{"product_id":"the-best-american-sports-writing-2003-9780618251322","title":"The Best American Sports Writing 2003","description":"Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuzz Bissinger selects the very best writing on a vast variety of competitive endeavors, from baseball to weightlifting, skating to demolition derby. Herein today's foremost journalists -- among them Gary Smith, Elizabeth Gilbert, Bill Plaschke, and Rebecca Mead -- throw revealing light on a pantheon of stars: Shaquille O'Neal, Bobby Fischer, Mike Tyson, the San Diego Chicken, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Glenn Stout, Buzz Bissinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.52w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780618251322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2003 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/22\/2003 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStout, Glenn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlenn Stout\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, author, and editor, and served as series editor of The Best American Sports Writing, and founding editor of The Year's Best Sports Writing. He is also the author of \u003cem\u003eTiger Girl and the Candy Kid\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFenway 1912\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNine Months at Ground Zero, \u003c\/em\u003e and many other award-winning and best-selling books. He also served as a consultant on the Disney+ film adaptation of \u003cem\u003eYoung Woman and the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e. Stout lives in Lake Champlain in Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBissinger, Buzz:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBuzz Bissinger is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of four books, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003e3 Nights in August\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFriday Night Lights\u003c\/i\u003e, which has sold two million copies and inspired a film and TV franchise. He is a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e and a sports columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43059534495859,"sku":"9.78062E+12","price":26.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f130a576-cf98-4d01-aa6f-d323b190b126.jpg?v=1747307271","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-best-american-sports-writing-2003-9780618251322","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}