The Best American Sports Writing 2005

The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the very best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected--and most popular--of its kind.

The Best American Sports Writing 2005 includes

Michael Lewis - Gary Smith - Steve Coll - Tom Verducci - Ira Berkow - Bill Plaschke - Linda Robertson - Michael Bamberger - L. Jon Wertheim - Thomas McGuane - John Brant - Pat Jordan - David DiBenedetto - and others

Mike Lupica, guest editor, has been a columnist for the New York Daily News since 1977 and is the best-selling author of numerous books, including, most recently, Travel Team, a number one New York Times bestseller.

Author: Mike Lupica, Glenn Stout
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 10/05/2005
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.57h x 5.48w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780618470204

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 174
Booklist 09/01/2005 pg. 50

About the Author
Stout, Glenn: -

GLENN STOUTis the author of Young Woman and the Seaand Fenway 1912.Stout, Glenn: -

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.