Red Smith – författare

From The House that Ruth Built to the grass courts of Wimbledon, from the opening tip to the nineteenth hole, Red Smith’s Press Box offers a bird’s-eye view of the greatest moments in sports history. Literary or low-down, ringside or rinkside, the meticulous eye and wide-angle wit of these classics promise great reading for every sports fan.

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