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The right call : what sports teaches us about work and life / Sally Jenkins.

by Jenkins, Sally.

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Gallery Books, 2023.

070.449796 J52r

Sports -- Psychological aspects.

Athletes -- Training of.

Athletes -- Psychology.

Athletic ability.

9781982122553 (hc.)

1st Gallery Books hardcover ed.

xvii, 253 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Washington Post sportswriter and New York Times bestselling author of the 'fascinating' (The Wall Street Journal) The Real All Americans presents a love letter to the extraordinary coaches and athletes she has covered over the years and the actionable principles of excellence they embody."

Sally Jenkins has been a columnist and feature writer for The Washington Post for more than twenty years. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2020 and in 2021 was named the winner of the Associated Press Red Smith Award for Outstanding Contributions to Sports Journalism. She is the author of twelve books of nonfiction including The Real All Americans, the story of the Carlisle Indian School and its use of football as a form of resistance following the close of the Indian Wars. Her work for The Washington Post has included coverage of ten Olympic Games. In 2005 she was the first woman to be inducted into the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University in 1982 and resides in New York.

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