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The Best American Sports Writing (Paperback, 2006 ed.)
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For fans of sports and just plain great writing, this collection of
twenty-seven of the finest pieces from the past year features
"outstanding sports reporting on a wealth of different topics"
(Booklist). Guest editor Michael Lewis, the best-selling author of
Moneyball and Coach, has assembled a compelling look at the sports
stories and issues that dominated 2005.
Pamela Colloff reports from the politically and sexually charged
world of competitive cheerleading in Texas. Paul Solotaroff meets
the star of the University of Georgia wrestling team, a
nineteen-year-old world-record weightlifter who was born with no
arms or legs. Ben Paynter travels the gay rodeo circuit. Pat Jordan
profiles the world's greatest poker player, a boyish
thirty-year-old whose mom still packs him a brown bag lunch. Jeff
Duncan travels to Florida, where a New Orleans high school and its
football program are picking up the pieces in the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina. We also discover Linda Robertson reporting on
the supersizing of NFL players. S. L. Price profiles the most
famous U.S. Paraolympian. Katy Vine introduces a girl who can dunk
-- in eighth grade -- and more.
The pieces in this outstanding volume show the true reach and
impact of sports, its importance often extending far beyond the
playing field. As Lewis writes in his introduction, "What's
reassuring about great sports writing is what's reassuring about
great sports performances: facing opposition, and often against the
odds, someone, at last, did something right."
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