Way It Looks from Here Contemporary Canadian Writing on Sports Book

Introduction

Baseball
• Raines Beats $1000-a-Week Habit, Michael Farber — The Gazette (Montreal)
• Carter’s No Ordinary Joe after Series-Winning Blast, Dave Perkins — Toronto Star, deadline writing
• Walker Worthy Target for Jays, Milt Dunnell — Toronto Star, deadline writing
• August 7, 1921, Steven Hayward — From Buddha Stevens and Other Stories, fiction

Basketball
• White Rules, Gare Joyce — Saturday Night

Boxing
• Part of the Game, Allen Abel — The Globe and Mail, deadline writing
• Discord Works in Tyson’s Favour, Milt Dunnell — Toronto Star, deadline writing
• Boxing the Greatest at Ali’s Farm, Stephen Brunt — The Globe and Mail
• Going the Distance from Reality, Chris Jones — National Post
• The Trouble with Tyson, Stephen Brunt — The Globe and Mail

Curling
• Merv Curls Lead, Guy Lawson — Saturday Night

Football
• Destiny Finally Arrives for Long-Suffering Franchise, Allan Maki — Calgary Herald, deadline writing
• Garry Sawatzky: Uncaged Lion, Jim Taylor — Sports Only
• Out of Africa, Jack Todd — The Gazette (Montreal)

Golf
• Rough Stuff in the Rain, Cam Cole — National Post, deadline writing
• Issue Black and White, but Green Sees Only the Colour of Money, Trent Frayne — The Globe and Mail, deadline writing
• Weir Wins in Canadian Style, Cam Cole — National Post, deadline writing

Hockey
• Lemieux, Gretzky Team for Winner: Oh, Canada!, Red Fisher — The Gazette (Montreal), deadline writing
• Pat Burns Goes Home, Michael Farber — The Gazette (Montreal)
• Real-Life Slap Shot, Tom Hawthorn — Toronto Life
• Mogilny, Iain MacIntyre — The Vancouver Sun
• The Montreal Canadiens, Wayne Johnston — From Original Six: True Stories from Hockey’s Classic Era, fiction
• The WHA Revisited, Ed Willes — Ottawa Citizen
• Curtis’s Charm, Mike Ulmer — Saturday Night
• The Best in the World, Peter Gzowski — Maclean’s
• Still Scrapping After All These Years, Dave Feschuk — National Post
• A Win When It Counts, Christie Blatchford — National Post, deadline writing
• Gretzky’s Gang Beats U.S. 5–2 — and Keeps the Faith for a Desperate Nation, Rosie DiManno — Toronto Star, deadline writing
• Saving the Game, Ken Dryden — The Globe and Mail
• Orr’s Left Knee Gone for Good, Damien Cox — Toronto Star
• Goaltender Suite (iii) “One of You”; Things in Our Day; Desperate Moves, Randall Maggs — From The Sawchuk Poems, unpublished

Horse Racing
• The Flood, Jim Coleman — Toronto Telegram
• Front Page Girl, Archie McDonald — The Vancouver Sun
• Racing’s Other Plate, Beverley Smith — The Globe and Mail
• A Stud Is Born, Ian Brown — The Globe and Mail
• Silent Cruise, Timothy Taylor — From Silent Cruise: Stories, fiction

Monster Trucks
• Return of the Battle of the Monster Trucks, Tom Hawthorn — This Magazine

Pool
• Mr. Iceberg, Stan Dragland — From Stormy Weather: Foursomes, unpublished

Snooker
• From On Snooker: The Game and the Characters Who Play It, Mordecai Richler

Squash
• Court Jester, Bruce Grierson — Saturday Night

Swimming
• Olympic Pressure Takes Personal Toll, James Christie — The Globe and Mail

Track
• World’s Fastest Man Even Faster, James Christie — The Globe and Mail, deadline writing
• Simply the Best, Steve Simmons — The Toronto Sun
• Unforgiven, Stephen Brunt — Toronto Life

Wrestling
• The Widow’s Revenge, Brian Hutchinson — Saturday Night

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