| Description |
xxxiv, 411 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Best American series |
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Best American series.
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| Note |
"A Mariner original"--T.p. |
| Contents |
The way it should be / Thomas Lake -- Shadow boxing / Wright Thompson -- Offensive play / Malcolm Gladwell -- The impossible redemption of Jonathan Boyer / Steve Friedman -- Whatever happened to Greg LeMond? / Mike Magnuson -- Ripped. (Or Torn Up?) / Cynthia Gorney -- The ghost course / David Owen -- Flat / Jennifer Kahn -- Close to home / John Brant -- (Still) Life / Skip Hollandsworth -- The NFL's Jackie Robinson / Alexander Wolff -- NBA leads this race / Bob Ryan -- Allonzo Trier is in the game / Michael Sokolove -- Failing our athletes / Bob Hohler -- The no-stats all-star / Michael Lewis -- This is your brain on football / Jeanne Marie Laskas -- This is Ted Johnson's brain / Robert Sanchez -- Scout's honor / Bill Plaschke -- Stay in the moment (with Doctor Baseball) / Karl Taro Greenfield -- The death of a pitcher / Eric Nusbaum -- Dream derailed / Mike Sielski -- The revolutionary / Richard Hoffer -- The ever elusive, always inscrutable, and still incomparable Bobby Orr / S. L. Price -- Life throws Bernie Kosar for a loss / Dan Le Batard -- The man who never was / Mike Sager -- Chasing Jose / Pat Jordan. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Presents essays about sports chosen from magazines and newspapers published in 2009, on topics ranging from bullfighting to basketball, baseball, and boxing. |
| Subject |
Sports -- United States.
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Sports literature -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Gammons, Peter.
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Stout, Glenn, 1958-
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| ISBN |
9780547152486 |
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0547152485 |
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