TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schulian,John
TI  - The great American sports page: a century of classic columns from Ring Lardner to Sally Jenkins 
SN  - 9781598536126
AV  - GV583 .G6992 2019
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Library of America
KW  - Newspapers
KW  - Sections, columns, etc
KW  - Sports
KW  - American newspapers
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Sports journalism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Spanning nearly a century, The Great American Sports Page presents essential columns from more than three dozen masters of the press-box craft, unforgettable dispatches from World Series, Super Bowls, and legendary title bouts written with passion, spontaneity, humor, and a gift for the memorable phrase. Read avidly day in and day out by a sports-mad public, these columnists became journalistic celebrities in their home cities, their coverage trusted and savored, their opinions hotly debated. Gathered in this anthology, writers from Grantland Rice and Jim Murray to Bob Ryan and Sally Jenkins capture some of sports' most enduring moments and many of its all-time greats-Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and Michael Jordan among them-taking the measure of the human richness, complexity, and competitive spirit of sports--
ER  -