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Football'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. 1998Athletic shorts: six short stories
By Chris Crutcher. 1991
In these stories the athlete protagonists deal with issues like racism, homophobia, sexism, and the task of coming to terms…
with one's parents. Several stories revolve around characters featured in The Crazy Horse Electric Game (DB 28935), Stotan! (DB 25934), and Running Loose (DB 21102). The locales for the stories are small towns in Montana and Idaho. For junior and senior high readersAthletic Shorts: Six Short Stories
By Chris Crutcher. 1991
These six powerful short stories chronicle bits of the lives of characters, major and minor, who have walked the rugged…
terrain of Chris Crutcher's earlier works. They also introduce some new and unforgettable personalities who may well be heard from again in future books. As with all Crutcher's work, these are stories about athletes, and yet they are not sport stories. They are tales of love and death, bigotry and heroism, of real people doing their best even when that best isn't very good. Crutcher's straightforward style and total honesty have earned him an admiring audience and made readers of many nonreaders.Sports shorts: an anthology of short stories
By Joseph Bruchac, Terry Trueman, David Lubar, Marilyn Singer. 2005
Eight semiautobiographical stories about the authors' athletic experiences, both successful and not, while growing up. They recall "Bombardment"--a kind of…
lunchtime dodgeball played by Joseph Bruchac--and baseball, basketball, and football, along with gym class, karate, ballet, and wrestling. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2005Thirty-three tales of crime, suspense, and sports. In "Unguarded Moment" an honest man succumbs to the temptation to steal. In…
"A Friend of a Hero" a cop investigates the suspicious death of a fellow Korean War veteran. Includes "Fighters Don't Dive" and stories featuring sleuth Joe Ragan. Some violence. 2008The Haunted Short Stop: True Ghostly Sports Stories
By Allan Zullo. 1997
Crime and punishment: A Collection of Short Stories (Vintage classics)
By Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Bill Meissner. 1993
An impoverished student, Raskolnikov, convinces himself that he is above the law and murders an elderly pawnbroker. But his subsequent…
guilt is overwhelming. Acclaimed 1992 translation into English by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky from the 1866 Russian original. Some violence. 1993Lay-ups and long shots: an anthology of short stories
By David Lubar. 2008
Nine authors contribute stories on subjects ranging from basketball to running, Ping-Pong, dirt biking, surfing, placekicking, soccer, and a game…
of H-O-R-S-E. In "Red Shorts, White Water," a boy sets out to impress a girl, but it's his shorts, not his kayak, that does the trick. For grades 5-8. 2008Ultimate sports: short stories by outstanding writers for young adults
By Donald R. Gallo. 1995
Collection of stories about young men and women involved in a variety of sports. In Jim Naughton's "Joyriding," pudgy piano…
student Peter Whitney decides he can learn something about winning from the boy who practices cross-country running in his neighborhood. Instead, Peter passes on some valuable tips of his own. For junior and senior high readersBaseball crazy: ten short stories that cover all the bases
By Nancy Mercado, Nancy E. Mercado. 2008
Ten authors write about hometown baseball and its players--good, mediocre, and bad. In Joseph Bruchac's "Ball Hawk," Mitchell, whose deceased…
father was a Native American and a great ball player, heeds his uncle's lessons and finally hits a long, high ball to an unusual catcher. For grades 4-7. 2008Lay-ups and Long Shots: Eight Short Stories (Darby Creek Exceptional Titles Ser.)
By Joseph Bruchac, Terry Trueman, David Lubar. 2008
The mighty johns: 1 novella & 13 superstar short stories from the finest in mystery & suspense
By David Baldacci. 2002
In David Baldacci's "The Mighty Johns," college football star Tor North tackles a forty-year-old mystery--the disappearance of an All American…
tailback during a game. The novella kicks off this sports fiction anthology that also features works by Lawrence Block, Dennis Lehane, Brad Meltzer, and others. Strong language. 2002