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Most of the stories are related to Crutcher's early work and often come from his experience as a family counselor. [1] This book also contains the short story "A Brief Moment in the Life of Angus Bethune" which first appeared in Connections, edited by Donald R. Gallo, published in 1989 by Delacorte Press. It was adapted into the film Angus. The ...
"The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner" is a short story by Alan Sillitoe, published in 1959 as part of a short story collection of the same title. [1] The work focuses on Smith, a poor Nottingham teenager from a dismal home in a working class area, who has bleak prospects in life and few interests beyond petty crime .
John Roberts Tunis (December 7, 1889 – February 4, 1975), "the 'inventor' of the modern sports story", [1]: 11 was an American writer and broadcaster. Known for his juvenile sports novels, Tunis also wrote short stories and non-fiction, including a weekly sports column for the New Yorker magazine.
"Fifty Grand" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. It was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1927, and it appeared later that year in Hemingway's short story collection Men Without Women . "Fifty Grand" tells the story of Jack Brennan as he trains for and boxes in his fight with challenger Jimmy Walcott.
Untold: The Greatest Sports Stories Never Told is an original one-hour documentary series featuring some of sports' most compelling figures and the challenges they've endured. It was hosted by Marv Albert .
Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story is a 1995 American sports documentary directed by Erich Lyttle and produced by Scott Chambers. [1] It tells the story of Steve Prefontaine , an American middle and long-distance runner who set records in seven different distance track events from 2,000 to 10,000 meters.
Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 [1] – September 25, 1933) was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre. His contemporaries— Ernest Hemingway , Virginia Woolf , and F. Scott Fitzgerald —all professed strong admiration for his writing, and author ...
"The Undefeated" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway and first published [1] in the German magazine Der Querschnitt. It was featured later in Hemingway's 1927 story collection, Men Without Women. [2] The story deals with an ageing bullfighter’s return to the sport after an injury.