{"product_id":"9780544617315","title":"The Best American Sports Writing 2016","description":"\u003cbr\u003eFor more than twenty-five years, \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Sports Writing \u003c\/i\u003ehas curated the year’s finest sports journalism. Continuing the tradition in a long line of notable guest editors is Rick Telander, acclaimed journalist, author, and champion of the written word\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHis choices are defined by one shared thread: effort, on the part of athletes and writers alike. The physical strength it takes to play professional hockey and football, or for a forty-two-year-old writer to learn how to dunk in six months. The mental and emotional toughness needed to turn around a losing team, or to speak out about a coach. The careful striving to make everything seem effortless. This edition encompasses it all.\u003ci\u003eThe Best American Sports Writing 2016 \u003c\/i\u003eincludes Don Van Natta Jr. and Seth Wickersham,  L. Jon Wertheim and Ken Rodriguez,  Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru, Brett Popplewell, Alexandra Starr, Wright Thompson\u003ci\u003e and others\u003c\/i\u003eRICK TELANDER is a \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e senior sports columnist and the Basketball Evangelist for \u003ci\u003eSlam\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He has also written for \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eESPN: The Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eand has been featured seven times in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Sports Writing. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is the author of eight books, including \u003ci\u003eHeaven Is a Playground \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFrom Red Ink to Roses.\u003c\/i\u003eGLENN STOUT, series editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Sports Writing \u003c\/i\u003esince its inception, is the author of \u003ci\u003eYoung Woman and the Sea \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFenway 1912\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023209054448,"sku":"9780544617315","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780544617315_p0.jpg?v=1763712746","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780544617315","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}