For twenty-five years,
The Best American Sports Writing
has built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the past year, culled from hundreds of national, regional, and specialty print and digital publications. Wright Thompson, many times included in this volume over the years, takes his turn at the helm by curating this exceptional collection. The only shared trait among these diverse pieces is the extraordinarily high caliber of writing, but collectively they tap into the pure passion that can only come from sports. And for all aspiring sports writers, says Thompson, “these selections are both road map and compass.”
The Best American Sports Writing 2015
includes
Don Van Natta Jr., Chris Ballard, Katie Baker, Christopher Beam, Wells Tower, Seth Wickersham, Ariel Levy
and others
WRIGHT THOMPSON, guest editor, started his sports writing career as a student at the University of Missouri, where he covered sports for the
Columbia Missourian
. He interned at the
Times-Picayune
in New Orleans and worked as the LSU beat writer. He then moved to the
Kansas City
Star,
where he covered a wide variety of sports. In 2006 he joined ESPN.com and
ESPN: The Magazine
as a senior writer. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.
GLENN STOUT, series editor for
since its inception, is the author of
Young Woman
and the Sea
and
Fenway 1912
.
He serves as the long-form editor for SB Nation and lives in Alburgh, Vermont.