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Vaudeville on the Diamond
Minor League Baseball in Today’s Entertainment World
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Over the last couple of decades, minor league baseball games have shown substantial attendance figures, with more than forty-one million spectators in both 2010 and 2011. With all the high-tech, live-streaming, fast-paced entertainment available to consumers, what is it about minor league baseball...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1976, Walter Wellesley Red” Smith is considered one of the greatest sportswriters ever to live. Put alongside Ring Lardner, Red Smith was beloved by those who read him because of his crisp writing and critical views.
Originally released in 1982, The Red Smith...
Jack Buck
?That?s a Winner!?
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
In his forthright and honest autobiography, former St. Louis Cardinal, World Series, and Super Bowl broadcaster Jack Buck entertains all of his fans once more in a different setting. Jack Buck: "That's a Winner!" does more than entertain, however. It provides readers with an inside look at a man...
by Monte Dutton
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2002
NASCARs Winston Cup Series has become one of Americas fastest-growing spectator sports, with nationwide television coverage, custom-built race cars, and superstar drivers. Yet the sports roots are grounded in the moonshiners and farm boys who raced souped-up family cars every weekend on the dirt tracks...
The Game They Played
The True Story of the Point-Shaving Scandal That Destroyed One of College Basketball's Greatest Teams
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
One of Sports Illustrated’s Top 100 Sports Books of All Time: The riveting story of the point-shaving scandal that shook college basketball to its core
It was the ultimate Cinderella sports story. Unranked heading into the 1949–50 season, the City College basketball team delighted their...
Jeremy Lin
The Incredible Rise of the NBA's Most Unlikely Superstar
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Who would have thought that an Asian American who majored in economics at Harvard would become the NBA’s most talked about star? While the story seems more like Hollywood fantasy, it has really happened.
Undrafted out of college and waived in short order by the Golden State Warriors and Houston...
The Heisman Trophy
The Story of an American Icon and Its Winners
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
The Heisman Trophy covers the full history of the Heisman Trophy, from its first winner, Jay Berwanger, to Notre Dame’s dominating run, and everything in between, up through the 2015 selection of Derrick Henry. It details the rise of the Heisman Hype, Archie Griffin's continued place as its only...
Game of My Life Detroit Lions
Memorable Stories of Lions Football
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
It was Thanksgiving Day, 1962. The Detroit Lions handed Green Bay its only loss during the Packers’ championship season. But the Lions didn’t just beat Vince Lombardi’s team-they sacked All-Pro quarterback Bart Starr a league-record eleven times. All-Pro defensive lineman Roger Brown recorded...
The Handoff
A Memoir of Two Guys, Sports, and Friendship
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
John Tournour, known to his many listeners and fans as JT the Brick, is one of the biggest sports radio personalities in America. Making it as a sports radio host is almost impossible, and JT went about it in a fearless way, leaving a lucrative position as a Merrill Lynch stockbroker to pursue his...
Tales from the Duke Blue Devils Locker Room
A Collection of the Greatest Duke Basketball Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
The Duke Blue Devils have a long and glorious history of success, and that history comes alive in this newly revised edition of Tales from the Duke Blue Devils Locker Room. The Blue Devils’ storied past includes forty NCAA tournament appearances, sixteen trips to the final four, and five national...
by Johnny Depot
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
There has been a long time, proven successful method for betting the NBA playoffs called the Zig Zag system. We have tweaked this popular system in version 2.0. When betting basketball, especially NBA playoffs you need to have a solid betting method, but without an effective way to bet (money management)...
Rozelle
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Rozelle chronicles the life and times of the architect of the modern National Football League, Pete Rozelle, who transformed football into arguably the most successful sports league in the world. While he was never considered a serious candidate for the job of NFL commissioner early on, the position...
New York Rangers
Greatest Moments and Players
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
An Original Six NHL member, the Broadway Blueshirts boast one of the most renowned histories in the last hundred years of North American professional hockey. With the New York Rangers returning to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in twenty years in the 20132014 season, their presence is...
by Robert Byrne
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Fully illustrated-in color for the first time!-with drawings of nearly 350 mind-boggling trick shots, Byrne’s Treasury of Trick Shots in Pool and Billiards will teach you everything from the basic butterfly formation” to the most difficult and impressive shots. Robert Byrne will help novice...