Beyond the game : the collected sportswriting of Gary Smith / Gary Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Gary, 1953-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--United States.

Sports.

United States.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2000]

Summary:

"Beyond the Game brings together fifteen of Smith's greatest stories, from groundbreaking profiles of international stars like Mike Tyson and Magic Johnson, to intimate looks at lesserknown athletes whose lives are driven by the thrill of competition and the love of a game.

There is "Damned Yankee," the heartbreaking story of John Malangone, who seemed destined to succeed Yogi Berra as the Yankees' starting catcher - until his career was destroyed by the crushing weight of a childhood trauma that continued to haunt him. "Someone to Lean On" is the inspirational story of an extraordinary retarded man named Radio and the South Carolina high school football team that has adopted him for over thirty years. "Shadow of a Nation" tells of a Crow Indian community's intense passion for basketball - and how former high school star Jonathan Takes Enemy must struggle to escape the tragic history of his tribe as he seeks a place in the world outside the reservation."--Jacket.

Contents:

Damned Yankee

Ali and his entourage

Home run fever

Tyson the timid, Tyson the terrible

Someone to lean on

True lies

Shadow of a nation

The ripples from little Lake Nellie

Eyes of the storm

The fiesta in the town of ghosts

Out of the shadows

An exclusive club

Crime and punishment

A letter from South America

As time runs out.

Notes:

Uncorrected Manuscript (cover)

ISBN:

087113814X

9780871138149

9780802138491

0802138497

OCLC:

44413804