Gary Smith (sportswriter) - Bibliography

Bibliography

Smith has published two books; both are collections of his magazine features:

• Beyond The Game: The Collected Sports Writing of Gary Smith, published in 2001.
• Sports Illustrated: Going Deep: 20 Classic Sports Stories, published in 2008.

Many of his Sports Illustrated articles are available for free online. Notable pieces include:

• "Shadow of a Nation", published in 1991, is about the struggles of Crow Indian basketball players. Smith won his first National Magazine Award (NMA) for this article.
• "As Time Runs Out", published in 1993, is about basketball coach Jim Valvano's battle with cancer.
• "One Tough Bird", published in 1995, is about boxer Roy Jones Jr.
• "Crime and Punishment", published in 1996, is about a former high school basketball star convicted of sexual assault. Smith received another NMA for this article.
• "Someone to Lean On", published in 1996, is the inspiration for the 2003 film Radio.
• "The Chosen One", published in 1996, is about golfer Tiger Woods.
• "Damned Yankee", published in 1997, is about a former baseball player learning to cope with an accidental tragedy he had caused as a young child.
• "Moment Of Truth", published in 2000 allowed Smith to take home his fourth National Magazine award
• "Lying in Wait", published in 2002, is about disgraced football coach George O'Leary. Smith won his fourth NMA for this article.
• "Coming Into Focus", published in 2006, is about tennis player Andre Agassi.
• "Remember His Name", published in 2006, is about football player Pat Tillman, who resigned from the NFL, enlisted in the U.S. Army, and was killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire.
• "Gareth Thomas... The Only Openly Gay Male Athlete", published in 2010, is a profile of Gareth Thomas, at the time the most-capped player in the history of the Wales national rugby union team (and later a Wales rugby league international as well) who in 2009 became the first known top-level male professional athlete in a team sport to come out as gay while still active.