In this exciting new collection, William Nack, veteran sportswriter
and author of the classic Secretariat, honors the year's finest
sports journalism and thus upholds the tradition that began
seventeen years ago, with David Halberstam at the helm. In these
pages, you will find the most provocative, compelling, tragic, and
triumphant moments in sports from 2007, captured by the knights of
the keyboard who make sports come alive for us day after day, week
after week, year after year.
Here you'll find Paul Solotaroff's excellent and uncompromising
take on the neglect that a growing number of crippled NFL players
continually face from the NFL players' union. Jeanne Marie Laskas's
"G-L-O-R-Y!" offers a rousing inside look at the pregame rituals of
the Cincinnati Bengals cheerleaders. A riveting online diary by
Wright Thompson reveals a bleak and merciless landscape in China,
which that country's government would rather not have the world see
during preparations for the Olympics.
Nack finds a place for the fascinating offbeat story as well as
the sensational. Alongside Eli Saslow's captivating article about
an obscure seventeenth-century sport, similar to a giant rugby
scrum, carried out in the streets of Kirkwall, Scotland, stands
Franz Lidz's "scoop of the year," a controversial and rare look
into the life of George Steinbrenner, baseball's largest but
recently most enigmatic figure.
This year's collection marks another wonderful addition to "one of
the most consistently satisfying titles in the Best American
series" (Booklist).
Contributors include Scott Price, Rick Bragg, Gary Smith, J.R.
Moehringer, and others.
General
| Imprint: |
Mariner Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Best American |
| Release date: |
September 2010 |
| First published: |
October 2010 |
| Authors: |
Peter Gammons
• Glenn Stout
|
| Dimensions: |
207 x 140 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
448 |
| Edition: |
2010 ed. |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-547-15248-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Sport & Leisure >
Sports & outdoor recreation >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-547-15248-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780547152486 |
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