Sports Publishing: 554 books
Captain Crash and the Dallas Cowboys
From Sideline to Goal Line with Cliff Harris
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
How does it feel to see your name among the Cowboys greats in Texas Stadium’s Ring of Honor? What was it like to be recruited by professional scouts? What happened to the guy who hooked Randy White in the back with a wayward fishhook? How did legendary coach Tom Landry motivate his players? How...
Mets by the Numbers
A Complete Team History of the Amazin' Mets by Uniform Number
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
This is the first team history of the New York Mets-or any other team-to be told through a lighthearted analysis of uniform numbers. Ordinary club histories proceed year by year to give the big picture. Mets by the Numbers uses jersey numbers to tell the little stories-the ones the fans love-of the...
by Sean D. Harvey
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
One Moment Changes Everything is the tragic true story of the Rogers family, who was blessed with three talented althletes until a single dose of cocaine killed Don Rogers. Don's family went from being an indestructable force to falling into despair. Harvey examines the correlation between drugs,...
Tales from the Kansas City Chiefs Sideline
A Collection of the Greatest Chiefs Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Beginning with their founding as the Dallas Texans of the American Football League in 1960, the Kansas City Chiefs have been one of professional football’s most storied franchises. In Tales from the Kansas City Chiefs Sideline, veteran sportswriter Bob Gretz brings the team’s rich history to life.
Gretz...
Who's Better, Who's Best in Hockey?
Setting the Record Straight on the Top 50 Hockey Players of the Expansion Era
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Who are the best centers in NHL history? How about wingers? How can we objectively rate the performances of individual defensive players? And how can we make reasonable judgments about players at different positions? Who is the greatest hockey player of the Expansion Era? Bobby Orr? Wayne Gretzky?...
Unbreakable
The 25 Most Unapproachable Records in Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Unbreakable gives fans the fascinating stories behind incredible records and the players who made them and provides a basis for comparing players of the Deadball era with those of today. Most importantly, it gives the true baseball fan quantitative objective data to bring to arguments about players...
Legends of the Buffalo Bills
Marv Levy, Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas, and Other Bills Stars
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Legends of the Buffalo Bills, first published in 2003, is not only a story about a National Football League team. It is also the story of the city it occupies and its fans. Original members of The Foolish Club,” a group of owners who bought into the idea of forming the American Football League...
by Frank White
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
From 1973 to 1990, the name Frank White was synonymous with fundamental baseball. White, the five-time American League All-Star won eight Rawlings Gold Glove Awards (the annual award that Major League Baseball gives to its top defensive players at each position) at second base, and had a career batting...
Tales from the Georgia Tech Sideline
A Collection of the Greatest Yellow Jacket Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
In this reissue of Tales from the Georgia Tech Sideline, former quarterback Kim King shares stories from his unique half-century involvement with Yellow Jackets football. As a child growing up in Atlanta, King watched Coach Bobby Dodd’s great Tech teams of the 1950s play in historic Grant Field....
Red Sox by the Numbers
A Complete Team History of the Boston Red Sox by Uniform Number
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
What do Rube Walberg, Mike Nagy, Kevin Millar, and Dustin Pedroia all have in common? They have all worn #15 for the Boston Red Sox. Since 1931, the Red Sox have issued 74 different numbers to more than 1,500 players.
In this newly updated edition, Red Sox by the Numbers tells the story of...
Yankees by the Numbers
A Complete Team History of the Bronx Bombers by Uniform Number
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
What do Mark Koenig, Red Rolfe, Frank Crosetti, Sandy Alomar, Bobby Murcer, Wayne Tolleson, and Derek Jeter all have in common? They all wore number 2 for the New York Yankees, even though nearly eight decades have passed between the first time Koenig buttoned up a Yankee uniform with that number...
The Super Bowl
The First Fifty Years of America's Greatest Game
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
In 1966, as the champions of the AFL and NFL prepared to play each other for the first time, Kansas City Chiefsowner Lamar Hunt wrote the following to Commissioner Pete Rozelle: I have kiddingly called [the championship game] the Super Bowl, which obviously can be improved upon.”
How wrong Hunt...
Derek Jeter #2
Thanks for the Memories
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
This book commemorates The Captain’s” career in pinstripes through words and images. David Fischer traces Derek Jeter’s legendary baseball career, from his early minor-league struggles, through his exhilarating days as a Yankees superstar, to his status as an enduring symbol of the steroid-free...
715
Reflections on Hammerin? Hank and the Home Run That Made History
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Hank Aaron forever cemented his legacy in baseball when he surpassed the Babe’s home run record, but his impact reaches far beyond the diamond. 715, which celebrates the 40th anniversary of Hank Aaron’s legendary 715th home run (April 2014), is a tribute to Hank Aaron that features a collection...