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Well established as the premier sports anthology, The Best American Sports Writing brings together the finest writing on sports to appear in the past year. Edited by the award-winning Jane Leavy, author of Sandy Coufax and The Lost Boy, the pieces in this volume embrace the world of sports in all its drama, humanity and excitement.

Foreword by Glenn Stout

Introduction by Jane Leavy

JOHN POWERS. Risks, Danger Always in Play from the Boston Globe

CHRIS JONES. Breathless 4 from ESPN The Magazine

PAUL SOLOTAROFF. The Surfing Savant from Rolling Stone

JAKE BOGOCH. School of Fight: Learning to Brawl with the Hockey, Goons of Tomorrow from Deadspin.com

PATRICK HRUBY. The Franchise from ESPN.com

MICHAEL FARBER. Eight Seconds from Sports Illustrated

MEGAN CHUCHMACH AND AVNI PATEL. ABC News Investigation: USA Swimming Coaches Molested, Secretly Taped Dozens of Teen Swimmers from ABCNews.com

WELLS TOWER. Own Goal from Harper’s Magazine
SALLY JENKINS. Culture of Silence Gives Free Rein to Male Athletes from the Washington Post

SELENA ROBERTS. High School Dissonance from Sports Illustrated

STERRY BUTCHER. Gentling Cheatgrass from Texas Monthly
S. L. Price. Pride of a Nation from Sports Illustrated

ROBERT SANCHEZ. The Crash from 5280

JOHN MCPHEE. The Patch from The New Yorker

P. J. O’ROURKE. Fetch Daddy a Drink from Garden and Gun

YONI BRENNER. Trick Plays from The New Yorker

MARK PEARSON. The Short History of an Ear from Sport Literate

BILL SHAIKIN. If You Think It, They Will Win from the Los Angeles Times

JASON FAGONE. The Dirtiest Player from GQ

TOM FRIEND. Old College Try from ESPN.com
HOWARD BRYANT. Dusty Baker a Symbol of Perseverance from ESPN.com

CRAIG VETTER. Icarus 2010 from Playboy

BRET ANTHONY JOHNSTON. Danny Way and the Gift of Fear from Men’s Journal

DAVID DOBBS. The Tight Collar from Wired.com
MARK KRAM JR. Life Goes On from the Philadelphia Daily News

CHRIS BALLARD. The Courage of Jill Costello from Sports Illustrated
WRIGHT THOMPSON. Above and Beyond from ESPN.com

BILL PLASCHKE. A Gift That Opens Him Up from the Los Angeles Times

NANCY HASS. New Mike, Old Christine from GQ

 

Contributors’ Notes

Notable Sports Writing of 2010

 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Other distinguished sports writing submissions, selected by series editor Glenn Stout.

