Summary: For twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the past year, culled from hundreds of national, regional, and specialty print and digital publications. Wright Thompson, a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN: The Magazine, proves more than up to the task by curating this truly exceptional collection. The only...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015

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Summary: For more than twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has curated the year’s finest sports journalism. Continuing the tradition in a long line of notable guest editors is Rick Telander, acclaimed journalist, author, and champion of the written word. His choices are defined by one shared thread: effort, on the part of athletes and writers alike. The physical strength it takes to play...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016

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Deford, Frank.

Summary: The eminent sportswriter traces his career from his early years at "Sports Illustrated" in the 1960s to the present, interweaving a narrative of the history of American sportswriting with his own personal story.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2012

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Summary: Honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Sports Illustrated, this collection of stories and essays captures some of the moments in sports history and offers profiles on many of the sports figures.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sports Illustrated Books 2003

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Deford, Frank

Summary: "A contributing writer to Sports Illustrated for more than fifty years, and a longtime correspondent on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, these days Deford is perhaps best known for his ... commentaries on NPR's Morning Edition. Since 1980, Deford has recorded 1,600 of them, and in [this book] he brings together the very best, creating a ... wide-ranging look at athletes and the world of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2016

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Deford, Frank.

Summary: "The Best of Frank Deford: I'm Just Getting Started relates not only the specific and spectacular events that make up great sportswriting, but reflect through sports the larger world of American culture. The Best of Frank Deford features in-depth personal profiles of such legendary figures as Bobby Knight, Bill Russell, and Charles Barkley, and provides wry insight into the rapidly changing...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Triumph Books 2000

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Reilly, Rick.

Summary: 100 stories collected from Sports Illustrated.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sports Illustrated Books 2007

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Runyon, Damon

Contents: Introduction -- Characters and craftsmen -- Memorable moments -- World series -- Black sox -- Spring training -- Around the world -- Musings and (mostly) ordinary games.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2005

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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.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017

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DiCaro, Julie

Summary: "Shrill meets Brotopia in this personal and researched look at women's rights and issues through the lens of sports, from an award-winning sports journalist and women's advocate"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2021

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Barnes, Katie

Summary: "A richly reported and provocative look at the history of women's sports and the controversy surrounding trans athletes by a leading LGBTQ+ sports journalist. For decades women have been playing competitive sports thanks in large part to the protective cover of Title IX. Since passage of that law, the number of women participating in sports and the level of competition in high school, college,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023

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Harris, Duchess

Summary: Every day throughout the world, people watch newscasts, read newspapers, and consume news online. But what goes into producing that news? How Journalists Work goes behind the scenes to give readers a glimpse at how reporters gather and synthesize information to produce the news reports that keep us informed.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2018

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