Former newspaper sportswriter and editor Zachary Michael Jack is an assistant professor of English at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, where he teaches workshops in literary and participatory journalism. The editor of many essay collections on the environment and outdoor life, Jack also has authored two volumes of poetry. Contributors: Billy Anderson, Barbara Beckwith, Dan Bishop, Grace Butcher, Tim Cahill, Betsy Crowfoot, Michael Finkel, Steve Friedman, Paul Gallico, Helga Hengge, Leslie Heywood, John Hildebrand, Zachary Michael Jack, Mark Jenkins, Ron C. Judd, James Kaplan, Don Kardong, Donald Katz, Melissa King, Davis Miller [aka Davis Lee], Corey Levitan, Jeff MacGregor, David Mamet, Jack McCallum, Bill McKibben, James McManus, T. Edward Nickens, Nick Paumgarten, George Plimpton, Rodney Rothman Bob Shacochis, Rob Story, Robert Twigger, Tom Verducci, Sam Walker, Dan Washburn, Dana White, and Randy Wayne White.
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Editor's PrefaceIntroduction: Full-Court JournalismPAUL GALLICO, FOUNTAINHEADPaul Gallico - "The Feel"WINTERDonald Katz - "The Hans Brinker Complex"David Mamet - "The Deer Hunter"Bill McKibben - "Across the Disappearing Finish Line"Jack McCallum - "The Backstory"Leslie Heywood - "Bench Press, or Becoming a Girl Again"Dana White - "Flight of Fancy"Nick Paumgarten - "A Ski Mountaineer and a History of Tragedy"George Plimpton - "Hockey"SPRINGTom Verducci - "My Trip to the Show (Part II)"Robert Twigger - "Foaming at the Mouth"Sam Walker - "Get Somebody Loose!"Jeff MacGregor - "Bad, Brutal Fun"Dan Washburn - "Dragon Boat Racing: Unleast the Dragon . . . Boats"Greg Bishop - "It Isn't a Snap"Helga Hengge - "Reaching Her Peak"Mark Jenkins - "Pickles"T. Edward Nickens - "Fishing with the Shad King"SUMMERMichael Finkel - "Running Like Hell"Don Kardong - "Marine for a Day"Corey Levitan - "Now on Deck: Ruffians in the Diamond"Randy Wayne White - "And in This Corner, the Ghost of Ernest Hemingway"Melissa King - "It's All in the Game"Tim Cahill - "The First Fear Fandango"Donald Katz - "The Master Grappler" Billy Anderson - "The Running of the Bulls: He Who Hesitates Is Lunch"James McManus - "Fortune's Smile"Grace Butcher - "Q: Why Do You Want to Race? A: Because My Name Comes Apart"Betsy Crowfoot - "Turning It Up"John Hildebrand - "Reading the River"Rob Story - "Climb Every Molehill"FALLGeorge Plimpton - "Football"Steve Friedman - "La Tour D'Amour"Bob Shacochis - "Here the Bear and the Mafia Room"James Kaplan - "Words Fail Me"Barbara Beckwith - "Tournament-tough"Ron C. Judd - "Race a Memorable First for 17th Man"Zachary Michael Jack - "Cry Me a River"Rodney Rothman - "Shuffleboard and the Future of Sport"Davis Lee - "First Person"The Dream Team, aka the ContributorsAcknowledgmentsAbout the Editor
"These intrepid scribes who put down their pens and laptops and entered the arena may have gotten pummeled, pinned, passed, and pasted. But, man, did they capture the experience. Inside the Ropes is as rich a collection of writing--not just sportswriting, but writing writing--as one could hope to find." L. Jon Wertheim, senior writer for Sports Illustrated and author of Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious, the Last Great American Pool Hustler "As a former pro athlete turned head football coach, I can vouch that Inside the Ropes has the best feel for sport I've ever read, written by the best sportswriters in America." Chuck Long, head football coach for San Diego State University and former NFL quarterback