Sports Literature - Reading List

Reading List

Since all of the following selections are individually selected by you and are available in paperback (some only in hardcover) at your local library, local bookstore, Borders or Amazon.com, I have not ordered them from the college bookstore. Only the required text (The Meaning of Sports by Michael Mandlebaum) is available at the College Bookstore ( Eastern campus).

If you are ordering from Amazon I suggest you make all your seleections at one time and make one order to save on shipping charges.

Non-Fiction
Select one (1) from three (3) Sport categories

Fiction
Select one (1)

Other
Select one (1)

Boxing

Dark Trade: Lost In Boxing
By Donald McRay

The Sweet Science
By A.J. Liebling (1956)

Baseball

Bang the Drum Slowly
By Mark Harris (1956)

The Boys of Summer
By Roger Kahn (1971)

Ball Four
By Jim Bouton (1970)

Game Time
By Roger Angell (2003)

Joe Dimaggio
By Richard Ben Cramer (2000)

Praying For Gil Hodges
By Tom Oliphant (2005)

The Long Season
By Jim Brosnan (1960)

The Summer Game
By Roger Angell (1972)

The Teammates
by David Halberstam (2003)

3 Nights In August
By Buzz Bissinger

You Know Me Al
By Ring Lardner (1914)

Mountain Climbing

On The Ridge Between Life and Death
By David Roberts

Running

The Pefect Mile
By Neal Bascomb

Football

The Education of a Coach
By David Halberstam (2005)

Fever Pitch
By Nick Hornby (1991)

Friday Night Lights
By H.G. Bissinger (1990)

Instant Replay
By Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap (1968)

Paper Lion
By George Plimpton (1965)

Semi-Tough
By Dan Jenkins (1972)

Basketball

A Season on the Brink
By John Feinstein (1986)

The Breaks of the Game By David Halberstam (1981)

Heaven Is a Playground
By Rick Telander (1976)

Loose Balls
By Terry Pluto (1990)

The Last Shot: City Strets, Basketball Dreams
By Darcy Frey

The Rivalry
By John Taylor

Hockey

The Game
By Ken Dryden (1983)

Horse Racing

Blood Horses
By John Sullivan

Seabiscuit
By Laura Hillenbrand (2001)

Soccer

The Game of Their Lives
By Geoffrey Douglas

Tennis

Levels of the Game
By John McPhee (1969)

Golf

The Greatest Game Ever Played
By Mark Frost (2002)

Don DeLillo,
End Zone.

James Dickey, Deliverance.

Mark Harris,
The Southpaw.

Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises.

Robert Lipsyte,
The Contender

Bernard Malamud,
The Natural.

Norman Maclean (1976)A River Runs Through It

John Updike,
Rabbit, Run.

August Wilson,
Fences.

Plays:

That Championship Season
by jason Miller

The Great White Hope
by Howard Sackler

Journalism:

Sports Illustrated

New York Magazine

Rolling Stone

Films:

The Great White Hope

That Championship Season

Requiem for a Havyweight

The Harder They Fall

Paper Lion

Bang the Drum Slowly

Friday Night Lights

Field of Dreams

For Love of the Game

Hoosiers

A League of Their Own

Anthologies

The Best American Sports Writing of the Century
David Halberstam, Editor
Glenn Stout, Series Editor

The Norton Book of Sports
By George Plimpton

George Plimpton On Sports
By George Plimpton

Best American Sports Writing
editor - Richard Ben Cramer

Race, Identity and Sports
in the 20th Century
edited by Amy Bass

SportsWorld,
By Robert Lipsyte

*Non-Fiction* *Select* one *(1) from three (3) Sport categories*	Fiction Select one (1)	*Other* *Select one (1)*
Boxing Dark Trade: Lost In Boxing By Donald McRay The Sweet Science By A.J. Liebling (1956) Baseball Bang the Drum Slowly By Mark Harris (1956) The Boys of Summer By Roger Kahn (1971) Ball Four By Jim Bouton (1970) Game Time By Roger Angell (2003) Joe Dimaggio By Richard Ben Cramer (2000) Praying For Gil Hodges By Tom Oliphant (2005) The Long Season By Jim Brosnan (1960) The Summer Game By Roger Angell (1972) The Teammates by David Halberstam (2003) 3 Nights In August By Buzz Bissinger You Know Me Al By Ring Lardner (1914) *Mountain Climbing* On The Ridge Between Life and Death By David Roberts *Running* The Pefect Mile By Neal Bascomb Football The Education of a Coach By David Halberstam (2005) Fever Pitch By Nick Hornby (1991) Friday Night Lights By H.G. Bissinger (1990) Instant Replay By Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap (1968) Paper Lion By George Plimpton (1965) Semi-Tough By Dan Jenkins (1972) *Basketball* A Season on the Brink By John Feinstein (1986) The Breaks of the Game By David Halberstam (1981) Heaven Is a Playground By Rick Telander (1976) Loose Balls By Terry Pluto (1990) The Last Shot: City Strets, Basketball Dreams By Darcy Frey The Rivalry By John Taylor *Hockey* The Game By Ken Dryden (1983) *Horse Racing* Blood Horses By John Sullivan Seabiscuit By Laura Hillenbrand (2001) *Soccer* The Game of Their Lives By Geoffrey Douglas *Tennis* Levels of the Game By John McPhee (1969) *Golf* The Greatest Game Ever Played By Mark Frost (2002)	Don DeLillo, End Zone. James Dickey, Deliverance. Mark Harris, The Southpaw. Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises. Robert Lipsyte, The Contender Bernard Malamud, The Natural. Norman Maclean (1976)A River Runs Through It John Updike, Rabbit, Run. August Wilson, Fences.	*Plays:* That Championship Season by jason Miller The Great White Hope by Howard Sackler *Journalism:* Sports Illustrated New York Magazine Rolling Stone *Films:* The Great White Hope That Championship Season Requiem for a Havyweight The Harder They Fall Paper Lion Bang the Drum Slowly Friday Night Lights Field of Dreams For Love of the Game Hoosiers A League of Their Own *Anthologies* The Best American Sports Writing of the Century David Halberstam, Editor Glenn Stout, Series Editor The Norton Book of Sports By George Plimpton George Plimpton On Sports By George Plimpton Best American Sports Writing editor - Richard Ben Cramer Race, Identity and Sports in the 20th Century edited by Amy Bass SportsWorld, By Robert Lipsyte