- The phenomenal son / Dave Sheinin -- Why you should care about cricket / Wright Thompson -- Allen Iverson: fallen star / Robert Huber -- Bad nights in the NFL / Thomas Lake -- Punched out: the life and death of a hockey enforcer / John Branch -- The ferocious life and tragic death of a Super Bowl Star / Paul Solotaroff with Rick Telander -- The People v. Football / Jeanne Marie Laskas -- The heart of football beats in Aliquippa / S. L. Price -- Frank's story / John Brant -- Fixing Diane's brain / Bill Donahue -- He do what he do / Michael Mooney -- The forgotten hero / Tim Layden -- The two-fisted, one-eyed misadventures of sportswriting's last badass / Alex Belth -- Something went very wrong at Toomer's Corner / Tommy Tomlinson -- The shame of college sports / Taylor Branch -- Staring down history / S.L. Price -- Boy genius / Jeré Longman -- Queen of the D-League / Ben McGrath -- Welcome to the Far Eastern Conference / Wells Tower -- The history (and mystery) of the high five / Jon Mooallem -- Contributor's notes -- Notable sports wriiting of 2011.
Presents essays about sports chosen from magazines and newspapers published in 2012, on topics ranging from bullfighting to basketball, baseball, and boxing.
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