Fifty years of great writing : Sports illustrated, 1954-2004
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- ISBN: 1932273379 :
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Physical Description:
560 pages ; 24 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Sports Illustrated Books, [2004]
- Copyright: ©2004
Content descriptions
General Note: | Donated by Kenneth N. Smith, Jr. |
Formatted Contents Note: | introduction/ by Terry McDonell--The players.The boxer and the blonde/by Frank Deford--Yogi/by Roy Blount Jr.--RThe last angry men /by RickTelander--The year, the moment and Johnny Podres /by Robert Creamer-- Gifts that God didn't give /by John Papanek--All the rage /by Richard Hoffer--The ring leader /by Frank Deford--Main events. "Lawdy, lawdy, he's great' /by Mark Kram--There's never been an Open like it /by Dan Jenkins--The day Bobby hit the home run /by Roger Kahn-- A pay night for Old Archie /by Budd Schulberg--Duel of the four- minute men /by Paul O'Neil--Sweet spots. DFinally, just me and my bike /by Thomas McGuane--You'll not do that here, laddie /by Dan Jenkins--The university of Eight Avenue /by A.J. Liebling--Sons od the wind /by Kenny Moore--Road swing /by Steve Rushin-- Wild Kingdom. Mirror of my mood /by Bill Gilbert--Sankes alive /by Jeff MacGregor--Pure heart /by William Nack--Grim reapers of the land's bounty /by Jim Harrison--We are destroying our national parks /by Wallace Stegner--Supporting players. There ain't no others like me /by Mark Kram--Master of the joyful illusion /by William Barry Furlong--The coach and his champion /by Alexander Wolff--'I managedgood, but boy did they play bad' /by Gilber Rogin--Baseball's babbling brook /by Huston Horn--Playing for laughs. Absolutely, positively the best article ever /by Bruce Newman--Ring tossed /by Steve Rushin--WE all had a ball /by Roy Blount Jr.--The curious case of Sidd Finch /by George Plimpton--Lake Woebegon games /by Garrison Keillor--Theworst baseball team ever /by Jimmy Breslin--On the winter tour /by Herbert Warren Wind--Personal fouls. The case against Brian Spencer /by Pete Dexter--Totoal loss weekend/ by Don DeLillo--The game of the name /by Franz Lidz--Crime and punishment /by Gary Smith--Broken promise /by S.L. Price--O unlucky man / by William Nack--Music to the ear. King of the sports page /by Rick Reilly--Then my arm glassed up /by John Steinbeck--The heavyweight champion of the world /by Jeff MacGregor--Would you let this man interview you? /by Myron Cope--Big wind in Chicago /by Ron Fimrite--Kentucky:May:Saturday /by William Faulkner--Examined lives. Farewell, Teddy Ballgame /by Leigh Montville--The ripples from Little lake Nellie /by Gary Smith--The best yearsof his life /by John Ed Bradley--He's burning to be a sucess /by John Underwood--Laughing on the outside /by John Schulian--The best there ever was /by Frank Deford. |
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Subject: | Sports United States Miscellanea Sports journalism United States |
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Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity | 796 FIF 2004 (Text)
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