The best American sports writing 2006 /

The best American sports writing 2006 / edited and with an introduction by Michael Lewis ; Glenn Stout, series editor. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2006. - xxiii, 386 p. ; 22 cm.

There is nothing special about Kyle Maynard / Desire without end / girl / Flipping out / Dirty moves / Driving lessons / Card stud / tormented soul / Stealing time / Standing still / Fallen angel / sprinter / Saved by sports / unnatural natural / cult of the general manager / What goes ninety-five miles per hour for seventeen days straight through mud, sand, high-speed smashups, and marauding bandits / shadow boxer / She's here she's queer she's fired / So you wanna be a cowboy / Mom's the word / XXL / Clang / Brooklyn Heights / magician / Making the time count / Raising the dead / (fishing) hole in one / Paul Solotaroff -- Jeff Duncan -- Kurt Streeter -- Pamela Colloff -- James Brown -- Steve Friedman -- Pat Jordan -- Greg Garber -- David Grann -- Dan Koeppel -- Steve Oney -- S.L. Price -- L. Jon Wertheim -- J.R. Moehringer -- Neal Pollack -- Jonathan Miles -- Gary Smith -- Pamela Colloff -- Ben Paynter -- Jeff Pearlman -- Linda Robertson -- Michael Sokolove -- Katy Vine -- Pat Jordan -- Kurt Streeter -- Tim Zimmermann -- Charlie Schroeder. The A The The The The The A

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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Sports--United States.
Sports literature--United States.

PS684.S66 / B47 1996

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