Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1976, Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith is considered one of the greatest sportswriters ever. Put alongside Ring Lardner, Red Smith was beloved by those who read him because of his crisp writing and critical views. Originally released in 1982, the Red Smith Readers a wonderful collection of 131 columns with subjects ranging from baseball and fishing to golf, basketball, tennis and boxing. As John Leonard of the New York Times appropriately stated, "red Smith was to sports what Homer was to war." With a forward by his son, Terence Smith, The Red Smith reader shows true sports writing from one of the masters of the craft. The writing and style of Red Smith will live forever, and this collection's look into the past at what he saw and covered shows how far sports and sportswriting have come in our country.

Dave Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize–winning sportswriter who has worked for the New York Times since 1971. Anderson is the author of more than twenty books and has won multiple awards for his writing, including the Associated Press Sports Editors Red Smith Award. He lives in Tenafly, New Jersey.

Terence Smith is a journalist who has written for such publications as the New York Times. He is a multiple Emmy Award–winner and is the son of Red Smith. He lives in Shady Side, Maryland.