... thought of sports writing as a career choice. That has changed; I recently had an interview with a local newspaper in regards to interning.

I realize I do have a lot of work to do, considering I've never taken a journalism class before. One of the things I need to work on, though, is removing myself from my writing, meaning taking my opinion out of it.

One of the recommendations for me was to study other sports writers and what better way than to buy a book with a variety of writers. The book itself is part of a series and it's called The Best American Sports Writing 2008 by William Nack.

The first story was from Sports Illustrated titled "A Death in the Baseball Family." It was written b...

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