Red Smith on Baseball: The Game's Greatest Writer on the Game's Greatest Years. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Red Smith on Baseball: The Game's Greatest Writer on the Game's Greatest Years

Red Smith's writing is recognized as the best in the field. Here is a selection of his most memorable columns—175 of them, from 1941 to 1981. His prose...offers lasting lessons about matters journalistic and literary. —Robert Schmuhl, University of Notre Dame. The most admired and gifted sportswriter of his time.... Red Smith's work...tended to be the best writing in any given newspaper on any given day. —David Halberstam, New York Times Book Review

Red Smith (1905D1982) was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, was graduated from Notre Dame, and worked at newspapers in Milwaukee, St. Louis, and Philadelphia before coming to New York. His writing on sports won a Pulitzer Prize and a George Polk Award. Ira Berkow, Red SmithOs biographer, is a sports columnist for the New York Times.