The Great American Sports Page by Schulian, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Foreword Introduction W. O. McGEEHAN (1879–1933)

Gertrude Ederle vs. the Channel (1926) News of a Champion (1927)

DAMON RUNYON (1880–1946)

Stengel’s Homer Wins It for Giants, 5–4 (1923) All Horse Players Die Broke (1944)

GRANTLAND RICE (1880–1954)

Senators Win Title, 4–3 (1924)

RING LARDNER (1885–1933)

Mordecai Brown: The Reporter’s Friend (1916) Kid’s Strategy Goes Amuck as Jake Doesn’t Die (1919) The Perils of Being a Football Writer (1921)

HEYWOOD BROUN (1888–1939)

This Side of Paradise? (1920) The Orthodox Champion (1922)

FRANK GRAHAM (1893–1965)

A Show They Will Never Forget (1938) Ex-Champion (1945)

WESTBROOK PEGLER (1894–1969)

The Called Shot Heard Round the World (1932) The Olympic Army (1936)

JOE PALMER (1904–1952)

Stymie—Common Folks (1949) Samuel Doyle Riddle (1951)

SHIRLEY POVICH (1905–1998)

Iron Horse “Breaks” as Athletic Greats Meet in His Honor (1939) Larsen Pitches 1st Perfect Game in Series History (1956)

RED SMITH (1905–1982)

A Horse You Had to Like (1947) Next to Godliness (1947) Miracle of Coogan’s Bluff (1951)

JIMMY CANNON (1909–1973)

DiMaggio (1948) You’re Billy Graham (1955) Doc Kearns (1963)

WENDELL SMITH (1914–1972)

It Was a Great Day in Jersey (1946)

W. C. HEINZ (1915–2008)

Down Memory Lane with the Babe (1948) Death of a Racehorse (1949)

DICK YOUNG (1917–1987)

Beloved Enemy (1946) Obit on the Dodgers (1957) Hutch (1964)

EMMETT WATSON (1918–2001)

Goal-Line Stand in France Brings Freddy Back (1946) End of the Line for Leo (1953)

BLACKIE SHERROD (1919–2016)

Old Buster in Ivyland (1960) Changing Tastes (1978) Zero Is Hero (1980)

JIM MURRAY (1919–1998)

As White as the Ku Klux Klan (1969) If You’re Expecting One-Liners (1979) All-Time Greatest Name (1980)

SANDY GRADY (1927–2015)

Cool World of Basketball’s Wilt (1960) A Visit to Managers’ Terrace (1964) The Mob Hit .000 (1966)

PETER FINNEY (1927–2016)

Bounced Right into My Arms”: Cannon Planned to Let It Roll (1959) Just Call Me Gorgeous (1960) It Could Have Been Worse . . . (1977)

JIM KLOBUCHAR (b. 1928)

The Dragon vs. a Scrambling St. George (1966) Joe Namath Slays the Knights (1969)

DAVE ANDERSON (1929–2018)

The Sound of 715 (1974)

BUD COLLINS (1929–2016)

Evert Smashing, Wins Battle of Wimbledon (1976) Boxing Grieves Loss of 5th Street Gym (1994)

JERRY IZENBERG (b. 1930)

The Promoter (1964) Courage Is Riding Out a 1,600-Pound Tornado (1985) Just Color Doug’s Day Beautiful (1988)

LARRY MERCHANT (b. 1931)

Ali Baby (1967) Poetry in Motion (1968) Hustler Outhustled (1973)

WELLS TWOMBLY (1935–1977)

Gallery of Goats (1972) Super Hero (1973) There Was Only One Casey (1975)

ROBERT LIPSYTE (b. 1938)

Clay Wins Title in Seventh-Round Upset as Liston Is Halted by Shoulder Injury (1964) The Medal (1969)

BILL NACK (1941–2018)

First a Hush, Then Awe (1973)

DAVE KINDRED (b. 1941)

Willie Pastrano (1980) Ben Crenshaw (1984) Walter Payton (1988)

LEIGH MONTVILLE (b. 1943)

The Tube That Won’t Let You Up (1981) It Ain’t Over till It’s Over (1986)

JOHN SCHULIAN (b. 1945)

Pistol Pete: Parting Shot Full of Sorrow (1980) The Proud Warrior (1985)

DIANE K. SHAH (b. 1945)

At 7-Foot-2, Is Abdul-Jabbar Above It All? (1981) Oh, No! Not Another Boring Interview with Steve Carlton (1983)

BOB RYAN (b. 1946)

Celtics Steal It: Bulls Fall in 2 OTs, 135–131 (1986) Celtics Crowning Glory: Bird Buries Rockets (1986)

THOMAS BOSWELL (b. 1947)

Something to Shout About (1982) Nicklaus a Master Again (1986) The Rocket’s Descent (2007)

TONY KORNHEISER (b. 1948)

Jackson’s Lonely World (1978)

RICK TELANDER (b. 1948)

Making Their Points (2001) Atkins a Study in Pride and Pain (2007)

RICHARD HOFFER (b. 1949)

Chacon Lives with a Dream and Relives a Nightmare (1982) Retton Vaults Past Szabo to Win Gold Medal (1984)

DAVID ISRAEL (b. 1951)

Joe Pepitone: What Is He Doing for the Rest of His Life? (1975) Butterfly . . . Tiger . . . Lion . . . Al McGuire Retires a Champ (1977)

MIKE DOWNEY (b. 1951)

When One Teardrop Is a Torrent of Hope (1994) He May Be Playing in Year 2131 (1995)

JANE LEAVY (b. 1951)

The Man Baseball Forgot Plays the Hand He’s Dealt (1983)

RALPH WILEY (1952–2004)

Why Did Duran Do It? (1980) The Undertaker Was Buried (1981)

MIKE LUPICA (b. 1952)

The Day the Music Died in Boston (1978) Connors Slams Death’s Door Shut (1987) Recalling Brother’s Bravest Hour (2001)

MARK KRAM, JR. (b. 1956)

“I Want to Kill Him” (2002)

BILL PLASCHKE (b. 1958)

Her Blue Haven (2001)

MICHAEL WILBON (b. 1958)

Entitled to Everything He Got (1992) Winning Isn’t Color-Coded (1994)

SALLY JENKINS (b. 1960)

Driving Home an Eternal Philosophy of Life (2001) Only Medal for Bode Is Fool’s Gold (2006) George Huguely, Ben Roethlisberger, Lawrence Taylor: Male Athletes Encouraged to Do the Wrong Thing (2010)

JOE POSNANSKI (b. 1967)

RIP Buck O’Neil (2014)

Sources and Acknowledgments Index

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