Howard Bryant, 1968-

No. 21569 Howard Bryant and some of his books

Howard Bryant’s books include:

Full Dissidence: Notes From an Uneven Playing Field. (2021)

The Heritage: Black Athletes, A Divided America and the Politics of Patriotism. (2018)

The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron. (2010)

Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power, and the Fight for the Soul of Major League: Baseball. (2005)

 Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston. (2002)

Legends. three-book sports series for middle-grade readers. Baseball (2015), Basketball (2016), Football (2016)

Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams. (2018)

Bryant  is a two-time Casey Award winner (Shut Out, 2003, The Last Hero, 2011) for best baseball book of the year, and a 2003 finalist for the Society for American Baseball Research Seymour Medal. The Heritage was the recipient of the 2019 Nonfiction Award from the American Library Association’s Black Caucus and the Harry Shaw and Katrina Hazard Donald Award for Outstanding Work in African American Studies awarded by the Popular Culture Association.

He has been senior writer for ESPN since 2007 and has served as the sports correspondent for NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday since 2006. In 2017, he served as the guest editor for the Best American Sports Writing anthology.

Previously, Mr. Bryant worked at the Washington Post, the Boston Herald, The Record (Hackensack, NJ), the San Jose Mercury News and the Oakland Tribune.

In addition to the Casey Awards, Bryant has won numerous other awards.  He was a finalist for the National Magazine Award in 2016 and 2018, both for commentary, and earned the 2016 Salute to Excellence Award from the National Association of Black Journalists. Mr. Bryant has appeared in several documentaries, including Baseball: The Tenth Inning and Jackie Robinson, both directed by Ken Burns, and Major League Legends: Hank Aaron, produced by the Smithsonian and Major League Baseball.

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December 24, 2021

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