The Good Stuff: Columns about the Magic of Sports

by Joe Posnanski

Baseball, football, basketball, golf : If they're playing it, Joe Posnanski savors it. As columnist for The Kansas City Star, he has written eloquently about big victors and stirring victories, and also about humbled losers and heartfelt loss. These essays, collected from his work for The Star, are all about life as told through the medium of sport - whatever's in season.

Genres: Sports, Nonfiction, Baseball

273 pages, Hardcover

First published June 14, 2001

About the author

Joe Posnanski is a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of eight books, a Writer at Large at Esquire, and the co-host of The PosCast with Michael Schur. He writes a newsletter called JoeBlogs. He has been named national sportswriter of the year by five different organizations including the Associated Press Sports Editors and the National Sports Media Association. He also won two sports Emmys as part of NBC's digital Olympic coverage.

His newest book is Why We Love Baseball, which will be published by Dutton on Sept. 5, 2023. His last book, The Baseball 100, won the Casey Award as the best baseball book of 2020.

Reviews

[Diane McCallum · Rating 5 out of 5]

Joe Posnanski obviously loves sports. Any sports, all sports. But more than that, he loves the stories behind sports, the people. He introduces you to them, shows you who they are and what makes them unique. I can read a Posnanski column about a sport that doesn't even interest me and by the end, I'm either laughing or in tears, or both. He captures these stories with a sharp eye, a soft heart and most of all, compassion. Do yourself a favor and read this amazing book.

[Darren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Posnanski Bill Bryson as a sports writer. This is a wonderful book by one of the truly great sports writers. Humor, heart and a wide range of perspectives.

[Rebecca Dalton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Joe writes about people in sports so well, and he makes me care about them and what happens to them. His descriptive writing elicits caring and makes me want to learn more. This really is the "Good Stuff."

[Dave · Rating 5 out of 5]

wONDERFUL AND INSIGHTFUL SPORTS COLUMNS. IF YOU LIKE SPORTSWRITING THEN YOU HAVE TO READ JOE POSNASKI

[Nathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I you love sports, and you enjoy good sports writing, it doesn't get much better.