The best American sports writing 2006 / edited and with an introduction by Michael Lewis ; Glenn Stout, series editor.

Contributor(s): Stout, Glenn, 1958- | Lewis, MichaelMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2006Description: xxiii, 386 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 0618470212; 9780618470211; 0618470220 (pbk.); 9780618470228 (pbk.)Subject(s): Sports -- United States | Sports literature -- United StatesDDC classification: 814/.5408 LOC classification: PS684.S66 | B47 1996
Contents:
There is nothing special about Kyle Maynard / Paul Solotaroff -- Desire without end / Jeff Duncan -- The girl / Kurt Streeter -- Flipping out / Pamela Colloff -- Dirty moves / James Brown -- Driving lessons / Steve Friedman -- Card stud / Pat Jordan -- A tormented soul / Greg Garber -- Stealing time / David Grann -- Standing still / Dan Koeppel -- Fallen angel / Steve Oney -- The sprinter / S.L. Price -- Saved by sports / L. Jon Wertheim -- The unnatural natural / J.R. Moehringer -- The cult of the general manager / Neal Pollack -- What goes ninety-five miles per hour for seventeen days straight through mud, sand, high-speed smashups, and marauding bandits / Jonathan Miles -- The shadow boxer / Gary Smith -- She's here she's queer she's fired / Pamela Colloff -- So you wanna be a cowboy / Ben Paynter -- Mom's the word / Jeff Pearlman -- XXL / Linda Robertson -- Clang / Michael Sokolove -- Brooklyn Heights / Katy Vine -- The magician / Pat Jordan -- Making the time count / Kurt Streeter -- Raising the dead / Tim Zimmermann -- A (fishing) hole in one / Charlie Schroeder.
Summary: Presents a collection of over twenty-five articles about sports, originally published in 2005 and selected by editor Michael Lewis, including pieces by David Grann, Jon Wertheim, Kurt Streeter, and more.
Item type: Reference
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There is nothing special about Kyle Maynard / Paul Solotaroff -- Desire without end / Jeff Duncan -- The girl / Kurt Streeter -- Flipping out / Pamela Colloff -- Dirty moves / James Brown -- Driving lessons / Steve Friedman -- Card stud / Pat Jordan -- A tormented soul / Greg Garber -- Stealing time / David Grann -- Standing still / Dan Koeppel -- Fallen angel / Steve Oney -- The sprinter / S.L. Price -- Saved by sports / L. Jon Wertheim -- The unnatural natural / J.R. Moehringer -- The cult of the general manager / Neal Pollack -- What goes ninety-five miles per hour for seventeen days straight through mud, sand, high-speed smashups, and marauding bandits / Jonathan Miles -- The shadow boxer / Gary Smith -- She's here she's queer she's fired / Pamela Colloff -- So you wanna be a cowboy / Ben Paynter -- Mom's the word / Jeff Pearlman -- XXL / Linda Robertson -- Clang / Michael Sokolove -- Brooklyn Heights / Katy Vine -- The magician / Pat Jordan -- Making the time count / Kurt Streeter -- Raising the dead / Tim Zimmermann -- A (fishing) hole in one / Charlie Schroeder.

Presents a collection of over twenty-five articles about sports, originally published in 2005 and selected by editor Michael Lewis, including pieces by David Grann, Jon Wertheim, Kurt Streeter, and more.

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