Sports imprint: 713 books
Shouting at Amen Corner
Dispatches from the World's Greatest Golf Tournament
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Shouting at Amen Corner is a collection of the best of Ron Green’s columns and articles from his 45 years of covering the Masters for "The Charlotte News" and "The Charlotte Observer." It’s a book about Hogan, Palmer, Nicklaus, Watson, Faldo, and Wood, but it’s also about Norman, Weiskopf, Miller,...
Game of My Life South Carolina Gamecocks
Memorable Stories of Gamecock Football
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Several prominent South Carolina football players of the past share their fondest single-game experience and memories. Some of these games are the greatest in school history, while others are ordinary save for significant personal meaning. In each case, it is the player who singles out the game, the...
Tales from the Los Angeles Dodgers Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Dodgers Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
It took something truly remarkable to save the 1981 Major League Baseball season from being remembered only as the year of the players’ strike. It took the Los Angeles Dodgers: Fernandomania and Lasorda and Garv and Bake and the Penguin. It took three amazing October comebacks to beat the Houston...
The Holy Grail of Hoops
One Fan's Quest to Buy the Original Rules of Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
When Josh Swade found out that the original 13 rules of basketball, penned by Dr. James Naismith—the father of modern basketball—were up for auction, he knew that it was his duty as a lifelong Jayhawks fan to make sure that they ended up where they belonged.
Penned in 1891, Naismith’s...
by Dave Ungrady
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Legends of Maryland Basketball is a feature on the basketball players and coaches who brought glory and pride to their university, as well as the men and women who played significant roles in developing the team to reach new heights. This book is a memorable return journey to the lives of those who influenced the history of basketball at the University of Maryland.
by Shimizu, Tomihiro
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Water Exercises introduces the numerous possibilities of how to keep fit in the water with the so-called fun- or aqua-noodle. In a short introduction, the book explains the characteristics and the areas of useage of the aqua noodle. In the big practical section plenty of possibilities for exercises,...
A Franchise on the Rise
The First Twenty Years of the New York Yankees
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
2018 marks 115 years since the inception of the New York Yankees--and what a 115-year period it's been! But how did the team that has since won a league-leading 27 world championships get started? In A Franchise on the Rise, veteran sportswriter Dom Amore takes readers back in time to the first twenty...
So You Think You're a Philadelphia Eagles Fan?
Stars, Stats, Records, and Memories for True Diehards
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
So You Think You’re a Philadelphia Eagles Fan? tests and expands your knowledge of The Birds. Rather than merely posing questions and providing answers, you’ll get details behind each—stories that bring to life players and coaches, games and seasons.
This book is divided into four parts,...
by Robert W. Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
The 50 Greatest Players in San Francisco/New York Giants History examines the careers of the 50 men who made the greatest impact on one of the National League’s most iconic and successful franchises. Using as measuring sticks the degree to which they impacted the fortunes of the team, the extent...
by Joe Tiller
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
When opportunity knocked, Joe Tiller busted the door down. Tiller became a major college head football coach somewhat late in his career. He was hired as the head coach at Wyoming just 12 days after his 48th birthday and became the head coach at Purdue two weeks before his 54th birthday. A disciple...
Tales from the LSU Tigers Sideline
A Collection of the Greatest Tigers Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
LSU football, a program steeped in tradition, where the fan really does come from the word “fanatic,” has a rich history, including 11 SEC championships and three national championships, the most recent of which came in 2003 and 2007. Award-winning sportswriter and Baton Rouge television personality...
Tales from the Oklahoma Sooner Sideline
A Collection of the Greatest Sooner Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
No single element has the power to absolutely define the lasting enchantment of Oklahoma football. Decades of great successes and occasional heartbreak have spawned generations of faithful disciples, who treat fall Saturdays like sacred holidays dedicated to their heroes donning the crimson and cream....
Roberto Clemente
The Great One
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Thirty-five years ago, Roberto Clemente made baseball history when he became the first Latin American to enter the Hall of Fame. Roberto Clemente: The Great One evaluates one of the game’s most dynamic players and perhaps its most selfless humanitarian. From modest beginnings in Carolina, Puerto...
We Did Everything But Win
Former New York Rangers Remember the Emile Francis Era (1964-1976)
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
We Did Everything But Win: An Oral History of the Emile Francis Era New York Rangers (1964–1976) is an entertaining account of one of the most exciting and unforgettable periods in the history of the Broadway Blueshirts as told by Francis as well as several of his players.
George Grimm chronicles...