Fifty Years of Great Writing, 1954-2004

Name: Fifty Years of Great Writing, 1954-2004
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ISBN: 9781932273069

ISBN-10: 1932273069

ISBN-13: 9781932273069

Edition: 50th (Anniversary)

Authors: Sports Illustrated Editors

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In the Half-Century Since its birth, as Sports Illustrated grew from a struggling start-up to America's preeminent sports magazine, one thing has remained constant: the commitment to great storytelling. That part of the magazine's mission has always been easy to define: Identify the most compelling sports stories of our time and get the best writers in the business to tell them. This book brings together a lineup of writing talent worthy of the Hall of Fame and the classic stories they produced for Sports Illustrated over the past 50 years. Many of the writers whose work is collected here are longtime favorites of SI readers (Frank Deford, Rick Reilly, Steve Rushin, Gary Smith). Others are…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Edition: 50th
Publisher: Time Inc. Books
Publication date: 10/1/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 560
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.37" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English



Introduction



The Players


The Boxer and the Blonde



Yogi



The Last Angry Men



The Year, The Moment and Johnny Podres



Gifts That God Didn't Give



All the Rage



The Ring Leader



Main Events


'Lawdy, Lawdy, He's Great'



There's Never Been an Open Like It



The Day Bobby Hit the Home Run



A Pay Night for Old Archie



Duel of the Four-Minute Men



Sweet Spots


Finally, Just Me and My Bike



You'll Not Do That Here, Laddie



The University of Eighth Avenue



Sons of the Wind



Road Swing



Wild Kingdom


Mirror of My Mood



Snakes Alive!



Pure Heart



Grim Reapers of the Land's Bounty



We Are Destroying Our National Parks



Supporting Players


There Ain't No Others Like Me



Master of the Joyful Illusion



The Coach and His Champion



'I Managed Good, But Boy Did They Play Bad'



Baseball's Babbling Brook



Playing for Laughs


Absolutely, Positively the Best Article Ever



Ring Tossed



We All Had a Ball



The Curious Case of Sidd Finch



Lake Wobegon Games



The Worst Baseball Team Ever



On the Winter Tour



Personal Fouls


The Case Against Brian Spencer



Total Loss Weekend



The Game of the Name



Crime and Punishment



Broken Promise



O Unlucky Man



Music to the Ear


King of the Sports Page



Then My Arm Glassed Up



The Heavyweight Champion of the Word



Would You Let This Man Interview You?



Big Wind in Chicago



Kentucky: May: Saturday



Examined Lives


Farewell, Teddy Ballgame



The Ripples From Little Lake Nellie



The Best Years of His Life



He's Burning To Be a Success



Laughing on the Outside



The Best There Ever Was



Acknowledgments