Biography: sport Books
University Press of Kentucky Sky Watch
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£30.00
Vida Publishers Linspirado
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£10.18
Vida Publishers Pujols
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£11.69
Michigan State University Press Still Pitching A Memoir
Book SynopsisA coming-of-age story about growing up in New York in the 1950s. The book details how a passion for baseball - a passion fuelled by New York's "golden age of baseball" - transformed the author from an introverted outsider into a popular high school pitcher.
£999.99
Wisconsin Historical Society Press Job Man My Life in Professional Wrestling
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£999.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Fighting for Fairness
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£23.79
WW Norton & Co Yankee Miracles Life with the Boss and the Bronx
Book Synopsis“You don’t have to be a Yankees fan to love Yankee Miracles.”—Yogi BerraTrade Review"A compelling tale of redemption, of second chances, of unheralded gestures and of touching personal connections." -- New York Daily News"Much of sports can leave us skeptical if not cynical. But I defy anyone to read Ray Negron's remarkable story and not come away believing that there still can be genuine heart, soul, and even redemption in the games we watch and play." -- Bob Costas"Full of fondness and good memories, Negron’s affectionate memoir reveals that his love for the Yankees and his affection for Steinbrenner haven’t diminished over these many years." -- Publishers Weekly"Hard as it is to recommend yet another book about the Yankees—especially this bouquet by a longtime employee—it’s just as hard not to be touched by Negron’s story …Even avowed Yankee haters will be warmed by stories of Alex Rodriguez’s outreach to a local youth baseball team, Derek Jeter’s private chat with a young cancer patient in a corner of the Yankees clubhouse, and the gruff but heartfelt kindness Munson would extend to teammates, opposing players, and the young Negron." -- Booklist"With the assistance of Cook (co-author: Another Season: A Coach's Story of Raising an Exceptional Son, 1997, etc.), longtime New York Yankees employee Negron (One Last Time: Good-bye to Yankee Stadium, 2009, etc.) relates a series of heartwarming tales from his time with the storied franchise. The author, whose previous Yankee-related books have been aimed at children, here offers a biography that seems straight out of a 1930s movie. As a young troublemaker, he was caught spray-painting graffiti on Yankee Stadium by the team’s new owner, George Steinbrenner. Hours later, he found himself in uniform, shagging flies from his heroes as a batboy, a job that would lead to a lifetime working in baseball. Negron’s effort to show the kindhearted side of the notoriously prickly ‘Boss’ permeates this touching book. He joined the Yankee organization shortly after Steinbrenner’s purchase of the team, and he was there through the glory years of the 1970s, when the team included such icons as Thurman Munson, Reggie Jackson and Billy Martin. The author formed life-altering friendships with each of them, and he also features the triumphs and tragedies of other stars, including Mickey Mantle, Catfish Hunter, Dwight Gooden, Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter. Each chapter recounts a “miracle” from the author’s time with the team, and Negron provides ample insight into the real men behind the uniforms. Though he doesn’t hold back from showing their flaws, the lenses through which he views them are heavily rose-colored. A treasure-trove for sentimental Yankees fans and a feel-good read for all baseball fans." -- Kirkus Reviews"[Ray Negron’s] affectionate ode to the team and its former owner is a welcome salve to the Yankees’ often self-inflicted bruises." -- Sam Roberts - New York Times"Longtime Yankees advisor Negron's inside story of life with the team begins with what reads like an episode of Seinfeld." -- New York Post"An exciting new book by a New York Yankees insider... offers a unique, behind-the-scenes look at America’s most storied baseball franchise and the man they called “The Boss”—Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.... [A]uthor Ray Negron recounts an unlikely career in baseball that had a most unexpected beginning and reads like a modern day version of Angels with Dirty Faces.... Yankee Miracles features a series of heartwarming tales illustrating the power of baseball to transform lives." -- Jim Meyers - Newsmax"The most storied team in baseball history has a few tales that even the most die-hard Yankees fans might not know… [An] inspiring story." -- ReadKiddoRead.com
£12.34
WW Norton & Co The Last Cowboy A Life of Tom Landry
