Fathers & Sons & Sports: An Anthology of Great American Sports Writing

Ever since the first caveman picked up the first rock and tossed it to the first caveson, sports has forged a powerful link between men. And ever since the advent of the sports pages, those experiences have been lovingly chronicled by exceptional writers such as Philip Roth, John Irving, Frederick Exley, and Norman Maclean. In Fathers & Sons & Sports: An Antology of Great American Sports Writing, ESPN collects the very best of those stories in one handsome volume--page after page of unforgettable tales about fathers sending their sons off to battle, sons who dared to challenge their fathers in competition, boys and men finding a common language in a shared passion. From the Little League diamond to the local fishing hole to the high school wrestling mat to the collegiate gridiron, from the backyards of America to the most famous stadiums in the world, the stories all share one thing: breathtaking insights into the bonds between sports and life. If you want to know what draws men to competition, this is the book for you, a stunning mix of observation and discovery, humor and pathos, literature and journalism, introduced by best-selling author and sports columnist Mike Lupica, who just happens to be a father and a son himself.