In the 2008 Wimbledon men's final, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal played an epic match. Wertheim deconstructs this defining moment in sport, which he calls a four-hour, forty-eight-minute infomercial for everything that is right about tennis.
From a popular senior writer for "Sports Illustrated" comes this high-stakes, boys-on-the-road story about the most unlikely of phenoms--a heavyset, bipolar, and endlessly charming pool hustler named Kid Delicious.
Sports Illustrated investigative reporter and tennis columnist L Jon Wertheim draws back the curtain on the athletic soap opera of women's tennis to reveal its primal plotlines driven by ambition, sex, and revenge. However, by far the biggest story in sports today is Venus Williams. Forced to the sidelines for the early months of the 2000 season ...
Based on unlimited access to the Ultimate Fighting Championship and its rival leagues, "Blood in the Cage" peers through the chain-link Octagon into the frighteningly seductive world of mixed martial arts.
This somewhat sensationalist account of women's pro tennis tour provides tantalizing behind-the-scenes reports on the personalities and conflicts among the group of high-interest and high-stakes women players such as Hingis, Seles, Kournikova, and the Williams sisters.
The many facets of basketball in contemporary America-as seen through the game in Indiana, a cradle of the sport-from an award-winning Sports Illustrated writer. Jon Wertheim hadn't kept up with his high school team until a recent game brought back a tide of memories: the angry sound of the buzzer, the same chiropractor's-dream bleachers, and ...
From two senior "Sports Illustrated" writers comes an explosive, fast-paced roman-a-clef of the NBA and its world of high-flying egos, outrageous stunts, and steamy one-night-stands.
Through the lens of Indiana basketball--once known as the cradle of Larry Bird and Gene Hackman's "Hoosiers," now as the land of Ron Artest and a flashy, urban game--the story of how basketball became the hip-hop sport, and why that's not a bad thing, by the award-winning "Sports Illustrated" writer and Indiana native.
In 2008 Wimbledon was a stage set for an epic battle and a rivalry as dramatic as that of Ali-Frazier, Palmer-Nicklaus, and McEnroe-Borg. Five-time champion, Roger Federer, was on track to take his rightful place as the greatest tennis player ever. But in the last few minutes of daylight after a glorious festival of tennis, a coronation was ...
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The Hustler & the Champ: Willie Mosconi, Minnesota Fats, and the Rivalry That Defined Pool
