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Title:

The best American sports writing 2009 / edited with an introduction by Leigh Montville ; Glen Stout, series editor.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xxiii, 376 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Sports--United States.
Sports literature--United States.
Sports journalism--United States.
American essays--21st century.

Other Authors:

Montville, Leigh.
Stout, Glenn, 1958-

Contents:

Memories are forever / Todd Drew. Life and limb / Bruce Barcott -- The things we forget / Chris Jones -- Alive and kicking / Gary Smith -- Inside the mind of a-- genius? / Matthew Teague -- Father Bear / Wright Thompson -- The free agent adjusts his truss / Bryan Curtis -- Running scared / Amby Burfoot -- 2 on 5 / Thomas Lake -- The ball that just won't die / David Fleming -- Commie ball / Michael Lewis -- Breaking the bank / Jon Wertheim -- Dropped / Alan Prendergast -- Searching for answers to a painful question / Mike Wise -- The source of all things / Tracy Ross -- Quarterbacks built here / Paul Solotaroff -- Spartan warriors in the YouTube age, or, The legend of legend, spider, and science / Stephen Rodrick -- Men who love goons / Patrick Hruby -- Royal flushed / Michael j. Mooney -- Untitled Mike Flynt Project / John Spong -- Russian revolution / Ian Thomsen -- LeBron Jame's magnum-sized, ultrashiny, Nike-powered lawn mower to the next century / Lisa Taddeo -- Where there's smoke / Mike Guy -- Rough water / David McGlynn -- Memories are forever / Todd Drew.

Series:

The best American series

ISBN:

0547069715
9780547069715

OCLC:

(OCoLC)313657988

Locations:

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)