BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING 2012
Guest Editor Michael Wilbon
CONTENTS
DAVE SHEININ. The Phenomenal Son
from The Washington Post Magazine
WRIGHT THOMPSON. In Tendulkar Country
from ESPN.com
ROBERT HUBER. Allen Iverson: Fallen Star
from Philadelphia
THOMAS LAKE. Bad Nights in the NFL
from Sports Illustrated
JOHN BRANCH. Punched Out
from The New York Times
PAUL SOLOTAROFF with RICK TELANDER. The Ferocious Life and Tragic Death of a Super Bowl Star
from Men’s Journal
JEANNE MARIE LASKAS. The People V Football
from GQ
S.L. PRICE. The Heart of Football Beats in Aliquippa
from Sports Illustrated
JOHN BRANT. Franks’ Story
from Runner’s World
BILL DONAHUE. Fixing Diane’s Brain
from Runner’s World
MICHAEL MOONEY. He Do What He Do
from D. Magazine
TIM LAYDEN. The Forgotten Hero
from Sports Illustrated
ALEX BELTH. The Two-Fisted, One-Eyed Misadventures of Sportswriting’s Last Badass
from Deadspin.com
TOMMY TOMLINSON. Something Went Very Wrong at Toomer’s Corner
from Sports Illustrated
TAYLOR BRANCH. The Shame of College Sports
from The Atlantic Monthly
S.L. PRICE. Staring Down History
from Sports Illustrated
JERE LONGMAN. Boy Genius
from The New York Times
BEN MCGRATH. Queen of the “D” League
from The New Yorker
WELLS TOWER. Welcome to the Far Eastern Conference
from GQ
JON MOOALLEM. The History and the Mystery of the High Five
from ESPN: The Magazine
The Guest Editor for The Best American Sports Writing 2013 will be J.R. Moehringer.
Please note that all submissions to the Guest Editor are made “blind,” not identified by author or source, that the Guest Editor makes the final selections and that the Notable Sports Writing of 2011 list will appear in the book. It generally includes most, but not necessarily all, of the stories submitted to the Guest Editor for consideration. The Guest editor is always welcome to include stories not put forward by the series editor.