The Best American Sports Writing 2013 (65 page)

Peter Frick-Wright

Their Vision Is Sound.
Bike
, July 2012

S
TEVE
F
RIEDMAN

Meteor.
Runner's World
, December 2012

 

D
AVE
G
ESSNER

Ultimate Glory.
BillandDavesCocktailHour.com
, January 26, 2012

 

B
RETT
H
ABER

In the Name of the Father.
Washingtonian
, March 2012

E
RIC
H
ANSEN

Quoosiers.
Outside
, June 2012

J
USTIN
H
ECKERT

The Loneliest Number.
Sports Illustrated
, December 31, 2012

M
IKE
H
EMBREE

A Tree Grows in Stuart.
Speed.com
, September 18, 2012

J
USTICE
B. H
ILL

Saving His Own Soul First. SBNation.com/Longform, December 19, 2012

E
VA
H
OLLAND

Three Kites on the Ice.
VelaMag.com
, August 28, 2012

P
ATRICK
H
RUBY

Let's Eliminate Sports Welfare.
SportsonEarth.com
, December 12, 2012

The Truth Out There. ThePost
Game.com
, May 30, 2012

 

P
AT
J
ORDAN

In Uncle Ted's Head.
Roopstigo.com
, October 2012

 

J
ENNIFER
K
AHN

Born to Run Back.
Runner's World
, January 2012

Z
AK
K
EEFER

One in a Million Shot.
The Indianapolis Star
, December 9, 2012

K
IBBY
K
LEIMAN

Moneyball 2.0.
The East Bay Express
, September 12, 2012

M
ICHAEL
K
RUSE

The Fabulous Sports Babe.
Grantland.com
, September 11, 2012

 

T
HOMAS
L
AKE

The Boy They Couldn't Kill.
Sports Illustrated
, September 17, 2012

J
EANNE
M
ARIE
L
ASKAS

Guns 'R Us.
GQ
, September 2012

A
RIEL
L
EVY

A Ring of One's Own.
The New Yorker
, May 7, 2012

T
OM
L
EY

Boom or Bust.
Deadspin.com
, December 10, 2012

 

G
UY
M
ARTIN

Horse Power.
Garden & Gun
, December 2012

J. B
RADY
M
C
C
OLLOUGH

The Pride of Clairton.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, November 21, 2012

J
OHN
M
C
L
AUGHLIN

In Chariots, They Ran.
Runner's World
, February 2012

E
LIZABETH
M
ERRILL

Where Did It All Go Wrong?
ESPN.com
, December 12, 2012

M
EGAN
M
ICHELSON

Tunnel Vision.
Outside
, November 2012

D
OUG
M
ILLER

The Mudville Line.
MLB.com
, December 12, 2012

 

J
ASON
N
ARK

Deer Dad.
The Philadelphia Daily News
, December 23, 2012

 

D
ANNY
O'N
EIL

Ryan David Leaf, Defendant.
Seattle Times
, April 8, 2012

 

J
OSH
P
ARROT

The Upset.
Basketball Times
, December 2012

J
EFF
P
ASSAN

Long, Maddening Fall for Former No. 1.
Yahoo.com
, March 26, 2012

From Prospect to Priest.
Yahoo.com
, September 27, 2012

J
OE
N
ICK
P
ATOSKI

Turnover!
Texas Monthly
, October 2012

R
ICK
P
AULAS

The Cup of Coffee Club.
TheAwl.com
, May 30, 2012

B
EN
P
AYNTER

Perfectly Suited.
Wired
, August 2012

B
ARRY
P
ETCHESKY

Where Would the NHL Be If Bain Capital Had Bought the Whole League in 2005?
Deadspin.com
, October 15, 2012

A
LAN
P
RENDERGAST

Going to Extremes.
Westword
, August 2–8, 2012

E
RIC
P
RISBELL

Transsexual Gabrielle Ludwig Returns to College Court.
USA Today
, December 5, 2012

S
HANNON
P
ROUDFOOT

Hell Frozen Over.
Sportsnet
, March 26, 2012

 

J
ON
R
ONSON

Clear Eyes, Full Plate, Can't Puke.
GQ
, November 2012

K
RISTINA
R
UTHERFORD

“I've Got Nothing Left.”
Sportsnet
, June 4, 2012

 

A
LBERT
S
AMAHA

Familiar Ring.
Riverfront Times
, February 23, 2012

Swoosh Dreams,
SF Weekly
, June 20, 2012

R
OBERT
S
ANCHEZ

Golden Girl.
5280
, June 2012

E
LI
S
ASLOW

A Trip to the Threshing Floor.
ESPN: The Magazine
, December 11, 2012

L
EANDER
S
CHAERLAEKENS

Out of Bounds.
SBNation.com/Longform
, September 28, 2012

W
HIT
S
HEPPARD

He Paid the Price.
Richmond
, September 2012

J
ESSE
S
IDLAUSKAS

Putting on My Old Cockfighting Shoes.
Mayborn
, July 2012

F
RANK
S
OOS

Who's on First.
Sport Literate
, Winter 2012

EVELYN SPENCE

Extremely Long and Incredibly Close.
Bicycling
, June 2012

S
EBASTIAN
S
TOCKMAN

The Problem with Sportswriting.
TheMillions.com
, August 6, 2012

J
OHN
J
EREMIAH
S
ULLIVAN

Venus and Serena Against the World.
The New York Times Magazine
, August 23, 2012

P
ATRICK
S
YMMES

The Beautiful Game.
Outside
, October 2012

 

M
IKE
T
ANIER

Faith and Football. Sportson
Earth.com
, November 1, 2012

R
ACHEL
T
OOR

Falling.
Athleta.net
, June 3, 2012

M
ATT
T
ULLIS

Feet of Clay, Heart of Iron.
SBNation.com/Longform
, October 17, 2012

 

K
EVIN
V
AN
V
ALKENBERG

Games of Chance.
ESPN.com
, December 19, 2012

 

G
RANT
W
AHL

The World's Team.
Sports Illustrated
, October 6, 2012

M
ICHAEL
W
EINREB

A Failed Experiment.
Grantland.com
, July 12, 2012

D
AN
W
ETZEL

Tom Brady in Postgame Daze ...
Yahoo.com
, February 6, 2012

S
ETH
W
ICKERSHAM

Into the Wild.
ESPN: The Magazine
, May 28, 2012

M
ARK
W
INEGARDNER

One in a Million.
ESPN: The Magazine
, January 9, 2012

The Last Time They Met.
ESPN: The Magazine
, November 2012

M
IKE
W
ISE

Washington Wizards: An Embarrassment by Design.
The Washington Post
, January 9, 2012

 

J. R. M
OEHRINGER
, editor, won a Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for his feature writing. He is the author of the much-beloved memoir
The Tender Bar
and the best-selling historical novel
Sutton,
and was the collaborator on Andre Agassi's
Open: An Autobiography.