2024 the best american sports writing review
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Well established as the premier sports anthology, The Best American Sports Writing brings together the year's finest writing on sports. Chosen from more than 350 national, regional and specialty publications, the twenty five pieces here embrace the world of sports in all its drama, humanity, and excitement.
Publisher : Mariner Books; First Edition (October 8, 2009)
Language : English
Paperback : 400 pages
ISBN-10 : 0547069715
ISBN-13 : 978-0547069715
Item Weight : 13.6 ounces
Dimensions : 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches
Reviewer: NJCL
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A "Must Have" for fans of sports & reading
Review: This is a book I purchase every year for my husband for Christmas, and have for the past 8 years or so. He's never been disappointed. The writing is amazing (even got me interested in an article on golf, a feat I thought would be impossible) and varied, including as many different sports as it does writing styles. I highly recommend it to all fanatics of all kinds of sports who also enjoy reading without having to go through a whole novel. It's also interesting to those of us who may have a few favorite sports but love to read!
Reviewer: Stanly W. Conner
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Long Time Subscriber
Review: I have almost every edition since 1991. The series editor maintains a very high standard. I am puzzled occasionally by the inclusion of stories that seem to have little relevance to sport (The Source of All Things: Royal Flushed). I am never sure whether this is due to changing times or the whims of particular guest editors. Nevertheless, the total package is excellent and I look forward to this publication each year with undiminished interest. It helps to be a fan of sports in general.
Reviewer: pattyj
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best American Sports Writing
Review: As my son is a sports fan and writer, this is a perfect book for him. We purchase the new version for him every year. Thanks for quick delivery and a pristine copy of the book. It saved me a trip to the bookstore to purchase it.
Reviewer: Drstatz
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The Best
Review: These are call the best. If anything, the understate how marvelous these articles are.
Reviewer: Twodawgs8
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great book, just as described
Review: Great book, just as described. Thanks
Reviewer: Thomas A. Kiefer
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Disappointing.
Review: I have every volume of The Best American Sports Writing dating back to 1991 and I look forward to its' publication every year. Every previous volume has had several outstanding stories. This volume, unfortuneately, does not have a one. I cannot believe that there were no better pieces than those selected here. Were the editors lazy? Pass on this one. Will hope for better next year.
Reviewer: WDX2BB
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: As always, worthwhile
Review: At the beginning of "The Best American Sports Writing 2009," series editor Glenn Stout writes about how the toughest part of his job is rapidly becoming the composition of the foreword to the latest book in the series.I know he feels. I've been reviewing this series for many years, as long as this Web site has been up in one form another. How do I come up with another way of saying, "it's another top-notch collection of the best sports stories of the year?"The 2009 book was put together by Leigh Montville, who is known now for his biographies of such figures as Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Way back when, though, Montville wrote for the Boston Globe when that paper had the Murderer's Row of sports sections writers -- Will McDonough, Peter Gammons, Bob Ryan, Ray Fitzgerald, etc. Montville fit in with them nicely as a columnist, and he wrote a general-interest humor column on Sunday that often was worth the price of admission.The format of the book remains the same. Stout collects a number of great stories, fills up a few boxes with them, and fires them off to the year's editor. Montville decided to add brief comments about each of his 24 selections at the conclusions, and it's a great move that should be repeated in future years.More than most years, I think, the guest editor's preferences seem to come through in this case. There aren't many stories about the big events here, although Chris Jones' "The Things We Forget," a review of 2008, is one of the best stories in the whole book. Montville seems more interested in human nature, or previously unknown tales.Runner's World magazine again comes up with a pair of stories here, Bruce Barcott's "Life and Limb," and Amby Burfoot's "Running Scared." Speaking as a subscriber, it's good to know that others have noticed the high quality material that magazine is producing.The usual suspects, Sports Illustrated and ESPN the Magazine, check in here, although familiar names -- other than the obligatory Gary Smith piece -- are less common. Some of the other stories that are worth noting are:* "Inside the Mind of a ... Genius?" by Matthew Teague, a look at Phillies manager Charlie Manuel.* "Father Bear" by Wright Thompson, as Jack Nicklaus does anything but fade into the sunset.* "Commie Ball" by Michael Lewis, the "Moneyball" author who took a long, fascinating look of baseball in Cuba.* "Where There's Smoke ..." by Mike Guy, an honest portrait of NASCAR's Tony Stewart.There are even a couple of stories here that you force you to wonder if they belong in a book of sports writing. "The Source of All Things," by Tracy Ross, is more about a tragic family history than the outdoors, but it's powerful enough to be reprinted somewhere.Just about all of the stories here, though, pass the test of carrying the reader through to the conclusion. That makes "The Best American Sports Writing 2009" well worth your time, as usual.
Reviewer: Hertzel Grotch
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Woderful Series
Review: The Best American Sportswriting is a fine series and a tribute to the Sportswriters and Editors who toil daily. 2009's edition is top-notch!