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Dec 04, 2008
dusty.rhodes
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"Duel in the Sun" by John Brant (From Runner's World) is in a class by itself in this collection. Track it down and read it. READ IT. This would have been a two-star review without this essay.
"The Eli Experiment" by Michael Lewis (From the NYTimes Magazine) is the best standard sports-piece, the last paragraph of "The Wound and the Bow" by David Shields (From The Believer) almost makes reading the rest of his essay worth the time, "Rayna's Second More...
"The Eli Experiment" by Michael Lewis (From the NYTimes Magazine) is the best standard sports-piece, the last paragraph of "The Wound and the Bow" by David Shields (From The Believer) almost makes reading the rest of his essay worth the time, "Rayna's Second More...
Feb 26, 2009
amy
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A quick read while cashiering at the co-op. Because of limited time, I just read the pieces that Dusty had bookmarked for whatever reason: "The Wound and the Bow" by David Shields, "Duel in the Sun" by John Brant, and about half of "Why We Must Listen" by Michael Rosenberg. I really liked the first two but had trouble getting past the uncomfortably short sentences in the Rosenberg piece. Which is too bad, because he makes a series of important points and I kind o
Nov 17, 2011
Stephen
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Focused a little too much on the negative side of sports (death, drugs, debauchery), but the best articles were exhilarating.
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