My Favorite Sports Article

My favorite article is "Pure Heart" by William L. Nack in Sports Illustrated. I am posting a link to it at the end. I have read it more times than I like to admit as it is the best example of sports writing I have ever had the pleasure of reading.

The article begins with the jolting description of the death of Secretariat and is followed by the writer's days of following the career of the horse which is detailed in his book, "Secretariat: The Making Of A Champion." Even though most of us know what is going to happen, Nack details his days of shadowing the chestnut legend from his prep races for the Kentucky Derby until his death in a way that only Nack, with his capacity for perfection, could.

The writer passed away last month but his work is left for us to enjoy and study as the height of journalistic promise.

Pure Heart

 

Thank you Md Reynolds for providing the link. It is pure joy to read Nack's 'Pure Heart' over and over again.

 

My favourite is still "Resurrecting the Champ" by JR Moehringer.

Resurrecting The Champ

This was a hugely important story to me and my career. One of those stories that teaches you what's possible.

 

Several favorites. Two to start.

Bill Heinz.

www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/12/the-banter-gold-standard-brownsville-bum/

John Updike.

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The first one I thought of. By Wright Thompson and his search for finding Jim Robinson, who fought and got knocked out by Muhammed Ali in one round in 1961.

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Tom Wolfe is dead. Long live Tom Wolfe.

The Last American Hero Is Junior Johnson. Yes!