Sports Publishing: 554 books
Tales from the San Francisco Giants Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Giants Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
The rich tradition of the San Francisco Giants has provided indelible memories for their fans ever since they moved from New York’s Polo Grounds to Seals Stadium in 1958. With three World Series titles in five years, starting in 2010, the San Francisco Giants have established themselves as one of...
Skipper Supreme
Buck Showalter and the Baltimore Orioles
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
For the first decade of the 21st century, the Baltimore Orioles were perpetual cellar dwellers, with losing seasons from 19982011-fourteen straight years. They were the worst team in baseball when two-time American League Manager of the Year Buck Showalter took over as manager in August 2010, but...
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...
Cubs by the Numbers
A Complete Team History of the Chicago Cubs by Uniform Number
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
What do Dizzy Dean, Catfish Metkovich, John Boccabella, Bill Buckner, Mark Prior, and Jason Heyward all have in common? They all wore number 22 for the Chicago Cubs, even though eight decades have passed between the last time Dizzy Dean buttoned up a Cubs uniform with that number and the first time
outfielder...
The Wait Is Over
The New York Rangers and the 1994 Stanley Cup
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
After an over 50-year drought, the New York Rangers defeated the Vancouver Canucks in a dramatic seven-game series to capture the Stanley Cup in 1994. For this reason and countless more, 199394 will forever stand out as one of the most memorable seasons in Rangers history.
Now, 20 years later,...
Cheating Is Encouraged
A Hard-Nosed History of the 1970s Raiders
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Straight from the mouths of the legends of the Silver and Black, Cheating Is Encouraged recapitulates the many as infamous stories from the last team to play outlaw” football.
Regardless of whether you loved or hated them, the Oakland Raiders of the 1970s were an amusing cast of outlaws,...
Yankee Doodles
Inside the Locker Room with Mickey, Yogi, Reggie, and Derek
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Phil Pepe spent years as the New York Daily News Yankee beat reporter, rubbing shoulders with countless Yankee greats, from Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra to Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. While he was there to report on the action that occurred on the field, as well as the many disruptions occurring...
Game of My Life Indianapolis Colts
Memorable Stories of Colts Football
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
In 1984, after more than thirty years as the Baltimore Colts, the franchise moved to their present home in Indianapolis, where they began their tenure as one of the most successful NFL teams.
In Game of My Life Indianapolis Colts, devoted fans can join their beloved team in the action on the...
Amazing Tales from the 2004 Boston Red Sox Dugout
The Greatest Stories from a Championship Season
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Amazing Tales from the 2004 Boston Red Sox Dugout is a different kind of look back at the incredible championship season-through the eyes of the players involved. It is packed full of anecdotes, quotes, and perspectives from each member of the team, presented in the context of their on-field heroics....
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 Tom Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
The Kentucky Wildcats are the winningest program in the history of college basketball, and this newly revised edition of the University of Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive book ever assembled on the history of this extraordinary team. Written in a unique, easy-to-read style...
by Randy Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
The Crispus Attucks High School basketball teams of 1955 and 1956 made Indiana basketball history as the first all-black team to win a state championship and then as the first undefeated team ever to win the championship. The story of Oscar Robertson’s dedication to the game and of the unforgettable...
by Dick Denny
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Basketball talent in Indiana is probably no better than that found in any other state, yet the richness of tradition is unequalled anywhere else in the country. Author Dick Denny explores the Indiana basketball culture through this wonderful presentation of interviews and stories with IndianaÂ’s...
Tales from the Dodgers Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Dodger Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
To baseball fans of today, the name Dodgers” is synonymous with Hollywood, the warm California sun, and names like Tommy Lasorda, Kirk Gibson, Steve Garvey, and Orel Hershiser. The Dodgers mean much more than that to fans of baseball history, however. Namely, these fans remember the famed Boys...