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From: Boys' Life
Date: 20030701
Author:Haddaway, Rich

At their best, sports are enthralling, dramatic and exciting," says author Alan Durant, compiler of "Sports Stories" (Kingfisher, 2000), a collection that includes such classics as "You Know Me Al" (1914) by Ring Lardner and a chariot race sequence from Homer's "The Iliad" (700 B.C.). "They put you through the emotional mill and leave you gasping but satisfied-and the best sports stories do much the same."

Baseball stories are some of the best.

"Chip never slackened speed but hurled his legs and body in a half-twist and jammed his injured left leg into the bag.... Then he felt the pain. It ...

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