Best American Sports Writing 2009

Name: Best American Sports Writing 2009
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ISBN: 9780547069715

ISBN-10: 0547069715

ISBN-13: 9780547069715

Edition: 2009

Authors: Leigh Montville, Leigh Montville, Leigh Montville, Leigh Montville

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List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/8/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

A senior writer for Sports Illustrated, Leigh Montville also served for twenty-one years as a sports columnist for The Boston Glove. He lives in Winthrop, Massachusetts.



Foreword


Introduction



Life and Limb from Runner's World



The Things We Forget from ESPN: The Magazine



Alive and Kicking from Sports Illustrated



Inside the Mind of a . . . Genius? from Philadelphia Magazine



Father Bear from ESPN.com



The Free Agent Adjusts His Truss from Play Magazine



Running Scared from Runner's World



2 on 5 from Sports Illustrated



The Ball That Just Won't Die from ESPN: The Magazine



Commie Ball from Vanity Fair



Breaking the Bank from Sports Illustrated



Dropped from Outside



Searching for Answers to a Painful Question from the Washington Post



The Source of All Things from Backpacker



Quarterbacks Built Here from Men's Journal



Spartan Warriors in the YouTube Age, or, The Legend of Legend, Spider, and Science from New York Magazine



Men Who Love Goons from ESPN.com



Royal Flushed from Miami New Times



Untitled Mike Flynt Project from Texas Monthly



Russian Revolution from Sports Illustrated



LeBron James's Magnum-Sized, Ultrashiny, Nike-Powered Lawn Mower to the Next Century from Esquire



Where There's Smoke from Rolling Stone



Rough Water from Meridian



Memories Are Forever from Alex Belth's Bronx Banter



Contributors' Notes


Notable Sports Writing of 2008