TY - BOOK AU - Reilly,Rick AU - Stout,Glenn TI - The best American sports writing 2002 T2 - Best American series SN - 0618086285 U1 - 796 PY - 2002/// CY - Boston PB - Houghton Mifflin Company KW - Sports KW - United States KW - Sports literature N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-290); Her blue haven from the Los Angeles times / Bill Plaschke; Almost a hero / Frank Deford; The Cuban Ali / Eugene Robinson; "Please let me die" / Juliet Magur; A name on the wall / William Nack; Joe's gift / Mark Kram Jr; Blind to failure / Karl Taro Greenfield; Transition game / Michael Leahy; Recalling Brother's bravest hour / Mike Lupica; Nightmare is real for mourners / Mike Bianchi; Last call / Gene Wojciechowski; Seeing the light / Adam Schefter; Making their points / Rick Telander; No. Angst in all-star ichiro / Art Thiel; Don't go all rasheed about this / Scott Ostler; We have some inner daly, but most of us suppress it / Steve Hummer; Cold comfort / Steve Rushein; Big night in bithlo / Dan Niel; Detour / Dan Le Batard; Flesh and blood / Peter Richmond; Higher education / Gary Smith; Near death in the afternoon / Elizabeth Gilbert; Blood sport / Tom Scocca; "It's gonna suck to be you" / Steve Friedman; "The Killing of Alydar" / Skip Hollandsworth; Giants' 1951 comeback wasn't all it seemed / Joshua Harris Prager; The enlightened man / Jeanne Marie Laskas ER -