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The only game in town: sportswriting from the New Yorker (The New Yorker anthology series)
By David Remnick. 2010
Anthology of thirty-two sports articles from the New Yorker. Includes Ring Lardner's 1930 essay "Br'er Rabbit Ball," Martin Amis's 1994…
take on tennis personalities, and Ian Frazier's satirical 1977 piece on his high school football dream team. Also represented: John Updike, Roger Angell, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and others. 2010Super Oscar
By Mark Shulman, Andrea Montejo, Lisa Kopelke, Oscar de la Hoya. 2006
Invincible, Indiana
By Nate Dunlevy, Matt Hasenbalg. 2011
Dale Cooper arrived in tiny Invincible, Indiana determined to coach his way to a better job. He never bargained for…
a clueless principal, a bitter star, a racist point guard, and a town fiercely proud of 49 consecutive seasons of finishing exactly .500. When it becomes apparent to Dale that neither the town nor his players have any interest in winning, he devises a way to turn everyone's expectations upside down. His gambit forces Invincible to strive for greatness if only to keep their dreams of mediocrity alive. Set in 1996-1997, Invincible, Indiana explores the myths and motivations that led to the demise of the 'single class tournament' that was the bedrock of Indiana mythology. Both funny and heartbreakingly serious, Invincible, Indiana unpacks the core of the Hoosier state's love affair with basketball. Author Nate Dunlevy is already one of the most popular voices in Indiana sports coverage. He takes on the traumatic final days of one class basketball, using the travails of fictional Invincible, Indiana to consider questions of greatness, fate, and the full court pressSpeed
By Nathan Clement. 2013
Revving up behind a pace car, a competitive group of stock cars takes off with a wave of the green…
flag and engages in an action-packed race filled with squealing tires, bumps, spins, and rushing support crews. For preschool-grade 2The bicycle book: wit, wisdom & wanderings
By Jim Joyce, Scott Roberts, Thomas Hylton, Jill Homer, Geoff Husband, Bill Joyce, Ted Katauskas, Ella Lawrence, Jay T. McCamic, Gianna Bellofatto, Theresa Russell, Mason St. Clair, Bradley Swink, Andy Wallen, James Brink, Cathy Dion, John Stuart Clark, Alan Ira Fleischmann, Rhona Fritsch, Dave Fritsch. 2007
A collection of articles, essays, and poetry that Joyce deems "a celebration of the bicycle by people who ride." Includes…
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Thomas Hylton's editorial about cycling-friendly communities, an interview with Lance Armstrong's coach Chris Carmichael, joyful accounts of cycling adventures, and travel and mechanical advice. 2007The great receiver
By Elena Yates Eulo. 2008
Sophomore honors student Joey Eastland messes up during football tryouts and becomes the team water boy. But when the coach…
gives him a second chance, Joey is determined to be the best wide-end receiver ever. For junior and senior high readers. 2008Bloodlines: a horse racing anthology
By Jason Starr, Maggie Estep. 2006
Twenty short works of fiction and nonfiction about the sport of horse racing. Lee Child offers a story about a…
hit man hired to kill a horse. Jane Smiley reflects on raising thoroughbreds. Other contributors include Laura Lippman, Steven Crist, Jerry Stahl, and Meghan O'Rourke. Some violence. 2006The best of Zane Grey, outdoorsman: hunting and fishing tales (Classics of American Sport)
By Zane Grey, George Reiger. 1972
Twenty short stories about outdoor sports adventures by western writer Zane Grey (1872-1939). Contains "Colorado Trails" and "Roping Lions in…
the Grand Canyon." Includes 1992 foreword by George Reiger. Reiger credits Grey's experiences as an avid conservationist and explorer for inspiring his stories. 1972Football's best short stories
By Paul D. Staudohar. 1998
Twenty-one stories and one classic poem, published between 1909 and 1997, by renowned authors. Includes John Updike's "In Football Season,"…
