Sports imprint: 713 books
Tales from the New England Patriots Sideline
A Collection of the Greatest Stories of the Team's First 40 Years
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
This revealing look at the first forty years of the New England Patriots captures the stories of passion, power, and struggles of one of the most remarkable franchises in sports. True Pats fans know that while today the team’s owner, coach, and stadium all rank among the best in the NFL, the early...
Tales from the Boston College Sideline
A Collection of the Greatest Eagles Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Many people may not know that Boston College’s most embarrassing football defeat may have saved the lives of hundreds of Eagles fans. They also may not know that Doug Flutie failed to see a wide-open receiver and instead heaved the ball to an apparently well-covered Gerard Phelan to complete the...
Game of My Life Minnesota Gophers
Memorable Stories of Gopher Football
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
With more than 600 victories and seven national championships, the Minnesota football program is one of the greatest in history. Legendary players like Bruce Smith and Bronko Nagurski helped the Gophers dominate Minnesota sports for the first sixty years of the twentieth century. This book provides...
by Maury Allen, Bruce Markusen
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
No two phrases in American baseball go together better than World Series Champions” and New York Yankees.” The most iconic franchise in American sports, the Yankees have taken home 27 World Series titles. Out of the thousands of games and millions of memories that have come to define this...
The Mozart of Basketball
The Remarkable Life and Legacy of Dra?en Petrovic
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Dražen Petrovic was born on October 22, 1964, in Šibenik, Croatia. Learning basketball at an early age from his older brother, Aleksandar, Dražen was a natural. He began his professional career at the age of fifteen, playing for the national team, where he began his rise through the European circuit....
Figure Skating
Championship Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1988
As a sport, an art, a fitness activity, nothing quite beats figure skating for excitement, grace, beauty, or fun. Now former U.S. Champion figure skater John Misha Petkevich shows how you can find your full potential as a figure skater no matter what your age or ability. The lavishly illustrated...
Tales from the Montreal Canadiens Locker Room
A Collection of the Greatest Canadiens Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
When most sports fans hear the stat 3,000, they immediately turn to baseball. But for those fans whose breath comes out in frosty puffs, and who bleed ice and snow, 3,000 can only mean one thing—the glory of Montreal Canadiens hockey. The “Original One” of the “Original Six,” the Montreal...
Flat Out and Half Turned Over
Tales from Pit Road with Buddy Baker
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
In Flat Out and Half Turned Over, driving phenomenon Buddy Baker details the most hilarious collection of racing stories, memories, and anecdotes ever published. Read about the bumps and brawls; the blood, sweat, and tears; and the practical jokes that happen behind the scenes from the very drivers,...
Tales from a Top Fuel Dragster
A Collection of the Greatest Drag Racing Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Shirley Muldowney not only broke the gender barrier in the National Hot Rod Association in the 1970s, but she also completely rewrote the record books in Top Fuel Eliminator, drag racing’s quickest and fastest category. She was the first woman to receive a Top Fuel license from the NHRA. Between...
Tales from the Drag Strip
Memorable Stories from the Greatest Drag Racer of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Since the moment that young men began modifying and personalizing their automobiles back in the 1940s and ’50s, “Big Daddy” Don Garlits was squarely in the thick of this intoxicating pursuit. Tales from the Drag Strip with “Big Daddy” Don Garlits is a first-person account of the many memorable...
Game of My Life New York Yankees
Memorable Stories of Yankees Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
In Game of My Life New York Yankees, everyone from stars to supersubs offers personal stories revealing the obstacles they had to overcome in order to succeed on sports’ biggest stage. Some of the biggest names to ever don the pinstripes are captured in personal portraits here, from Derek Jeter...
by Steve Rom, Rod Payne
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
Miracles can happen to anyone. Steve Rom, a sportswriter at the Ann Arbor News, never thought his friendship with a recently retired Super Bowl champion would last. Rod Payne, a member of the 2000 world champion Baltimore Ravens, and a former All-America center at the University of Michigan, never...
by Johnny Holliday, Stephen Moore
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2002
In Johnny Holliday: From Rock to Jock, the pioneer Top 40 DJ retraces the steps that carried him from an "all black" R&B station in hometown Miami to his current 24 year tenure as radio play-by-play voice of the University of Maryland Terrapins. Written with his friend and journalist Stephen Moore,...
Miracle Moments in New York Yankees History
The Turning Points, the Memorable Games, the Incredible Records
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Throughout its illustrious history, the New York Yankees have produced some of the most memorable highlights in baseball annals. Babe Ruth’s “called shot” home run, Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak, Derek Jeter’s amazing “Flip Play.” Most Yankees fans have seen newsreel footage...