The Roger Kahn reader : six decades of sportswriting / Roger Kahn ; edited and with an introduction by Bill Dwyre.

"A rich collection of fifty-one stories and articles by Roger Kahn. Written across six decades, this volume shows Kahn's ability to describe the athletes he profiled as they truly were in a manner neither compromised nor cruel but always authentic and up close"-- Provided by publisher

An American tragedy -- A death without sunlight: Jackie Robinson Jr. / Esquire, November 1971 part 2 -- When Eisenhower reigned -- Joe Black's odyssey / New York Herald Tribune, June 8, 1952 -- What white big leaguers really think of Negro players / Our sports, June 1953 -- The twilight of the gods / Sports Illustrated, September 20, 1954 -- Baseball 1954 / Sports Illustrated, October 4, 1954 -- Here's tap day / Sports Illustrated, November 22, 1954 -- Forget something, boys? / Sports Illustrated, December 20, 1954 -- New York proudly presents / Sports Illustrated, September 27, 1954 -- 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... & bingo / Sports Illustrated, October 11, 1954 -- Glory day in Columbus / Sports Illustrated, November 29, 1954 -- Alonzo, Alonzo / Sports Illustrated, January 10, 1955 -- Big Newk and his psyche / Sport, August 1955 -- Early Wynn: the story of a hard loser / Sport, March 1956 -- The Boswells of baseball / The Nation, September 7, 1957 -- Stan Musial is baseball's no. 1 citizen / Sport, February 1958 -- Little Nellie's a man now / Sport, April 1958 -- Rookie of the year [fiction] / Cosmopolitan, June 1958 -- How the other half lives / Sport, October 1958 -- The crucial part fear plays in sport / Sport, August 1959 -- Changing times -- The benching of a legend / Sports Illustrated, September 12, 1960 -- Success and Ned Irish /Sports Illustrated, March 27, 1961 -- Baseball's secret weapon: terror / Sports Illustrated, July 10, 1961 -- Pursuit of no. 60: the ordeal of Roger Maris / Sports Illustrated, October 2, 1961 -- Robert Frost: a reminiscence / The Nation, February 9, 1963 -- The time of the hustler / Show Magazine, October 1963 -- Getting closer -- Writing sports / Esquire, August 1970 -- The life and hard times of Jim Bouton / Esquire, December 1970 -- The Mick / Esquire, May 1971 -- Roy Emerson / Esquire, June 1971 -- Bob Gibson / Esquire, July 1971 -- Scuba diving /Esquire, January 1974 -- A shrine in Brooklyn / Sports Illustrated, August 5, 1974 -- Cheer, cheer for old Ezra Pound / Esquire, November 1974 -- The good and bad times of Don King / Esquire, November 1975 -- George Foreman is down but not out / Esquire, May 1976 -- Aspects of the game / Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1976 -- A baseball sketchbook / Sports Illustrated, August 23, 1976 -- Golden triumphs, tarnished dreams / Sports Illustrated, August 30, 1976 -- Walter O'Malley in the sunshine / New York Times, January 9, 1978 -- Some modest proposals / New York Times, February 13, 1978 -- The joy of Bill Veeck / New York Times, April 3, 1978 -- Public relations / New York Times, July 31, 1978 -- Jim Lonborg at thirty-seven / New York Times, April 2, 1979 -- A visit with Red Smith / Notre Dame Magazine, December 1979 -- My movie option: eight years of strikeouts / New York Times, May 4, 1980 -- Lafleur (the flower of Canada) / Sport, December 1981 -- Dodger verities span the seasons / New York Times, October 6, 1985 -- A new millennium -- Joe Black, 1924-2002: hard thrower, soft heart / Los Angeles Times, May 18, 2002 -- Scorecard: mind over batter / Sports Illustrated, December 8, 2003 -- A few moments with TSW / Boston Red Sox Magazine, June 2007 -- Clem / an original story.

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