A-B
Baab, Kent Boxer’s Death Was Blow to KC Kansas City Star, May 30, 2010
Balf, Todd Desperate Measures Runner’s World, August 2010
Ballard, Chris The Magical Season of the Macon Ironmen Sports Illustrated, June 28, 2010
Barcott, Bruce Mind Games Runner’s World, March 2010
Bass, Rick Wild at Heart Texas Monthly, July 2010
Berger, Ken Determined Grant Eyes Future While Battling Relentless Opponent. CBSSports.com, January 28, 2010
Bernstein, Lenny A Dreamer’s Run. The Washington Post Magazine, May 2, 2010
Borden, Sam Frankie Scafone: Unexpected Master with a Black Belt. The Journal News, February 21, 2010
Boyer, Peter J. Changing Lanes The New Yorker, February 8, 2010
Brant, John Liberty and Justice. Runner’s World, September 2010
Brisick , Jamie The Rosey Resurrection. The Surfer’s Journal, Summer 2010
Brown, Chip What the Hell Happened to David Duval. Men’s Journal, June–July 2010
Burka, Paul Mister Bridge. Texas Monthly, May 2010
C-D
Calderwood, Eric Waiting for a Goal. The American Scholar, Autumn 2010
Caple, Jim Johnny Weir Is a Real Man. ESPN. com, January 14, 2010
Carbone, Ged The Great Race. Rhode Island Monthly, May 2010
Chatelain, Dirk The Legend of Bubba. The Omaha World- Herald, December 26, 2010
Chilson, Peter Sporting Lives: Travels with My Brother. Ascent, December 2010
Chotzinoff, Robin The Ride of Their Lives. Bicycling, March 2010
Cook, Kevin The Unstompable Roach. Playboy, October 10, 2010
Corsello, Andrew The Biggest Little Man in the World. GQ , April 2010
Currie Jr., Ron How I Became a Yankees Fan. The Southern Review, Spring 2010
Curtis, Bryan Arms Race. Texas Monthly, September 2010
Dawidoff, Nicholas Rex Ryan: Bringing It Big. The New York Times Magazine, September 8, 2010
Dean, Josh The Great Santino. GQ, May 2010
Dent, Mark Speaking About the Rucker. The Brew House, July 19, 2010
Dinard, Tom The Finish Line. Flipcollective.com, April 26, 2010
Dunne, Tyler Sting of Tragedies Can’t Shake Lumberton High Coach’s Bond with Players. The Fayetteville Observer, October 10, 2010
E-F
Fagone, Jason May the Best Nerd Win. Wired, December 2010
Fleming, David As Easy as 1, 2, 3 . . . 756, 757, 758. ESPN The Magazine, April 19, 2010
Fox, Ashley Reid’s Ordeal. The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 18, 2010
Friedman, Steve The Race of His Life. Runner’s World, November 2010
Friend, Tom Tom Friend Fifth and Goal. ESPN.com
G-H
Glock, Alison Unforgiven. ESPN The Magazine, September 6, 2010
Greenfeld, Karl Taro Genetic Engineering for the Preteen Set. The New York Observer, April 5, 2010
Gregory, Sean Struck Out by Beisbol. Time, July 26, 2010
Gwynne, S. C. Head Case. Texas Monthly, April 2010
Hall, Michael About a Boy. Texas Monthly, September 2010
Hochman, Benjamin George Karl’s Cancer Fight. The Denver Post, April 4, 2010
I-J
Jordan, Pat The Babe. The Southern Review, Spring 2010
K-L
Keri, Jonah A Not-So-Brief History of Pitching Injuries Starring Nolan Ryan and the Texas Rangers. Jonahkeri.com, September 13, 2010
Kevin, Brian The Longest Haul. Sierra, May 2010
Leahy, Michael Kicked Around. The Washington Post Magazine, December 12, 2010
Lesandrini, Jay Waiting on Deck. Sport Literate, Fall 2010
Levin, Josh The Other Blind Sides. Slate.com, October 14, 2010
Lowe, Laurence The Justin Bieber of Bullfighting. Details, December 2010
M-N
McKenna, Dave The Cranky Redskins Fan’s Guide to Dan Snyder. Washington City Paper, November 19, 2010
Mehta, Manish U.S. Olympic Hockey Player Bobby Ryan Reveals a Dark Family Secret. The Star- Ledger, February 21, 2010
Merrill, Elizabeth The Woman Forever Tied to Steve McNair. ESPN.com, July 4, 2010
Moehringer, J. R. In It to Win It. GQ, March 2010
Mooney, Michael J. Friday Night Tights. The Miami New Times, March 11–17, 2010
Moore, Kenny Bernard LeGat Is Not Done Yet. Runner’s World, February 2010
Morales, Tito Shalane Flanagan: The Runner’s Daughter. Marathon and Beyond, September–October 2010
Nelson, Amy K. The Crash that Killed Nick Adenhart ESPN.com
Nestor, James Tasty Freeze. Outside, January– February 2010
O-P
O’Connor, Ian Boss’ Kindness Kept Olympian Afloat. ESPNNewYork.com, December 31, 2010
O’Neil, Danny Searching for the Boz The Seattle Times, August 15, 2010
Paumgarten, Nick The Ski Gods. The New Yorker, March 15, 2010
Pierce, Charles P. The Calmest Man in the Clubhouse. The Boston Globe Magazine, May 23, 2010
Posnanski, Joe Where Are They Now: Stan Musial. Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2010
Prisbell, Eric Love and Basketball. The Washington Post, June 20, 2010
Proulx, Annie A Year of Birds. Harper’s Magazine, December 2010
Q-R
Reiter, Bill Toughest Player in “Real Life.” The Kansas City Star, January 17, 2010
Rheinheimer, Kurt Ty Cobb: Death in the Dark. Blue Ridge Country, June 2010
Rodrick, Stephen Brett Favre in Overtime. Men’s Journal, August 2010
S-T
Sandomir, Richard At 1:42, Woods (Gasp!) Tees Off. The New York Times, April 9, 2010
Smith, Gary The Unexpected Hero. Sports Illustrated, July 26, 2010
Smith, Toby It’s Time to Move On from the Latest Cliché. The Albuquerque Journal, April 20, 2010
Sokolove, Michael From Boys to Pros. The New York Times Magazine, June 6, 2010
Spillett, Keith On Losing. Tyrannyoftradition. wordpress.com, December 3, 2010
Styf, Jon The Final Score. The Beaumont Enterprise, September 26, 2010
Swidey, Neil What We Lose When Everybody Wins. The Boston Globe Magazine, August 22, 2010
Synott, Mark Borneo’s Forbidden Chasm. Men’s Journal, March 2010
Telander, Rick What Football Did for Us . . . and What Football Did to Us. The Chicago Sun- Times, June 29–July 5, 2010
Toor, Rachel The Colossal Crack Running Times, June 2010
Traub, James Mariano Rivera, King of the Closers. The New York Times Magazine, June 28, 2010
U-V
W-X
Weinberger, Eric The Skiing Life. The New Haven Review, Winter 2010
Wertheim, L. Jon The Amazing Race. Sports Illustrated, September 20, 2010
Wolf, Jason Breaking the Cycle. The Danville Register and Bee, March 7, 2010
Wolff, Alexander The Hero Who Vanished. Sports Illustrated, March 8, 2010
Y-Z
Yargo, John Stick and Move. The Ring, June 2010
Zeman, Ned Higher, Colder, Deadlier. Vanity Fair, November 2010
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