Absolutely. It's the "most literary" of sports for the purposes of this article, but not really. There have been a lot of novels written which are either specif

Absolutely. It's the "most literary" of sports for the purposes of this article, but not really. There have been a lot of novels written which are either specifically about sport or where a sport plays a major part. A few other contenders off the top of my head which have some literary pedigree: Fishing - Old man and the sea Hunting - Practically all the rest of Hemingway from what I remember although it's been a while Grouse Shooting - Lady Chatterly's Lover Tennis - Lots of David Foster Wallace, but in particular Infinite Jest[1] which is set in large part in an elite tennis academy Basketball - The Crossover American football - End Zone (the author of the OP loved Underworld, but DeLillo didn't only write about baseball) Table Tennis - The mighty waltzer [1] Which actually has a lot about punting in American Football also