Gary Smith points the way to the long and the short of good sportswriting

Sportswriters aren’t famous for praising other sportswriters, but one man unites his peers like no other. Gary Smith, long-time star of Sports Illustrated, has delivered some of the great reads.

Even the greatest fishermen don’t land them all.

Gary Smith, the great long-form sportswriter of our time, pauses when you ask about the stories that got away.