The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the very best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected--and most popular--of its kind. The Best American Sports Writing 2005 includes Michael Lewis · Gary Smith · Steve Coll · Tom Verducci · Ira Berkow · Bill Plaschke · Linda Robertson · Michael Bamberger · L. Jon Wertheim · Thomas McGuane · John Brant · Pat Jordan · David DiBenedetto · and others Mike Lupica, guest editor, has been a columnist for the New York Daily News since 1977 and is the best-selling author of numerous books, including, most recently, Travel Team, a number one New York Times bestseller.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Sporting Texas:
From the Texas point of view:
Scanning HM's 2005 Travel anthology, the editor found no obvious Texas connection, but maybe he just doesn't know what he's doing. However, the Sports anthology was different. The full text selections included Michael Hall's "The Duke of Dunbar" and Katy Vine's "Alive and Kicking" both from Texas Monthly issues. In the list at the back for other notables of the previous year were three citations, including John Spong's "The Shot Not Heard Around the World," (Texas... more info
Rewarding:
This is a fabulous book. The reader will be rewarded again and again. Mike Lupica has done a worthy job as editor. Let's face it, there is no shortage of good writing out there. Just like when we see a film, like it or not, the technical work is outstanding. The challenge for the editor is to create, using his selections, an introduction to the greater narratives that underlie the sensibility of the genre. Sports, in 2005, having never lost the ability to inspire, having those wonderful stories of... more info
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