Sports Publishing: 554 books
by Joe Falls
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2011
In his very first trip to the ballpark, Joe Falls watched Lou Gehrig slam two home runs against the Philadelphia As. He's been in love with professional sports ever since. In this humerous and intellegent memoir, Falls reflects on over sixty years of writing with stories about all the greats from...
Tales from the Missouri Tigers
A Collection of the Greatest Tiger Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
College sports fans around the nation know it as the University of Missouri, the home of the Tigers. But for the legions of fans from St. Louis to Columbia, it’s simply Mizzou, and there is no better place to be on a crisp fall afternoon than Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. Don Faurot himself,...
Tales from the Baltimore Orioles Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Orioles Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
For several decades, the Baltimore Orioles were the envy of every Major League Baseball team. Stars like Rick Dempsey and Cal Ripken, Jr. brought life and power to a team full of dedication and fun. Since 2012, the team has regained momentum under Buck Showalter, boasting winning seasons and clinching...
Odd Man Rush
A Harvard Kid?s Hockey Odyssey from Central Park to Somewhere in Sweden?with Stops along the Way
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
In his hilarious, gritty, and touching debut, Bill Keenan-a hockey star once on the fast-track to the NHL-tells of how he overcame multiple obstacles to find fulfillment and redemption in the strange world of European minor-league professional hockey.
Keenan’s hockey obsession begins as a...
Game of My Life Denver Broncos
Memorable Stories of Broncos Football
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
How do you measure the soul of a city? In Denver, for the better part of five decades it’s been by the Broncos. From an ugly and inauspicious beginning to the first nationally televised Monday-night game in 1973, through postseason games that included back-to-back World Championships and five other...
by Bill Wennington
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
Chicago Bulls fans thought they had it so good. From 1991 through 1993 the Bulls won three consecutive NBA titles behind the talents of Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. When Jordan retired in the fall of 1993, those fans thought the good times were over. In the fall of 1995, however, Jordan was...
The Champions of Philadelphia
The Greatest Eagles, Phillies, Sixers, and Flyers Teams
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
Since the start of the twentieth century, Philadelphia’s professional teams in four major sports have won a combined total of seventeen championships. All of Philadelphia’s current teams-the Phillies in baseball, the Eagles in football, the Flyers in ice hockey, and the 76ers in basketball-have...
by Dale Ratermann, Brian Brosi
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Basketball has evolved to one of the most commonly played sports worldwide. Regardless of how well you think you know basketball, there’s bound to be questions in this book to challenge and entertain, to stimulate discussion, and to start and settle arguments. Featuring questions from the professional,...
Tales from the Baltimore Ravens Sideline
A Collection of the Greatest Ravens Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Tales from the Baltimore Ravens Sideline examines the history of the Baltimore football franchise since their move from Cleveland to Baltimore in 1996. The book chronicles how the team built itself into the champions of Super Bowl XXXV with what many believe to have been the National Football League's...
Shoot to Thrill
The History of Hockey?s Shootout
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
In 2005, the National Hockey League adopted the shootout to settle ties in regular season games. The shootout is used if the game remains tied after five minutes of overtime.
Ten years later, the shootout is one of the most significant and controversial rule changes in all of sports. Some maintain...
The Divine Nature of Basketball
My Season Inside the Ivy League
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
The Divine Nature of Basketball: My Season Inside the Ivy League describes a season spent as a virtual coach in the Ivy League. Shadowing head coach of Yale men’s basketball James Jones and bird-dogging his team from first practice to final game, Ed Breslin fulfills every college basketball fan’s...
Saving Face
The Art and History of the Goalie Mask
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Who was the first goaltender to wear a mask in a game? Who was the last to go without one? When did goalies start painting their masks?
These are just a few of the questions that are answered in this definitive book on goalie masks. Saving Face looks at the development of the mask from its...
Facing America's Team
Players Recall the Glory Years of the Dallas Cowboys
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The Dallas Cowboys were dubbed America’s Team nearly forty years ago, and the label has stuck in the minds and hearts of football fans to this day.
Facing America’s Team takes you onto the field to see what it was like to take on Bob Lilly, Roger Staubach, Tony Dorsett, Emmitt Smith, Troy...
by Floyd "Pete" Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
Jameer is an inspiring biography of Jameer Nelson, who excelled in sports from an early age and decided to focus on basketball in high school and later completed his college career playing the sport. He is respected and admired throughout the nation for completing college before starting in the NBA,...