Beyond the Game: The Collected Sportswriting of Gary Smith

Gary Smith is one of the most accomplished sports journalists working today, a three-time National Magazine Award winner who has been selected in a poll of Associated Press editors as the sportswriter they'd most like to hire. In Beyond the Game, Gary Smith has brought together his greatest stories, from the inspiring account of basketball coach Jim Valvano's courageous battle against cancer, to an unforgettable tale of a remote valley in Bolivia that plays host to an unusual annual ritual in which the men of rival villages engage in a riotous all-day fistfight. Beyond the Game is not only a collection of great sportswriting; it is a collection of great writing, period. Each of Smith's stories -- of dreams and fears, failure and triumph, self-destruction and salvation -- will profoundly touch you and remain with you long after you have closed the pages of the book.

Author: Gary Smith
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 08/06/2001
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.49w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780802138491
ISBN10: 0802138497
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Essays
- Sports & Recreation | Sports Psychology
- Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes | General