The Best American Sports Writing (2001)
Stout, Glenn (Editor), Collins, Bud (Consultant)
ISBN: 0618086269
Publisher: Mariner Books
Binding: Paperback; 400 pages
Pub Date: October 10, 2001
For almost fifty years, Bud Collins has ranked as one of America's premier sports journalists, best known for his tennis commentary on NBC and his sports column in the Boston Globe. From surfing to golf, baseball to bodybuilding, Collins's selections for this tenth anniversary edition celebrate sports of all stripes, in pieces by H. G. Bissinger, Charles P. Pierce, Jim Harrison, Rick Reilly, and others.
Biographical Note: GLENN STOUT is a freelance writer, author, and editorial consultant and has served as series editor of The Best American Sports Writing since its inception. He is the author of Young Woman and the Sea and Fenway 1912, and has collaborated with Richard Johnson on Red Sox Century, Yankees Century, The Cubs and The Dodgers. Stout has lived in and around Boston for 20 years, and currently lives in Vermont.
Stout, Glenn (Editor), Collins, Bud (Consultant)
ISBN: 0618086269
Publisher: Mariner Books
Binding: Paperback; 400 pages
Pub Date: October 10, 2001
For almost fifty years, Bud Collins has ranked as one of America's premier sports journalists, best known for his tennis commentary on NBC and his sports column in the Boston Globe. From surfing to golf, baseball to bodybuilding, Collins's selections for this tenth anniversary edition celebrate sports of all stripes, in pieces by H. G. Bissinger, Charles P. Pierce, Jim Harrison, Rick Reilly, and others.
Biographical Note: GLENN STOUT is a freelance writer, author, and editorial consultant and has served as series editor of The Best American Sports Writing since its inception. He is the author of Young Woman and the Sea and Fenway 1912, and has collaborated with Richard Johnson on Red Sox Century, Yankees Century, The Cubs and The Dodgers. Stout has lived in and around Boston for 20 years, and currently lives in Vermont.
Stout, Glenn (Editor), Collins, Bud (Consultant)
ISBN: 0618086269
Publisher: Mariner Books
Binding: Paperback; 400 pages
Pub Date: October 10, 2001
For almost fifty years, Bud Collins has ranked as one of America's premier sports journalists, best known for his tennis commentary on NBC and his sports column in the Boston Globe. From surfing to golf, baseball to bodybuilding, Collins's selections for this tenth anniversary edition celebrate sports of all stripes, in pieces by H. G. Bissinger, Charles P. Pierce, Jim Harrison, Rick Reilly, and others.
Biographical Note: GLENN STOUT is a freelance writer, author, and editorial consultant and has served as series editor of The Best American Sports Writing since its inception. He is the author of Young Woman and the Sea and Fenway 1912, and has collaborated with Richard Johnson on Red Sox Century, Yankees Century, The Cubs and The Dodgers. Stout has lived in and around Boston for 20 years, and currently lives in Vermont.
Review Quotes:
Collins . . . has selected 27 eclectic and inarguably excellent articles and profiles. A must for any collection of sports literature. Booklist, ALA