| Description |
xxiii, 300 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction by Richard Ben Cramer -- Dusting off home / Joe Posnanski -- Lifelike / Susan Orlean -- The race of truth / Steve Friedman -- Swimming to Antarctica / Lynne Cox -- Beauty in the beast /Robert Draper -- The secret life of Mia Hamm / Gary Smith -- Growing up Mantle / Paul Solotaroff -- Home and away / Peter Hessler -- All the king's men: why the team that Jordan built fell to pieces / Michael Leahy -- The leap of his life / Peter de Jonge -- Making a play for players / Lisa Olson -- Friday night lite / Carlton Stowers -- Black Sunday / Charles P. Pierce -- A runaway win Cubs fans won't appreciate / Greg Couch -- Misery has more company / Bob Ryan -- An unconventional tradition of success / Ira Berkow -- Trying to find yourself in the toughest times / Mitch Albom -- A long strange trip / Stephen Rodrick -- Fishing the mainstream / Tommy Craggs -- Getting slammed / Guy Martin -- "No, not again!" / William Nack -- Galarraga steals base, stops time / Joan Ryan -- Playing against the clock / Rick Telander -- The fright stuff / Any Meisler -- Running for his life / Michael Hall -- At ease, at last / Bill Plaschke -- Biographical notes -- Notable sports writing of 2003. |
| Subject |
Sports -- United States.
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Sports literature -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Stout, Glenn, 1958-
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Cramer, Richard Ben.
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| ISBN |
0618251391 |
| ISSN |
1056-8034 |
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