Books
September, 1976
Larry Merchant is, uncontestably, one of our best and most successful sports-writers, a fact that speaks far more eloquently of the requirements of the craft than of the talents of Merchant. One of journalism's healthiest myths contends that the most elevating prose in your basic big-city daily can often be found on the sports pages. But, in fact, most sports columnists write the language with the same skill and grace as that with which their subjects speak it, which is to say poorly. Merchant i...
