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Introduction Gay Talese 1
Sports Gay-zing 17
Short Shots in Sundry Sections 21
Talking Basketball with Angelo Musi 25
The Locker Room 29
An Afternoon on the Football Field 33
The .200 Hitter 37
The Loneliest Guy in Boxing 41
N.Y.U. Wins Despite 2-Way Freeze 49
Judy Is Many Things, Mostly Frank 51
It's a Wonderful Whirl to Gerry 55
Portrait of a Young Prize Fighter 57
Garden Horseshoer Works Fast 60
Last of Bare-Knuckle Fighters Still Spry at 93 62
Troupe of Midget Wrestlers Won't Work for Small Change 65
Barbell King: Muscle Over Mind 68
Dentist Puts the Bite in the Fight 70
Timekeeper as Quiet as a Clock 73
Diamonds Are a Boy's Best Friend 75
On the Road, Going Nowhere, With the Yankees 83
Notes from the Trip 88
The Story Behind the Signal To Brush Back Cliff Johnson 95
Race, Reporters and Responsibility 104
The Fighter's Son 108
The Loser 111
Portrait of the Ascetic Champ 113
Patterson, Indifferent at first, Finally Turns on Barking Dog 123
Liston Aides Extol His Gaiety, Benevolence and Ruggedness 127
Patterson Has 4 Friends, Too, But He'll Have to Fight Alone 129
Champion Talks About Sleep and Rain and Watches His Entourage Close Camp 132
Floyd Caught by 'a Good Punch' 135
Masked Ex-Champion 137
The Loser 141
Stories With Real Names 167
The Caddie-A Non-Alger Story 169
Suspicious Man In the Champ's Corner 175
Dr. Birdwhistell and the Athletes 186
Joe Louis: The King as a Middle-Aged Man 201
Silent Season of a Hero 218
Architect of the Fairways 246
Eric and Beth Heiden: A Bond of Blood on Skates 255
The Kick She Missed 261
The Greatest 273
Ali in Havana 275
Overtime 303
Swan Song for Gay Talese 305
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Luis Mora Tan
reviewed The Silent Season of a Hero: The Sports Writing of Gay Talese on February 04, 2011
The Silent Season of a Hero: The Sports Writing of Gay Talese
Reading this book made me depressed about sports, sports journalism and, by extension, journalism and by further extension journalism.
Talese is arguably one of the best at writing about sports, but so what? So what the he wrote some telling pieces about Floyd Patterson that made him seem human. So what thet he can tell me how Joe Dimaggio ages? So what that he can illustrate that Muhammad Ali was declining somewhat gracefully in Cuba where the dictator was faring similarly?
I mean, this is near the top of a genre I've been reading for as long as I've been able to read, and I'm still constantly underwhelmed. What is it telling me, teaching me, showing me?
If you like sports journalism, you'll dig this because Talese is talented. The Patteron series was excellent. The comments by Michael Rosenwald were pointless. I suppose it is difficult to edit yourself out of a book you're editing.
If you doubt that sports journalism can be well-written, read this, and you'll be surprised.
If you're looking for meaning, well, this book might teach you, like me, that this is not the place.
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