The Sportswriter Richard Ford
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

€Take my belt off and spank them? Sports and history are his beat, cheesecakes are his passion. €What are you asking me to do?” he asked. We did not like The Sportswriter. We're talking constantly about approach. The journalist Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) vanished in Mexico before he could add sportswriting clichés to The Devil's Dictionary. My reading of Richard Ford's works had been limited to Rock Springs, a short fiction collection that I easily rate among the 10 best written. I am almost ashamed to admit that I liked this book. Sports editor Dave Zirin of The Nation magazine responds to the Boston Marathon bombings and discusses the race's historic significance. These kids, every day, we go through the process. Jack Klugman, best known as the curmudgeonly slob in "The Odd Couple" and the gruff-yet-idealistic coroner of "Quincy, M.E." died Monday at the age of 90. At least through the first few chapters.