| Description |
xxix, 377 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The best American series |
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Best American series.
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| Note |
"A Mariner original." |
| Contents |
William Perry / Rick Telander -- Barry Switzer laughs last / Pat Jordan -- A wonderful life / Dave Sheinin -- The outsized life of Muhammad Ali / David Remnick -- The spirit of a legend / Kurt Streeter -- 26.2 to life / Jesse Katz -- Lost in America / Luke Cyphers and Teri Thompson -- The away team / Alexis Okeowo -- Too fast to be female / Ruth Padawer -- The longest run / S. L. Price -- Why Steve Kerr sees life beyond the court / John Branch -- Four years student-athlete / Patrick Hruby -- Kaepernick is asking for justice, not peace / Bomani Jones -- Andrew Cuomo would have blacklisted Muhammad Ali / Dave Zirin -- Some very dirty tricks / John Colapinto -- Welcome to the big time / Don Van Natta Jr. -- Hooked for life / George Dohrmann -- The most successful female Everest climber of all time is a housekeeper in Hartford, Connecticut / Grayson Schaffer -- (Long) gone girl / Jon Billman -- The secret history of Tiger Woods / Wright Thompson -- Today, her whole life is a free skate / Terrence McCoy -- The shooter and the saint / Sean Flynn -- Sucker punch / Tim Elfrink -- Why one woman pretended to be a high-school cheerleader / Jeff Maysh -- Hit man / Dan Barry -- Serena Williams, Andy Murray and a political Wimbledon / Louisa Thomas -- Almost there / Roger Angell. |
| Summary |
An anthology of top-selected sports writing from the past year is culled from hundreds of national, regional, and specialty publications as well as a variety of leading sports blogs. |
| Subject |
Sports literature -- United States.
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Sports -- United States.
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Sports journalism -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Added Author |
Bryant, Howard, 1968- editor.
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Stout, Glenn, 1958- series editor.
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Telander, Rick, author.
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Jordan, Pat, author.
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Sheinin, Dave, author.
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Remnick, David, author.
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Streeter, Kurt, author.
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Katz, Jesse, author.
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Cyphers, Luke, author.
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Okeowo, Alexis, author.
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Padawer, Ruth, author.
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Price, S. L. (Scott L.), 1962- author.
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Branch, John (Sports reporter), author.
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Hruby, Patrick (Journalist), author.
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Jones, Bomani, author.
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Zirin, Dave, author.
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Colapinto, John, 1958- author.
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Van Natta, Don, 1964- author.
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Dohrmann, George, author.
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Schaffer, Grayson, author.
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Billman, Jon, author.
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Thompson, Wright, author.
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McCoy, Terrence, author.
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Flynn, Sean, 1964- author.
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Elfrink, Tim, author.
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Maysh, Jeff, author.
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Barry, Dan, 1958- author.
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Thomas, Louisa, author.
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Angell, Roger, author.
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| ISBN |
9780544821552 (paperback) |
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0544821556 (paperback) |
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