Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Best American Sports Writing 1992 | 1992 | Mike Lupica | Buy |
| 2 | The Best American Sports Writing 2005 | 2005 | Mike Lupica | Buy |
Mike Lupica edited two volumes of The Best American Sports Writing — the 1992 and 2005 editions. The anthology series collects the year’s finest sports journalism, and Lupica’s role as guest editor reflects his standing as one of America’s most prominent sports columnists alongside his fiction career.
The 1992 edition was one of the earliest volumes in the series, which has been published annually since 1991. Lupica selected pieces covering a range of sports and writing styles, from long-form profiles to investigative reporting. The 2005 edition came thirteen years later, with Lupica returning to the guest editor chair for a second time.
Lupica spent decades as a columnist for the New York Daily News and has been a regular presence on sports television. His fiction career, especially his young adult sports novels, runs parallel to his journalism work. These two anthology volumes sit at the intersection of those two sides of his career.