Sports Publishing: 554 books
Madness
The Ten Most Memorable NCAA Basketball Finals
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
The annual NCAA Basketball Tournament, which has become known as “March Madness” has emerged as a major sports event, matched only by the Super Bowl and the Olympics. In Madness, Mark Mehler and Charles Paikert tell the stories behind the ten most compelling and memorable championship games in...
Miracle Moments in Montreal Canadiens History
The Turning Points, The Memorable Games, The Incredible Records
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
The Habs, Les Glorieux, La Sainte Flanelle-the Montreal Canadiens have almost as many nicknames as they do Stanley Cup Championships: twenty-four. In Miracle Moments in Montreal Canadiens History, the first book of a new sports series, Montreal native Jim Hynes details twenty-four memorable moments...
Greed and Glory
The Rise and Fall of Doc Gooden, Lawrence Taylor, Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, and the Mafia in 1980s New York
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
On October 28, 1986, just one day after winning one of the most thrilling World Series in history, the New York Mets were feted by more than two million fans with a parade through the city. In news accounts of the event, there was a small aside, as this one in the New York Times: "Notable in his absence...
Giants Among Men
How Robustelli, Huff, Gifford, and the Giants Made New York a Football Town and Changed the NFL
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
From the mid-1950s to the early 1960s, when basketball’s Boston Celtics were piecing together a run for the ages, when Montreal’s Canadiens were in the midst of notching a record-setting five streaight Stanley Cups, and when the New York Yankees were the once-and-future kings of the diamond, one...
by Roger Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
A must-have book for any Cavs fan, Cleveland Cavaliers A- Z is compiled alphabetically for easy accessibility. The book offers a complete history of the franchise and includes hundreds of different items of interest.
After the Cavaliers were founded as an expansion team in 1970, the team and...
Insight Pitch
My Life as a Major League Closer
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
You're straddling the pitcher's mound in Shea Stadium. The game rests in your hands. Your heart is pounding. Big money is at stake. You feel thousands of eyes burning your jersey as they wait for a pitch. You gulp at the air trying to settle your nerves. It's go time.
Insight Pitch is a sports...
Tales from the Indiana High School Basketball Locker Room
A Collection of the State's Greatest Basketball Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
It is often said that while Dr. James Naismith invented basketball in Massachusetts, the sport was raised and ultimately came of age in the high schools of Indiana, the state where politics, religion, and sweet corn fall in line behind the game played with the round orange ball. Tales from Indiana...
More than Beards, Bellies and Biceps
The Story of the 1993 Phillies (And the Phillie Phanatic Too)
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Stubble scruffed up their chins. Tobacco wads ballooned their cheeks. The 1993 Philadelphia Phillies had the look of a slow-pitch softball team itching to kick some serious butt. They did kick butt, too, on and off the field. “They lived the life of professional baseball players as fully as it can...
Tales from the Minnesota Twins Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Twins Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
Imagine a story in which a young man grows up so close to a major-league ballpark that he can see the stadium lights from his front yard. He pretends to be the team’s star during neighborhood ball games and fantasizes about one day playing for his hometown team. Stop imagining. Kent Hrbek made those...
Called for Traveling
My Nomadic Life Playing Pro Basketball around the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Called for Traveling is a pro basketball journey that spans four continents, seven countries and twelve teams over eleven hilarious and adventurous years. After playing his college ball at Penn State, Tyler Smith had a path in mind of where he wanted his pro basketball career to lead. Bringing his...
Mark Brunell
Super Southpaw
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
In 1996, Mark Brunell became the first quarterback since Johnny Unitas in 1963 to lead the NFL in both passing yards (4,367) and rushing yards for a quarterback (396), serving notice that he was a significant threat as both a passer and a runner. He passed for 2,601 yards in 1998, bringing his career...
Once Upon a Team
The Epic Rise and Historic Fall of Baseball's Wilmington Quicksteps
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
In 1884, professional baseball was still in its infancy. The National League was less than a decade old, the National Association (which had been around since 1871) was now defunct, the American Association (which began two years earlier) were nipping at the NL’s heels, and a new league—the Union...
A Tribe Reborn
How the Cleveland Indians of the ?90s Went from Cellar Dwellers to Playoff Contenders
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
For almost fifty years, the Cleveland Indians were a joke. They had won the 1948 World Series with one of the greatest teams of all time, but had not been to the playoffs since 1954 (losing to the New York Giants in the World Series). Even the Major League movies poked fun at their inadequacy. That...
The 3,000 Hit Club
Stories of Baseball's Greatest Hitters
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Meet the members of the most exclusive club in Major League Baseball. There is no award, there are no ceremonies, but nothing can compare to the pride and glory felt by a player as he hits that miracle milestone: 3,000. Since Cap Anson first reached the mark in 1897, only twenty-eight baseball players...