{"product_id":"beyond-the-game-gary-smith-9780802138491","title":"Beyond the Game: The Collected Sportswriting of Gary Smith","description":"Gary Smith is one of the most accomplished sports journalists working today, a three-time National Magazine Award winner who has been selected in a poll of Associated Press editors as the sportswriter they'd most like to hire. In Beyond the Game, Gary Smith has brought together his greatest stories, from the inspiring account of basketball coach Jim Valvano's courageous battle against cancer, to an unforgettable tale of a remote valley in Bolivia that plays host to an unusual annual ritual in which the men of rival villages engage in a riotous all-day fistfight. Beyond the Game is not only a collection of great sportswriting; it is a collection of great writing, period. Each of Smith's stories -- of dreams and fears, failure and triumph, self-destruction and salvation -- will profoundly touch you and remain with you long after you have closed the pages of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802138497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802138491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.49w x 0.80d","brand":"Gary Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043049009407,"sku":"9780802138491","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eba5cf7f-dae5-4fa3-99b7-5fccae7176d4.jpg?v=1684964971","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-game-gary-smith-9780802138491","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}