Some of the best sports writing is fiction, in novels or short stories. A hundred years ago the Chicago columnist Ring Lardner was lionized as not merely the best sportswriter, but one of the very best writers of his time. P.G Wodehouse – possibly the funniest man ever to bang away on a typewriter – wrote short stories about golf that a non-golfer like myself can enjoy.
The Goodreads site, a gathering of regular folks who like to read, has a list of favorite sports fiction voted on by members. It’s a real mix, from John Grisham’s novel about a football failure to a Middle-Grade book about a young Latina girl who is picked as a goalkeeper. There should be something for everyone there!
