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18 in America: A Young Golfer's Epic Journey to Find the Essence of the Game

by Dylan Dethier

AT SEVENTEEN, Dylan Dethier couldn’t help but think he’d never really done anything with his life. So, two months before his freshman year was set to begin, he deferred admission to Williams College. With...


Mickey and Willie: Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age

by Allen Barra

Acclaimed sportswriter Allen Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.

Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were...


On These Courts: A Miracle Season that Changed a City, a Once-Future Star, and a Team Forever

by Wayne B Drash

Former NBA star Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway grew up in Binghampton, one of the roughest sections of Memphis. Due in no small part to the self-discipline and strong values his grandmother instilled in him,...


Welcome to the Blue Heaven: Don't Bet Against the Goal Keeper

by Jimmy Nielsen & Paolo Bandini

Major League Soccer's Goalkeeper of ther year for 2012, Jimmy Nielsen, has established hinself as one of the best players in the League and a fan favorite while playing for Sporting Kansas City.Yet, while supporters...


The Wizard: The Life of Stanley Matthews

by Jon Henderson

'Stanley Matthews taught us the way football should be played' Pel�

'I couldn't believe he was a man. He was the best player in the world' Bobby Charlton

'He told me that he used to play for just twenty pounds...


Rickey and Robinson: The Men Who Broke Baseball's Color Barrier

by Harvey Frommer

Rickey and Robinson is a dual biography tracing the convergence of the lives of two of baseball's most influential individuals in a special moment in sports and cultural history.


The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game

by Edward Achorn

Chris von der Ahe knew next to nothing about base¬ball when he risked his life’s savings to found the franchise that would become the St. Louis Cardinals. Yet the German-born beer garden proprietor would...


The Way of the Fight

by Georges St. Pierre

There’s more to winning battles than fists and feet

For world-renowned professional fighter Georges St-Pierre, the greatest asset is not physical strength or athleticism—it’s a sense of purpose. From his...


Harry's Games: Inside the Mind of Harry Redknapp

by John Crace

Who is Harry Redknapp? Football genius or football chancer? Master tactician or practical joker? How is it that even when he was facing court proceedings for tax evasion so many people were still seriously tipping...


Jimmy: My Story

by James Anderson

He's the lad from Burnley whose brilliance on the pitch and good looks have drawn comparisons with David Beckham and who has established himself as one of the most exciting cricketers in world.

In his first...


Nailed!: The Improbable Rise and Spectacular Fall of Lenny Dykstra

by Christopher Frankie

Learn the whole story: the glittering rise and ruinous downfall of baseball legend Lenny "Nails" Dykstra.


Learning to Fly: An Uncommon Memoir of Human Flight, Unexpected Love, and One Amazing Dog

by Steph Davis

“It’s not so surprising that on the day of my fifth wedding anniversary I would be crouched in the open door of an airplane, thirteen thousand feet above the Colorado plains, about to jump out. That coincidence...


Marathon Man

by Bill Rodgers & Matthew Shepatin

The legendary long-distance runner details his historic victory in the 1975 Boston Marathon that launched the modern running boom

Within a span of two hours and nine minutes, Bill Rodgers went from obscurity...


Heart of a Tiger: Growing Up with My Grandfather, Ty Cobb

by Herschel Cobb

Herschel Cobb’s moving account of his relationship with his legendary grandfather reveals a side of Ty Cobb that few people ever saw, that of loving nurturer. A baseball icon and arguably the best player who...


Animal

by Jim Evans, George "The Animal" Steele & Cowboy Bill Watts

A stand-out character in an entertainment industry where persona is everything, George “The Animal” Steele shares how he balanced his real life as Jim Myers, a highly respected high school teacher and coach,...


The Hardcore Truth: The Bob Holly Story

by Bob Holly & Ross Williams

The wrestling legend Bob “Hardcore” Holly tells all in this autobiography that chronicles his journey from fighting in bars for money to the bright lights of the World Wrestling Federation. Holly reveals...


Half Man, Half Bike: The Life of Eddy Merckx, Cycling's Greatest Champion

by William Fotheringham

Eddy Merckx is to cycling what Muhammad Ali is to boxing or Pele to soccer: simply the best there has ever been. Merckx amassed an astonishing 445 victories. Lance Armstrong, by comparison, managed fewer than...


Pitching in a Pinch: Baseball from the Inside

by Christy Mathewson, Chad Harbach & Red Smith

An inside baseball memoir from the game's first superstar, with a foreword by Chad Harbach

 

Christy Mathewson was one of the most dominant pitchers ever to play baseball. Posthumously inducted into the Baseball...


Throwing Strikes: My Quest for Truth and the Perfect Knuckleball

by R.A. Dickey & Sue Corbett

The inspiring story of the 2012 National League Cy Young Award Winner

Adapted for young readers from his New York Times bestselling memoir Wherever I Wind Up, this is the inspiring story of how knuckleballer...


Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero

by David Maraniss

On New Year's Eve 1972, following eighteen magnificent seasons in the major leagues, Roberto Clemente died a hero's death, killed in a plane crash as he attempted to deliver food and medical supplies to Nicaragua...