From a story on The Poynter Report with Tom Jones headlined “The Athletic’s Richard Deitsch on ‘The Year’s Best Sports Writing 2023′”:

Starting in 1991, a staple in the home libraries of sports journalists and sports fans has been “The Best American Sports Writing.” The book series is a collection of the couple of dozen or so best sports stories of the year.

It was edited for two decades by series founder Glenn Stout along with a new guest editor each year. The guest editors included legends in sports journalism, such as David Halberstam, Frank Deford, Dan Jenkins, George Plimpton, Dick Schaap and Sally Jenkins.