The Year's Best Sports Writing 2022.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adande, J. A.

Contributor:

Stout, Glenn, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports.

Sports Documentation.

Sports literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Triumph Books, 2022.

Summary:

This extraordinary collection reveals the fascinating stories behind the sports we love, the competitors who push their boundaries, and the cultures they are ultimately embedded in.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

Half Title

The Kentucky Derby of My Childhood Was a Fantasy. Now It Feels Raw, and Real-Jerry Brewer from The Washington Post

Stephen Curry Is Not the MVP-He's Something Much More-Marcus Thompson II from The Athletic

Badwater Ultramarathon: What I Lost and Found During 135 Miles of the World's Most Impossible Run-Kelaine Conochan from ESPN

I Flew to Texas to Watch Bull Riding on an Aircraft Carrier During Covid-Matt Crossman from Experience

Simone Biles Chose Herself-Camonghne Felix from The Cut

The Depths She'll Reach-Xan Rice from Long Lead

Let Us Appreciate the Grace and Uncommon Decency of Henry Aaron-Howard Bryant from ESPN

Felipe Ruiz Took the Ride of His Life Working as Tommy Lasorda's Assistant-Bill Plaschke from the Los Angeles Times

Living Nonbinary in a Binary Sports World-Frankie De La Cretaz from Sports Illustrated

Say You Wandered into Kansas vs. Texas Not Long After Halftime. Man, Did You Luck Out.-Chuck Culpepper from The Washington Post

Super League Rage, Ronaldo Mania and the Fight for the Soul of Manchester United-Wright Thompson from ESPN

'Got Back to My Roots': Nia Dennis and the Groundbreaking Genius of #BlackExcellence-Thuc Nhi Nguyen from the Los Angeles Times

Paspalum Shadows-Andrew Lawrence from The Golfer's Journal

Rosalie Fish Wants to Be the Face of Change-Mirin Fader from The Ringer

Courtney's Story-Diana Moskovitz from Defector

What It Was Like to Watch Naomi Osaka Up Close During Her Vexing 2021 US Open-Kevin Van Valkenburg from ESPN

Beneath 9/11's Terrible Smoke, a Flash of Gold-Sally Jenkins from The Washington Post

'Things Are Going to Be Different Now'-Shaker Samman from Sports Illustrated.

In Mavericks' Dream Surf Season, 51-Year-Old Peter Mel Making Big-Wave History-Bruce Jenkins from the San Francisco Chronicle

Canelo Álvarez and the Mystical Man Behind His Quest for Immortality-Roberto José Andrade Franco from ESPN

The Luckiest Two Women in the WNBA-Mike Piellucci from D Magazine

How a Gymnast Who Lost a Friend in the Parkland Mass School Shooting Came to Iowa and Found Ways to Heal-Mark Emmert from The Des Moines Register and Iowa City Press-Citizen

Charlotte's First and Forgotten Sports Star: Life, Death and His Season in the Sun-Scott Fowler from the Charlotte Observer

The Resurgent Appeal of Guinness World Records-Tove K. Danovich from The Ringer

Can a Boxer Return to the Ring After Killing?-Jacob Stern from The Atlantic

I've Covered Nine Olympics. Nothing Prepared Me for Seeing My Daughter Win a Medal-Pat Forde from Sports Illustrated

'His Name Is Sang. He Is a Pitcher.' A Family's American Dream, Their Unbearable Loss-Stephen J. Nesbitt from The Athletic

Why Giannis Antetokounmpo Chose the Path of Most Resistance-Zach Baron from GQ

Advisory Board

Notable Sports Writing of 2021.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-63727-088-7

OCLC:

1337943540