Press Box: Red Smith's Favorite Sport Stories

by Red Smith

Selections by respected sportswriters and other authors treating famous sports personalities and events are chosen for their literary excellence and entertaining style

Genres: Sports

192 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1976

About the author

Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith (September 25, 1905 – January 15, 1982) was an American sportswriter. Smith’s journalistic career spans over five decades and his work influenced an entire generation of writers. Smith became the second sports columnist ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary in 1976. Writing in 1989, sportswriter David Halberstam called Smith "the greatest sportswriter of the two eras."