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Grantland Rice's reader
The greatest tradition in sports journalism is the columnist. Here a writer can write persuasive, expository, narrative or descriptive pieces. Some pieces tend to be formal; some informal. Often the attempt is to make a point and prove it without being too fussy. The columns selected are also chosen for their structure and style. It shouldn't take long to figure out what we like. If this was a newsmagazine, we would call this section "Mike Royko's Reader." Instead, it is named for the New York columnist who dominated sportswriting during the first half of the 20th century. Rice is perhaps the only sportswriter quoted in Bartlett's: "When the Great Scorer comes to write against your name --/ He marks -- not that you won or lost -- but how you played the game."
Home run kings: McGwire and Sosa teach us lessons about life. This story was originally published in WordSmith in October 1998. By Bobby Booker Jr., Ebbets Field staff writer
Rocker's enemies his best friends. By Mark Bradley of the Atlanta Journal Constitution
Loaded Lakers are the team to beat in NBA. By Bernie Lincicome of the Chicago Tribune
Sydney dream bonds unique pair. By Randy Harvey of the Los Angeles Times
Grace deserves media kudos. By Skip Bayless of the Chicago Tribune
Brooks Robinson: Epitome of grace on and off the field. By John Steadman of the Baltimore Sun
Chaney uses unusual teaching methods. By George Vecsey of the New York Times
Knight needs to apologize. By Paul Daugherty of the Cincinnati Inquirer
Indiana trustees can't handle Knight. By George Vecsey of the New York Times
This Knight may be errant, but so are we all. By Bob Verdi of the Chicago Tribune
The NBA's
Knightmare. By Phil Mushnick of the New York Post
Less
is more in urban
ballparks. By Britt Robson in the Utne Reader
Reform admirable, but NCAA's goal simply impossible. By Barry Temkin of the Chicago
Tribune
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