Beyond the Game The Collected Sportswriting of Gary Smith,9780802138491

Beyond the Game The Collected Sportswriting of Gary Smith

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780802138491
ISBN10: 0802138497
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-08-06
Publisher(s): Grove Press
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Summary

Beyond the Game brings together the fifteen greatest stories by one of the most highly acclaimed sports journalists working today, Gary Smith. From the inspirational story of an extraordinary mentally retarded man named Radio and the high school football team that has adopted him for over thirty years, to the unforgettable profile of basketball coach Jim Valvano and his courageous battle against cancer, these stories are more than just great sportswriting. They are great writing, period. Each of Smith's stories -- of dreams and fears, failure and triumph, self-destruction and salvation -- will profoundly touch you and remain with you, long after you have closed the pages of this book. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Gary Smith is a Senior Writer for Sports Illustrated. He has received numerous awards and honors for his sports journalism, including three National Magazine Awards for Feature Writing, and his stories have appeared in The Best American Sportswriting and The Best American Sportswriting of the Century

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Damned Yankee
1(23)
Ali and His Entourage
24(28)
Home Run Fever
52(15)
Tyson the Timid, Tyson the Terrible
67(20)
Someone to Lean On
87(12)
True Lies
99(17)
Shadow of a Nation
116(23)
The Ripples from Little Lake Nellie
139(23)
Eyes of the Storm
162(20)
The Fiesta in the Town of Ghosts
182(12)
Out of the Shadows
194(22)
An Exclusive Club
216(18)
Crime and Punishment
234(29)
A Letter from South America
263(7)
As Time Runs Out
270

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