Sports category: 37872 books
The 50 Most Dynamic Duos in Sports History
Baseball, Basketball, Football, and Hockey
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Who comprised the most productive pairs in the history of professional team sports? Joe Montana and Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers? Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls? What about the prolific hockey tandem of Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier? And that all-time great New York...
The Most Expensive Game in Town
The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today's Families
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Building on the eye-opening investigation into the damaging effects of the ultra-competitive culture of youth sports in his previous book, Until It Hurts, Mark Hyman's new book looks at the business of youth sports, how it has changed, and how it is affecting young Americans. Examining the youth sports...
by Tracey Turner, Tracey Turner
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Have you ever:
Climbed Mount Everest?
Been a skateboarding champion?
Won a race at school sports day?
If you answered NO to all of the above then this is the book for you! Scared of heights? Great! Feel green about extreme sports? Super! Inside you can read about lots of crazy stuff and how...
Love Letters to Sports
Moments in Time and the Ties That Bind
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2011
At a time when the sporting world seems to be losing its perspective, author John Clendening provides another viewpoint. In Love Letters to Sports, he celebrates sports at its bestits moments in time that capture our hearts and remind us of the role it can play as a touch point in our lives.
In...
by Andy Gresh, Michael Connelly
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
There’s nothing more important to Bostonians than their sports teams. From the Red Sox and Celtics to the Patriots and Bruins to a number of major college programs, millions of fans from all generations discuss, debate, and live-and-die with their hometown squads all year long. In The Great Book...
Profiles of the Game
Really Good Stories from the Sports Pages
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
Tapping into the rich tradition and exceptional storytelling of the Associated Press, Profiles of the Game delivers an outstanding collection of sports reporting that will capture the attention of sports fans and non-fans alike. Culled from the archives, readers will experience original sports writing...
A People's History of Sports in the United States
250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and Play
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2008
From the author Robert Lipsyte calls “the best young sportswriter in America,” a rollicking, rebellious, myth-busting history of sports in America that puts politics in the ring with pop culture
In this long-waited book from the rising superstar of sportswriting, whose blog Edge of Sports...
Fair Play
How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Cyd Zeigler is one of the world's foremost experts on LGBT issues in sports. He is often seen on major sports shows (both network and cable) commenting on LGBT issues--his platform is very visible. In addition, Zeigler's Outsports.com website is very popular and will play a key role in the book's...
Lombardi Dies, Orr Flies, Marshall Cries
The Sports Legacy of 1970
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
The year 1970 was grim in the United States and worldwide. Vietnam, continuing civil and political divisions, a fear of growing lawlessness, all seemed to point to a bleak future. The 70s were also a time when traditional boundaries were being challenged, from the color of skin to the length of hair....
by Jonathan Bales
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Fantasy Football for Smart People: A Guide to Winning at Daily Fantasy Sports is the ultimate assortment of daily fantasy advice, tips, strategies, and league-winning data. A collection of the best daily fantasy football content from the Fantasy Football for Smart People book series, A Guide to Winning...
This Is Your Brain on Sports
The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
This is Your Brain on Sports is the book for sports fans searching for a deeper understanding of the games they watch and the people who play them. Sports Illustrated executive editor and bestselling author L. Jon Wertheim teams up with Tufts psychologist Sam Sommers to take readers on a wild ride...
The Steamer
Bud Furillo and the Golden Age of L.A. Sports
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
For nearly sixty years, Bud Furillo wrote and talked about sports in Southern California. For fifteen of those years, he authored a popular column for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner called The Steam Room, which gave him the nickname that lasted him for the rest of his life: the Steamer.”As a reporter,...
Major League Baseball
An Interactive Guide to the World of Sports
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
The first title devoted to America’s national pastime in the new, exciting, and completely original Sports by the NumbersTM series!
THE SPORT: Baseball is our national pastime—and the popularity of the game has never been greater than it is right now. The Sports by the NumbersTM franchise...
by Larry Canale
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
"When it comes to sports memorabilia, Mantle is king. No other sports athlete has been covered more or is more popular than Mantle, bar none. No one comes close."
-T.S. O'Connell, editor of Sports Collector's Digest
Mickey Mantle is one of the most beloved sports figures of all times....