The Best American Sports Writing 2015For twenty five years, The Best American Sports Writing has built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the past year, culled from hundreds of national, regional, and specialty print and digital publications. Wright Thompson, many times included in this volume over the years, takes his turn at the helm by curating this exceptional collection. The only shared trait among these diverse pieces is the extraordinarily high

arguing with your partner

from slashes to asterisks

the harrowing experience of the Middle Passage packed with more than 100 other souls aboard the Clotilda

Kleeb shows that the vast spaces of rural America can be used to enact clean energy innovations

Now Leo is adrift

her villagers banish her to the palace of the terrifying Prince Sasha in Kiev

Through blackouts and air raids as the Blitz intensifies

has writtenthe quintessential physics book for Trekkers and non-Trekkers alike

And one tough-as-nails teen who won’t stop until she finds the truth

and spilled the blood of many

and shares behind-the-scenes stories about what it’s really like to be an actress in Hollywood

snatching away control of funding