Sports Illustrated: Great Football Writing: Editors of Sports Illustrated: 9781933405094: Book: : eCampus.com

An anthology of acclaimed articles, essays, and other writings from the pages of Sports Illustrated explores various facets of the popular collegiate and professional sport, in works by John O'Hara, Jack Kerouac, Dan Jenkins, George Plimpton, Don DeLillo, Frank Deford, Rick Reilly, John Ed Bradley, Paul Zimmerman, and other noted authors.

Introduction

(8)

BY PETER KING

Distant Replay

The Game That Was

(16)

BY MYRON COPE

The Day World War II Kicked Off

(3)

BY S.L. PRICE

0:00 to Go

(8)

BY GARY CARTWRIGHT

Frozen in Time

(9)

BY JOHNETTE HOWARD

Mr. Inside & Mr. Outside

(17)

BY RON FIMRITE

Character Witnesses

My Career (So to Speak)

(14)

BY ALEX HAWKINS AND MYRON COPE

Concrete Charlie

(14)

BY JOHN SCHULIAN

"I'll Do Anything I Can Get Away With"

(6)

BY DAPHNE HURFORD

Gettin' Nowhere Fast

104

(12)

BY ROBERT F. JONES

The Way He Was

116

(6)

BY LEIGH MONTVILLE

Muddied but Unbowed

122

(17)

BY JEFF MACGREGOR

Letters Men

The Tackle

139

(10)

BY JOHN O'HARA

Vanity on the Gridiron

149

(19)

BY JACK KEROUAC

Zero of the Lions

168

(8)

BY GEORGE PLIMPTON

Bang, You're Dead

176

(21)

BY DON DELILLO

Inside Football

How Does It Really Feel?

197

(13)

BY ROY BLOUNT JR.

Bottom's Up

210

(7)

BY AUSTIN MURPHY

One Play

217

(4)

BY PETER KING

Six-Shooters

221

(13)

BY JOHN ED BRADLEY

Hang Time

234

(19)

BY TIM LAYDEN

Down by Contact

A Name on the Wall

253

(16)

BY WILLIAM NACK

A Life After Wide Right

269

(13)

BY KARL TARO GREENFELD

Where Have You Gone, Joe Namath?

282

(25)

B. MARK KRIEGEL

Almost Perfect

307

(12)

BY JOHN ED BRADLEY

Game Time

A Matter of Life and Sudden Death

319

(13)

BY RICK REILLY

All the Way with O.J.

332

(7)

BY DAN JENKINS

Getting There the Hard Way

339

(6)

BY RICK TELANDER

No Team Was Ever Higher

345

(6)

BY JOHN UNDERWOOD

The Immaculate Reception and Other Miracles

351

(11)

BY MYRON COPE

Seven Up

362

(6)

BY MICHAEL SILVER

The Best Football Game Ever Played

368

(7)

BY TEX MAULE

Higher Powers

The Making of a Coach

375

(17)

BY DAVID HALBERSTAM

Moment of Truth

392

(20)

BY GARY SMITH

Barry's Back

412

(5)

BY SALLY JENKINS

The Toughest Coach There Ever Was

417

(33)

BY FRANK DEFORD

His Own Way

450

(9)

BY S.L. PRICE

All-Everything

The Roots of Greatness

459

(12)

BY BRUCE NEWMAN

Let's Hand It to Him

471

(5)

BY RICK TELANDER

Thanks, Your Honor

476

(8)

BY STEVE RUSHIN

Born to Be a Quarterback

484

(16)

BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN

Passing Marks

500

(5)

BY MICHAEL SILVER

Emmitt's Domain

505

(8)

BY S.L. PRICE

Outside the Lines

The Wrecking Yard

513

(11)

BY WILLIAM NACK

The Nightmare of Steroids

524

(23)

BY TOMMY CHAIKIN WITH RICK TELANDER

It's All a Part of the Game

547

(8)

BY JOHN M. BARRY

Acknowledgments

555


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