Sports category: 37872 books
by Richard Scott
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
How do you argue with perfection? The voters in the coaches and media polls can deliberate who's No. 1, the computers can spit out endless data to add to the arguments and everyone involved can ponder the merits of a playoff system, but some things aren't up for debate, especially the final perfection...
Modern Lumberjacking
Felling Trees, Using the Right Tools, and Observing Vital Safety Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Timber! Learn how to wield a chainsaw safely-and other lumberjacking skills.
While the lumberjack look may be trending among the fashion-forward crowd, lumberjacking is a useful real-world skill. An amateur with a chainsaw or an ax is dangerous to both people and property. Fortunately, experienced...
by Vince Stead
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Learn the fundamentals and basics of some of the world's most popular sports. Read the different aspects of each sport, and find a sport that you want to play and enjoy! 1. Golf: The Element's of Playing Golf 2. Hockey: A Very Interesting Sport 3. Tennis: A Good Way to Stay Active and Fit 4. Tennis:...
A Great Face for Radio
The Adventures of a Sports Commentator
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Nominated as Best New Writer at the 2010 British Sports Book Awards, John Anderson tells the tale of how a humble insurance clerk from Guildford came to rove the world covering some of the biggest sports stories of the past 25 years. From the Seoul Olympics to a freezing hotel rooftop in Azerbaijan,...
Football For Beginners
Essential Training and Game Tactics Tips For Playing and Coaching
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Playing sports is a worldwide phenomenon. You can look at any part of the world, rich or poor, and you will see that they too have a certain sport they all are fond of. And in some countries they have more than 1 sport with a large fan following. There may be 1 national sport but many will also closely...
Showtime
Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
The New York Times bestselling author of Sweetness delivers the first all-encompassing account of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of professional sports’ most-revered—and dominant—dynasties.
The Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s personified the flamboyance and excess of the decade over...
The View from the O-Line
Football According to NFL Offensive Linemen and an Uncommon Coach
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
The View from the O-Line is an NFL narrative that has yet to be told, about men who game-in and game-out take grueling physical punishment without the expectation of fame and media attention. These are the men who make up the offensive line.
Howard Mudd spent more than forty years in the NFL,...
Score of a Lifetime
25 Years Talking Chicago Sports
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
For 25 years, Chicago sports fans invited Terry Boers into their homes, cars, and offices as one of the premier voices of WSCR radio. Covering the latest championships and trades, and always ready to offer up timely takes, Boers was a Windy City constant until his retirement in 2017. In his highly-anticipated...
by
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
With over 3,000 pieces of wit and wisdom from runners famous and humble, here is an important running resource and a great gift for any runner. George Sheehan, a celebrated running writer, philosopher, and physician, once wrote, "The more I run, the more certain I am that I am heading for my real...
The Boy on the Shed:A remarkable sporting memoir with a foreword by Alan Shearer
Sports Book Awards Autobiography of the Year
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award
The Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year
The Times Sports Book of the Year
Telegraph Football Book of the Year
'Ferris's wonderful memoir represents a twin triumph. He has endured every kind of setback in life but has invariably...
The Last Icon
Tom Seaver and His Times
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
In early 1969, New York City and all it represented was in disarray: politically, criminally, and athletically. But while Simon and Garfunkel lamented the absence of a sports icon like Joe DiMaggio, a modern Lancelot rode forth to lead the New York Mets to heights above and beyond all sports glory.
This...
It's How You Play the Game
The Powerful Sports Moments That Taught Lasting Values to America's Finest
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In life as in sports, it's how you play the game that matters
You don't have to be a star athlete to take away valuable lessons from the world of sports, whether it's learning how to get along with others, to never give up, or to be gracious in victory and defeat. In this companion volume to...
Going Deep
How Wide Receivers Became the Most Compelling Figures in Pro Sports
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
How Wideouts Became the NFL's Standouts
From the time Cris Carter started his career as a supplemental draft pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in 1987 to his retirement in 2002, the position of wide receiver exploded in the NFL. Receivers went from being quiet and classy to being known for their...
Green Bay Packers
Where Have You Gone?
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
With a few exceptions, there is little else that is more important to the typical resident of Wisconsin than the Green Bay Packers. These fans will endure an Arctic freeze, a torrential downpour, or a sweltering August night to watch their beloved Packers. As the famed Lambeau Leap symbolizes, players...