hi Mari :) never a bother, but i wish i had a better answer for you. outside of the things i’ve posted here nothing jumps to mind. largely the type of sports writing I’m most interested in is the post game recap... I don’t really read fiction about sports because when I’d put any time into trying to find novels to read, they were bad. HUGE caveat for the best recommendation that’s ever been sent to me on here, the short story "the consummation of dirk" by jonathan callahan. but generally everything was disappointing and/or irritating so I stopped. I could definitely give you more fic recs if there is anything specific you're looking for but in terms of published books, sorry, if anything comes to me I will DM you… even most of the stuff I HAVE posted about I’m lukewarm on. disappointing for sure

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