Lew Freedman: 44 books
Warren Spahn
A Biography of the Legendary Lefty
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
With 363 victories, Warren Spahn is the winningest left-handed pitcher in baseball history. During his 21-year career, Spahn won 20+ games thirteen times, was a 17-time All Star, a Cy Young–award winner, and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973. In addition, Spahn was also a...
The Original Six
How the Canadiens, Bruins, Rangers, Blackhawks, Maple Leafs, and Red Wings Laid the Groundwork for Today?s National Hockey League
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Since the inception of the National Hockey League on November 26, 1917, the sport of hockey has been one of the most popular games across the globe.
After the National Hockey Association (NHA), which had been founded in 1909, ceased operations, the NHL took over and became a mainstay for the...
by Lew Freedman
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
In this homage to sports history, author Lew Freedman compiles athletic feats that caught fans off guard, inspired awe, and left viewers on the edge of their seats, all while making an impression on the world at large. Freedman ranks 100 of the greatest moments in sports, reflecting on the dramatic...
The Rise of the Seminoles
FSU Football Under Bobby Bowden
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
The Rise of the Seminoles is the fairy-tale story of Florida State University football. From 197375, the football team at FSU had a combined record of 429. The next season, Bobby Bowden took over as head football coach and, over the next thirty-three years, led FSU to twenty-one bowl game wins...
Game of My Life Cincinnati Reds
Memorable Stories of Reds Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
In this compilation of stories from members of the Cincinnati Reds, baseball’s first professional team, Lew Freedman takes readers through decades of Reds baseball. In these firsthand accounts, players detail the most memorable games of their Reds careers.
From the Cincinnati Reds’ inception,...
Knuckleball
The History of the Unhittable Pitch
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
It took me a day to learn [the knuckleball] and a lifetime to learn how to throw it for a strike.”
This quote, by pitcher and coach Charlie Hough, is the best way to understand baseball’s most baffling and mysterious pitch. Not even the best practitioners of the art of throwing a knuckleball...
Game of My Life Chicago White Sox
Memorable Stories of White Sox Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
More than twenty former and current Pale Hose players share their fondest single-game White Sox experience and memories with the Chicago Tribune’s Lew Freedman. Many of these moments have helped shape the White Sox’s rich heritage in Chicago. Billy Pierce, Scott Podsednik, Mark Buehrle, Greg Walker,...
Game of My Life Chicago Bears
Memorable Stories of Bears Football
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Since their founding in 1919, the Chicago Bears have carried the hearts and souls of football fans throughout the country. Now supporters of one of the NFL’s most storied franchises will go into the locker room and onto the turf with over twenty Bears legends in Game of My Life Chicago Bears. In...
Game of My Life Chicago Cubs
Memorable Stories of Cubs Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
Whether they wore white stockings or blue helmets, the baseball players of Chicago’s North Side have always had great stories to tell. Now fans of this loveable franchise will finally get to hear from twenty-eight of the best players as they relive that singular moment which defined their Cubs career....
Chicago Bears
The Complete Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2008
One of only two remaining charter members of the National Football League, the Chicago Bears are a team steeped in history. With nine pro football championships and twenty-six hall of famers, the Bears are also among the most successful franchises in all of professional sports.
Revised and...
Jump Shot: Kenny Sailors
Basketball Innovator and Alaskan Outfitter
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
Kenny Sailors was a basketball star, and the inventor of the jump shot. He attended the University of Wyoming and was MVP in 1943 in college AA basketball. After WWII, he spent five years as an early player in the new NBA. As a youngster, Kenny was five‑foot‑seven but his older brother was six‑foot‑two...
Clouds over the Goalpost
Gambling, Assassination, and the NFL in 1963
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The pro football season of 1963 was dominated by the unexpected. In April, months prior to the beginning of play, it was revealed that two All-Star players, Paul Hornung and Alex Karras, were gambling on the sport and would be suspended from play for at least a year. Even worse, in May, one of the...
Joe Louis
The Life of a Heavyweight
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Joe Louis held the heavyweight boxing championship longer than any other fighter and defended it a record 25 times. (In the 1930s and 1940s, the owner of the heavyweight title was the most prominent non-team sports competitor.) In addition, Louis helped bridge the gap of understanding between whites...
A Summer to Remember
Bill Veeck, Lou Boudreau, Bob Feller, and the 1948 Cleveland Indians
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
While the Cleveland Indians are known lately more for being cellar dwellers than world champions, that wasn’t the case in 1948. Ranked by the Sporting News as the ninth-best team in baseball history, the ’48 Indians were a colorful group of guys, led by the always colorful Bill Veeck, the future...