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Triumph Books Announces the 2023 Selections for the Annual Series “The Year’s Best Sports Writing”

Edited by Richard Deitsch

Contact: Bill Ames, Triumph Books, 312-676-4256, b.ames@triumphbooks.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Triumph Books, the leader in sports publishing, is thrilled to announce selections for The Year’s Best Sports Writing 2023, set to be released on October 3.

Richard Deitsch, media reporter at The Athletic and former Sports Illustrated writer, has curated an essential anthology showcasing incredible feats and diverse perspectives across the world of sports. Selected from a wide range of newspapers, magazines, and digital publications during the previous year, these stories capture enduring moments while celebrating the craft of writing at its most sublime. This extraordinary collection reveals the fascinating stories behind the sports we love, the competitors who push their boundaries, and the cultures they are ultimately embedded in.

“It was an honor when J.A. Adande asked me last year to be part of his advisory committee for The Year’s Best Sports Writing 2022,” said Deitsch. “Being asked to edit the 2023 edition was an even greater honor. There are an extraordinary amount of talented reporters and writers working in sports today and it has been fantastic to immerse myself in their work. I hope this book honors that talent.”

A must-read collection featuring the best in sports journalism, here are this year’s selections for The Year’s Best Sports Writing 2023:

• “Alone at the Edge of the World” by Cassidy Randall. From The Atavist Magazine.

• “The Qatar Chronicles, Part I” by Grant Wahl. From Fútbol with Grant Wahl.

• “Stone Skipping Is a Lost Art. Kurt Steiner Wants the World to Find It.” by Sean Williams. From Outside.

• “A Half Century of High Kicks and Hot Pants” by Sarah Hepola. From Texas Monthly.

• “On Punches” by Hamilton Nolan. From Defector.

• “The Team History Must Not Forget: Ukrainian Soccer’s Fight to Carry On” by Wright Thompson. From ESPN.

• “‘She Made Us Happy’: The All-Star Dreams of Uvalde’s Biggest José Altuve Fan” by Roberto José Andrade Franco. From ESPN.

• “The Secret MVP of Sports? The Port-A-Potty” by Ryan Hockensmith. From ESPN.

• “After Surviving a High School Shooting, He Was ‘An Empty Shell. No Emotion.’ Now What?” by Michael Rosenberg. From Sports Illustrated.

• “King of the Hill” by Jana Meisenholder. From The Atavist Magazine.

• “One Night in London: Allegations of Sexual Assault and a Reckoning for Hockey Canada” by Katie Strang, Dan Robson, and Ian Mendes. From The Athletic.

• “On a Quiet Lake in Rustic Minnesota, Stanford Coaching Icon Tara VanDerveer Runs It Back One More Time” by Chantal Jennings. From The Athletic.

• “10 Eye Surgeries by Age 10. How Julio Urías Beat the Odds to Become the Dodgers’ Ace” by Jorge Castillo. From the Los Angeles Times.

• “Untold Stories of Harvey Updyke’s Last Confessions—and the Plot to Kill Auburn’s Iconic Oak Trees” by Bennet Durando. From the Montgomery Advertiser.

• “The Keeper” by Juliet Macur. From The New York Times.

• “The Pain May Never Fade for Delaware State’s Players. I’ve Been There, Too.” by Kurt Streeter. From The New York Times.

• “How the Texans and a Spa Enabled Deshaun Watson’s Troubling Behavior” by Jenny Vrentas. From The New York Times.

• “Remembering Roger Angell, Hall of Famer” by David Remnick. From The New Yorker.

• “The Phillies’ Andrew Bellatti Made a Fatal Mistake as a Teen. A Tale of Remarkable Forgiveness Followed” by Alex Coffey. From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

• “Serena Williams Refused to Bend. She Bent Tennis Instead.” by Lex Pryor. From The Ringer.

• “Does My Son Know You?” by Jonathan Tjarks. From The Ringer.

• “A New Bat, Old Friends, and Timeless Magic as Cardinals’ Albert Pujols Soars to 700” by Derrick Goold. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

• “World Cup Villain Luis Suárez Won’t Get Taste of Knockout Stage after Rematch with Ghana Goes Sour” by Bruce Arthur. From the Toronto Star.

• “The World’s Cornhole Elite, Chasing That One Perfect Toss” by Ashley Fetters Maloy. From The Washington Post.

• “A Legacy of Exclusion” by Jerry Brewer. From The Washington Post.

The Year’s Best Sports Writing 2023 will be released on Tuesday, October 3, and review copies are available upon request. More information on the book can be found at https://www.TriumphBooks.com/YBSW23.

Submissions for next year’s edition can be sent to ybsportswriting@gmail.com.

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About Triumph Books:

Triumph Books is the nation’s leading sports book publisher, producing a wide range of titles —from biographies, memoirs and reference books to championship commemoratives. Over the course of three decades, Triumph has built and maintained relationships with the biggest names in sports and sports media.