for More Than 50 Years, Sports Illustrated Has Been The Gold Standard Of Sports Writing, And During That Time, Football-once A Popular College Pastime But Only A Rag-tag Professional Game-has Moved To Center Stage, Taking Its Unquestioned Place As America's Most Popular Sport. This Book Brings Together Dozens Of Football Classics From The Pages Of Si, Featuring The Work Of Such Esteemed Writers As John O'hara And Jack Kerouac, Dan Jenkins And George Plimpton, Don Delillo And John Undrwood And John Ed Bradley. And, Of Course, The Collection Includes Many Of The Longtime Favorites Of Si Readers: Frank Deford And Rick Reilly, Steve Rushin And Gary Smith, Peter King And Rick Telander And The Inimitable Dr. Z, Paul Zimmerman. Covering More Than Half A Century Of The Game At Every Level From High School To The Super Bowl, This Volume Will Be Indispensable Reading For Serious Football Fans.

Great football writing : Sports illustrated 1954-2006

Rob Fleder; Sports Illustrated

Editors of Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated; Time Inc. Books

New York: Sports Illustrated Books

United States, United States of America

New York, NY, 2006

September 9, 2006

US, 2006

552 p. : 24 cm
An anthology of acclaimed articles, essays, and other writings from the pages of Sports Illustrated explores various facets of the popular collegiate and professional sport, in works by John O'Hara, Jack Kerouac, Dan Jenkins, and Rick Reilly
Includes bibliographical references
Introduction / Peter King -- The game that was / Myron Cope -- The day World War II kicked off / S.L. Price -- 0:00 to go / Gary Cartwright -- Frozen in time / Johnette Howard -- Mr. Inside & Mr. Outside / Ron Fimrite -- My career (so to speak) / Alex Hawkins and Myron Cope -- Concrete Charlie / John Schulian -- "I'll do anything I can get away with" / Daphne Hurford -- Gettin' nowhere fast / Robert F. Jones -- The way he was / Leigh Montville -- Muddied but unbowed / Jeff MacGregor -- The tackle / John O'Hara -- Vanity on the gridiron / Jack Kerouac -- Zero of the Lions / George Plimpton -- Bang, you're dead / Don DeLillo -- How does it really feel? / Roy Blount Jr. -- Bottom's up / Austin Murphy -- One play / Peter King -- Six-shooters / John Ed Bradley -- Hang time / Tim Layden -- A name on the wall / William Nack -- A life after wide right / Karl Taro Greenfeld -- Where have you gone, Joe Namath? / Mark Kriegel -- Almost perfect / John Ed Bradley -- A matter of life and sudden death / Rick Reilly -- All the way with O.J. / Dan Jenkins -- Getting there the hard way / Rick Telander -- No team was ever higher / John Underwood -- The immaculate reception and other miracles / Myron Cope -- Seven up / Michael Silver -- The best football game ever played / Tex Maule -- The making of a coach / David Halberstam -- Moment of truth / Gary Smith -- Barry's back / Sally Jenkins -- The toughest coach there ever was / Frank Deford -- His own way / S.L. Price -- The roots of greatness / Bruce Newman -- Let's hand it to him / Rick Telander -- Thanks, your honor / Steve Rushin -- Born to be a quarterback / Paul Zimmerman -- Passing marks / Michael Silver -- Emmitt's domain / S.L. Price -- The wrecking yard / William Nack -- The nightmare of steroids / Tommy Chaikin with Rick Telander -- It's all a part of the game / John M. Barry

An anthology of acclaimed articles, essays, and other writings from the pages of Sports Illustrated explores various facets of the popular collegiate and professional sport, in works by John O'Hara, Jack Kerouac, Dan Jenkins, George Plimpton, Don DeLillo, Frank Deford, Rick Reilly, John Ed Bradley, Paul Zimmerman, and other noted authors.

2023-06-28