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BASW 2009 CONTENTS

Foreword by Glenn Stout

Introduction by Leigh Montville

BRUCE BARCOTT.  Life and Limb. from Runner’s World

CHRIS JONES.  The Things We Forget. from ESPN The Magazine

GARY SMITH.  Alive and Kicking  from Sports Illustrated

MATTHEW TEAGUE.  Inside the Mind… of a Genius? from Philadelphia Magazine

WRIGHT THOMPSON.  Father Bear from ESPN.com

BRYAN CURTIS.  A Free Agent Adjusts His Truss. from Play Magazine

AMBY BURFOOT.  Running Scared From Runner’s World

THOMAS LAKE.  2 on 5. from Sports Illustrated

DAVID FLEMING.  The Ball that Just Won’t Die from ESPN: The Magazine

MICHAEL LEWIS.  Commie Ball from Vanity Fair

L. JON WERTHEIM. Breaking the Bank from Sports Illustrated

ALAN PRENDERGAST.  Dropped.  from Outside

MIKE WISE.  Searching for Answers to a Painful Question  from The Washington Post

TRACY ROSS.  The Source of All Things from Backpacker

PAUL SOLOTAROFF.  Quarterbacks Built Here from Men’s Journal

STEPHEN RODRICK.  Spartan Warriors in the YouTube Age from New York

PATRICK HRUBY.  Men Who Love Goons from ESPN.com

MICHAEL J. MOONEY.  Royal Flushed from Miami New Times

JOHN SPONG.  Untitled Mike Flynt Project from Texas Monthly

IAN THOMSEN.  Russian Revolution from Sports Illustrated

LISA TADDEO.  Lebron James’s Magnum-sized Ultrashiny, Nike Powered Lawn Mower to the Next Century from Esquire

MIKE GUY.  Where There’s Smoke… from Rolling Stone

DAVID MCGLYNN.  Rough Water from Meridian

TODD DREW.  Memories are Forever from Bronx Banter.com