Saturday, September 24, 2011

The Best American Sports Writing 2011 - FREE!

One of the most popular posts on this blog to date has been the The Best American Sports Writing 2010 - Free that I posted earlier this year. I guess people like free stuff. In that post, I linked to as many articles of the 2010 edition of the book as possible, since most of them could be found somewhere on the internet.

Well, I have done the same thing for the latest edition, The Best American Sports Writing 2011, which is coming out on October 4th. There are a few articles that I have not been able to locate yet, so if you are able to find them, let me know and I'll link to them here. If you prefer reading in book format, you can pre-order the book right now for $10 on Amazon for a both the paperback and Kindle editions. Enjoy!

Risks, Danger Always in Play by John Powers from the Boston Globe (subscriber access only)
 
Breathless 4 by Chris Jones from ESPN The Magazine

The Surfing Savant by Paul Solotaroff from Rolling Stone

School of Fight: Learning to Brawl with the Hockey, Goons of Tomorrow by Jake Bogoch from Deadspin.com

The Franchise by Patrick Hruby from ESPN.com

Eight Seconds by Michael Farber from Sports Illustrated (unable to locate)
 
Own Goal by Wells Tower from Harper’s Magazine
 
Culture of Silence Gives Free Rein to Male Athletes by Sally Jenkins from the Washington Post
 
High School Dissonance by Selena Roberts from Sports Illustrated
 
Gentling Cheatgrass by Sterry Butcher from Texas Monthly

Pride of a Nation by S. L. Price from Sports Illustrated

The Crash by Robert Sanchez from 5280

The Patch by John Mcphee from The New Yorker (subscriber access only)

 Fetch Daddy a Drink by P. J. O'Rourke from Garden and Gun

Trick Plays by Yoni Brenner from The New Yorker 

The Short History of an Ear by Mark Pearson from Sport Literate (unable to locate)
 
If You Think It, They Will Win by Bill Shaikin from the Los Angeles Times (unable to locate)

The Dirtiest Player by Jason Fagone from GQ

Old College Try by Tom Friend from ESPN.com

Dusty Baker a Symbol of Perseverance by Howard Bryant from ESPN.com

Icarus 2010 by Craig Vetter from Playboy (not even going there)
 
Danny Way and the Gift of Fear by Bret Anthony Johnston from Men’s Journal
 
The Tight Collar by David Dobbs from Wired.com

Life Goes On by Mark Kram Jr. from the Philadelphia Daily News

The Courage of Jill Costello by Chris Ballard from Sports Illustrated

Above and Beyond by Wright Thompson from ESPN.com

A Gift That Opens Him Up by Bill Plaschke from the Los Angeles Times
 
New Mike, Old Christine by Nancy Hass from GQ 

I haven't had a chance to read any of the articles yet, but I'll update this post with my personal favorites when I do.

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