Book description
For 50 years, "Sports Illustrated" has set the standard for sports writing and action photography. Now, for the culmination of the magazine's 50th Anniversary celebration, some of the finest writing and most memorable pictures from "Sports Illustrated's" archives have been collected in a lavish coffee-table book that will be treasured…
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1 author picked Sports Illustrated as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
My fourth pick is not a book. It is an article that appeared in Sports Illustrated magazine on June 17, 1985 although it does appear in various anthologies of great sports writing.
In his heyday, Frank Deford was the king of the “take out piece,” the longer journalistic pieces that appeared in the back of magazines. The Boxer and the Blonde is his masterpiece.
It is the story of Billy Conn when the light heavyweight champion challenged Joe Louis for the heavyweight crown in the summer of 1941. But it is also the story of Billy falling hard for the…
From Fred's list on The best sports books (as picked by a kids’ sports book author).
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