Chris Ballard (journalist)

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Chris Ballard
BornDecember 13, 1973 (1973-12-13) (age 50)
United States
OccupationSports journalist

Chris Ballard (born December 13, 1973) is an American sports journalist and a senior writer at Sports Illustrated. Ballard has written books on a variety of sport subjects, including Hoops Nation, which was named one of Booklist’s Top Ten Sports Books of 1998,[1] and The art of a beautiful game: the thinking fan’s tour of the NBA.[2]

  1. ^ Ballard, Chris; illustrated by Bob Porter; foreword by Chuck Wielgus and Alexander Wolff; introduction by Clark Kellogg (1998). Hoops nation: a guide to America's best pickup basketball. New York: H. Holt. pp. xiv, 367. ISBN 0805048774.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Ballard, Chris. (2009). The art of a beautiful game: the thinking fan's tour of the NBA (1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. pp. 228 (and 16 p. of plates). ISBN 9781439110218.