which evokes the wonderment of youth at Friday night high school games; an excerpt from Howard Nemerov's The Homecoming Game; and pieces by Ellery Queen, Damon Runyon, T. Coraghessan Boyle, and others. 1998The Best American sports writing, 1998 (Best American)
By William Littlefield, Glenn Stout. 1998
Twenty-six sports articles from American and Canadian magazines and newspapers. Linda Robertson writes about Richard Williams's grooming his daughters for…
tennis careers in "On Planet Venus." In "Late Boomer," Tom Boswell describes Brady Anderson, the Orioles center fielder. David Remnick covers boxer Mike Tyson in "Kid Dynamite Blows Up." Some strong languageBarney Polan's game: A Novel of the 1951 College Basketball Scandals
By Charles Rosen, Charley Rosen. 1998
The Best American sports writing, 1995
By Dan Jenkins, Glenn Stout. 1995
Twenty-eight articles from 1994--a difficult year for sports. Includes pieces about the baseball strike, the attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan,…
and the arrest of O.J. Simpson. Other aspects of the sporting world, such as golf, tennis, fishing, and horseracing, are also covered. Some strong languageYear in sports 2022
By James Buckley, James Buckley Jr.. 2021
Presents the most interesting, monumental, and strange sports stories of the past year, including championship statistics in baseball, football, basketball,…
hockey, golf, and tennis. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2021Miko Kings: an Indian baseball story
By LeAnne Howe. 2007
Miko Kings is set in Indian Territory's queen city, Ada, Oklahoma, during the baseball fever of 1907, but moves back…
and forth from 1969 during the Vietnam War to present-day Ada. The story focuses on an Indian baseball team but brings a new understanding to the term "America's favorite pastime." For tribes in Indian Territory, baseball was an extension of a sport they'd been playing for centuries before their forced removal to Indian Territory. In this lively and humorous work of fiction informed by careful historical research, LeAnne Howe weaves original and fictive documents such as newspaper clippings, photographs, typewritten letters, and handwritten journal entries into the narrative. Adult. Unrated86 years: the legend of the Boston Red Sox
By Melinda R Boroson. 2005
The Boston Red Sox had won five World Series by 1918. Then Babe Ruth was traded to the Yankees, and…
every year afterward the Red Sox lost. Until 2004. Here is the story of the baseball team's history and spectacular comeback. For grades 4-7 and older readersGo, team, go!
By John R. Tunis. 1991
When one player from the overconfident team, the previous year's champions, is expelled for gambling and the other four are…
penalized for breaking training, they angrily quit the basketball varsity and leave the inferior B team defending the school's recordAfter the shot drops
By Randy Ribay. 2018
Told from alternating perspectives, Bunny takes a basketball scholarship to an elite private school to help his family, leaving behind…
Nasir, his best friend, in their tough Philadelphia neighborhood. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018My weird school daze: Books 1-4 (My weird school daze #4)
By Dan Gutman. 2009
Books one through four, written between 2008 and 2009, featuring the third-grade adventures of A. J. and his friends from…
the My Weird School series. Includes Mrs. Dole Is out of Control!, Mr. Sunny Is Funny!, Mr. Granite Is from Another Planet!, and Coach Hyatt Is a Riot!. For grades 2-4. 2009Stumptown kid
By Carol Gorman. 2007
Holden, Iowa; 1952. Eleven-year-old Charlie Nebraska, whose father died in the Korean War, improves his baseball game with the help…
of Luther Peale, who played in the Negro Leagues. Charlie also learns the meaning of both racism and heroism. For grades 5-8. 2005Morgy coast to coast
By Maggie Lewis. 2005
After moving from California to Massachusetts, Morgy experiences many changes. As he adjusts to fourth grade, Morgy learns to play…
the trumpet, joins the ice hockey team, adopts a greyhound named Dante, and makes new friends. Sequel to Morgy Makes His Move (BR 12739). For grades 2-4. 2005