The Best American Sports Writing 2011 (55 page)

D
AVID
F
LEMING
As Easy as 1, 2, 3 ... 756, 757, 758.
ESPN The Magazine,
April 19, 2010

A
SHLEY
F
OX
Reid's Ordeal.
The Philadelphia Inquirer,
July 18, 2010

S
TEVE
F
RIEDMAN
The Race of His Life.
Runner's World,
November 2010

T
OM
F
RIEND
Fifth and Goal.
ESPN.com
, December 7, 2010

 

A
LISON
G
LOCK
Unforgiven.
ESPN The Magazine,
September 6, 2010

K
ARL
T
ARO
G
REENFELD
Genetic Engineering for the Preteen Set.
The New York Observer,
April 5, 2010

S
EAN
G
REGORY
Struck Out by Beisbol.
Time,
July 26, 2010

S. C. G
WYNNE
Head Case.
Texas Monthly,
April 2010

 

M
ICHAEL
H
ALL
About a Boy.
Texas Monthly,
September 2010

B
ENJAMIN
H
OCHMAN
George Karl's Cancer Fight.
The Denver Post,
April 4, 2010

 

P
AT
J
ORDAN
The Babe.
The Southern Review,
Spring 2010

 

J
ONAH
K
ERI
A Not-So-Brief History of Pitching Injuries Starring Nolan Ryan and the Texas Rangers.
Jonahkeri.com
, September 13, 2010

B
RIAN
K
EVIN
The Longest Haul.
Sierra,
May 2010

 

M
ICHAEL
L
EAHY
Kicked Around.
The Washington Post Magazine,
December 12, 2010

J
AY
L
ESANDRINI
Waiting on Deck.
Sport Literate,
Fall 2010

J
OSH
L
EVIN
The Other Blind Sides.
Slate.com
, October 14, 2010

L
AURENCE
L
OWE
The Justin Bieber of Bullfighting.
Details,
December 2010

 

D
AVE
M
C
K
ENNA
The Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder.
Washington City Paper,
November 19, 2010

M
ANISH
M
EHTA
U.S. Olympic Hockey Player Bobby Ryan Reveals a Dark Family Secret.
The Star-Ledger,
February 21, 2010

E
LIZABETH
M
ERRILL
The Woman Forever Tied to Steve McNair.
ESPN.com
, July 4, 2010

J. R. M
OEHRINGER
In It to Win It.
GQ,
March 2010

M
ICHAEL
J. M
OONEY
Friday Night Tights.
The Miami New Times,
March 11—17, 2010

K
ENNY
M
OORE
Bernard LeGat Is Not Done Yet.
Runner's World,
February 2010

T
ITO
M
ORALES
Shalane Flanagan: The Runner's Daughter.
Marathon and Beyond,
September-October 2010

 

J
AMES
N
ESTOR
Tasty Freeze.
Outside,
January-February 2010

 

I
AN
O'C
ONNOR
Boss' Kindness Kept Olympian Afloat.
ESPNNewYork.com
, December 31, 2010

D
ANNY
O'N
EIL
Searching for the Boz.
The Seattle Times,
August 15, 2010

 

N
ICK
P
AUMGARTEN
The Ski Gods.
The New Yorker,
March 15, 2010

C
HARLES
P. P
IERCE
The Calmest Man in the Clubhouse.
The Boston Globe Magazine,
May 23, 2010

J
OE
P
OSNANSKI
Where Are They Now: Stan Musial.
Sports Illustrated,
August 2, 2010

E
RIC
P
RISBELL
Love and Basketball.
The Washington Post,
June 20, 2010

A
NNIE
P
ROULX
A Year of Birds.
Harper's Magazine,
December 2010

 

B
ILL
R
EITER
Toughest Player in "Real Life."
The Kansas City Star,
January 17, 2010

K
URT
R
HEINHEIMER
Ty Cobb: Death in the Dark.
Blue Ridge Country,
June 2010

S
TEPHEN
R
ODRICK
Brett Favre in Overtime.
Men's Journal,
August 2010

 

R
ICHARD
S
ANDOMIR
At 1:42, Woods (Gasp!) Tees Off.
The New York Times,
April 9, 2010

G
ARY
S
MITH
The Unexpected Hero.
Sports Illustrated,
July 26, 2010

T
OBY
S
MITH
It's Time to Move On from the Latest Cliché.
The Albuquerque Journal,
April 20, 2010

M
ICHAEL
S
OKOLOVE
From Boys to Pros.
The New York Times Magazine,
June 6, 2010

K
EITH
S
PILLETT
On Losing. Tyrannyoftradition.
wordpress.com
, December 3, 2010

J
ON
S
TYF
The Final Score.
The Beaumont Enterprise,
September 26, 2010

N
EIL
S
WIDEY
What We Lose When Everybody Wins.
The Boston Globe Magazine,
August 22, 2010

M
ARK
S
YNOTT
Borneo's Forbidden Chasm.
Men's Journal,
March 2010

 

R
ICK
T
ELANDER
What Football Did for Us ... and What Football Did to Us.
The Chicago Sun-Times,
June 29—July 5, 2010

R
ACHEL
T
OOR
The Colossal Crack.
Running Times,
June 2010

J
AMES
T
RAUB
Mariano Rivera, King of the Closers.
The New York Times Magazine,
June 28, 2010

E
RIC
W
EINBERGER
The Skiing Life.
The New Haven Review,
Winter 2010

L. J
ON
W
ERTHEIM
The Amazing Race.
Sports Illustrated,
September 20, 2010

J
ASON
W
OLF
Breaking the Cycle.
The Danville Register and Bee,
March 7, 2010

A
LEXANDER
W
OLFF
The Hero Who Vanished.
Sports Illustrated,
March 8, 2010

 

J
OHN
Y
ARGO
Stick and Move.
The Ring,
June 2010

 

N
ED
Z
EMAN
Higher, Colder, Deadlier.
Vanity Fair,
November 2010

Recreated from interviews, court filings, and police reports, and told through the eyes of Robert Nixon.

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