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The Best American Sports Writing 2002

Published in Paperback by Houghton Mifflin Co (15 October, 2002)

Authors: Rick Reilly and Glenn Stout

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a couple interesting pieces and then SI cronyism

Tom Scocca's story is worth the price of the paperback, but otherwise Mr. Reilly's logrolling of mediocre pieces by his colleagues drags down the overall quality of the book. There are some notable exclusions--check out the honorable mention pages-- that were sacrificed for some howlers from the SI crowd.

Last Year in Sports

As is always true with these annual "Best of ..." books, there are several notable omissions that deserved to be included, but there is enough good material to make it well worth its price. More than anything it is a nice reminder of all that went on in sports in 2001, with several well written profiles of athletes, events, and sports that may not have received much coverage but are still fascinating and interesting to learn about. If you like sports or sports writing, this is the best anthology available every year so I would recommend it.

On the Halfpipe With Tony Hawk

Published in Library Binding by Bt Bound (2002)

Authors: Matt Christopher and Glenn Stout

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Not worth it

Why would you want to read this book when Tony Hawk wrote his own? That has all the information on him you need to know--plus more that wasn't covered in this book. Tony Hawk rocks and I would rather read what he writes.

Good for Young Kids

Like all Matt Christopher books, this is a good basic introduction to skating and skateboarder Tony Hawk, with an emphasis on Hawk as a role model. Young skaters will learn a lot about the sport without the baggage that comes from other sources

a great book

this is a great book.buy it

On the Track With...Jeff Gordon

Published in Library Binding by Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media (2001)

Authors: Matt Christopher and Glenn Stout

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A fast biography of a speedster!

Jeff Gordon is one of the lucky ones who found his passion at an early age - took to it & never looked back.

From BMX bicycles to 2.85-horsepower midgets to go-carts to open sprint cars with 650-horsepower engines pushing these little cars beyond 140 miles per hour, Jeff Gordon ate it all up & kept racing & winning. With black & white photographs, graphs of statistics, Career Highlights, technical data about all sorts of auto-racing & short, engaging histories of the various forms of auto-racing, the rest of the book, as they say, is history.

By the age of 21 he had become NASCAR's Rookie of the Year, breaking records, driving safely, losing some & winning most.

A plainly written autobiography of one of today's great drivers & heroes.