Book Synopsis“An eloquent, honest tribute to a sports genius.” —Publishers Weekly, Best 100 Books of 2013Trade Review"[Ribowsky] recounts Landry’s life honestly, avoiding both distortion and hagiography while portraying a stoic, flawed man of honor…. A triumph of extensive research and interviews. It will be welcomed by all football fans." -- Library Journal, starred review"A meaty biography of one of the NFL’s legendary coaches…. [Ribowsky] provides as complete a picture of ‘God’s Coach’ as we’re likely to get. A must-read for fans of America’s Team and, given Landry’s impact on the game, for Cowboy haters too." -- Kirkus Reviews"In Ribowsky’s authoritative biography, Landry appears more stoic king than coach, his ever-present fedora serving as a crown…. Ribowsky’s thorough examination of a surprisingly complicated man offers original reporting, which serves here as merely a complement to this impressively researched work…. An eloquent, honest tribute to a football genius." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review"Fascinating…. Readers looking for a recap of one of football’s greatest innovators and coaches will be enthralled." -- Booklist"[A] huge and hugely entertaining biography…. Extraordinary…. That Ribowsky, an outstanding biographer with books on Al Davis, Satchel Paige and Howard Cosell to his credit, doesn’t idolize Landry across the book’s 640 pages makes his judgment all the keener." -- Allen Barra - Dallas Morning News
£14.99
North Star Press of Saint Cloud Inc Just Call Me John
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£13.25
Deceptive Speed
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£22.50
Harlan Davidson Inc Rickey and Robinson The Preacher the Player and
Book SynopsisThough baseball lies at the heart of this dual biography, the stories of Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey touch many important issues and changes in American life between 1895 and 1970 - the transition from rural to urban American, two world wars, Vietnam, and the rise of mass media.
£22.00
Bartleby Press Ernie Davis the Elmira Express
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£19.54
Bluewood Books,U.S. 100 Athletes Who Shaped Sports History 100 Series
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£7.99
Great Day Press Coach for a Nation The Life and Times of Knute Rockne
£21.38
Vukovich
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£24.26
Pan Macmillan The Worlds Biggest Cash Machine
Book SynopsisIn The World’s Biggest Cash Machine, award-winning journalist Chris Blackhurst weaves together iconic personalities, sporting drama and boardroom deals to deliver a must-read narrative on the world’s most influential football club.Trade ReviewJaw-dropping revelations . . . The incredible story of [Man United] laid bare in new book * Daily Mail *A gripping tale, full of insight. Blackhurst is an enormously talented writer * City A.M. *Packed with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you. This is the inside story of how the City of London really operates and if it doesn't make you angry, you need to check your pulse -- Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland and Butler to the World, on Too Big to JailBlackhurst’s tale would make an exciting novel. But alarmingly, this is a true story, carefully researched and told with gusto -- Baroness Patience Wheatcroft, former editor of The Sunday Telegraph, on Too Big to JailHighly entertaining . . . told with pace, gusto, and a strong sense of moral outrage -- The Critic Magazine, on Too Big to JailIf you want to understand how Manchester United got into its current total mess, you should read Chris Blackhurst's timely new book on the Glazers -- Michael CrickBrilliant . . . [a] very insightful account -- Simon Jordan, author of Be Careful What You Wish For
£20.90
Blackstone Publishing Bare Knuckle
£17.64
BookBaby From Hearts To Hoops
£10.79
Random House USA Inc Fire on the Track Betty Robinson and the Triumph
Book SynopsisThe inspiring and irresistible true story of the women who broke barriers and finish-line ribbons in pursuit of Olympic GoldWhen Betty Robinson assumed the starting position at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, she was participating in what was only her fourth-ever organized track meet. She crossed the finish line as a gold medalist and the fastest woman in the world. This improbable athletic phenom was an ordinary high school student, discovered running for a train in rural Illinois mere months before her Olympic debut. Amsterdam made her a star.But at the top of her game, her career (and life) almost came to a tragic end when a plane she and her cousin were piloting crashed. So dire was Betty's condition that she was taken to the local morgue; only upon the undertaker's inspection was it determined she was still breathing. Betty, once a natural runner who always coasted to victory, soon found herself fighting to walk. While Betty was recovering,
£20.70
Penguin Putnam Inc Above the Line
Book SynopsisThe instant New York Times bestsellerRemarkable lessons in leadership and team building from one of the greatest football coaches of our time.Urban Meyer has established himself as one of the elite in the annals of his sport, having lead his players to three national championships. In Above the Line, he offers readers his unparalleled insights into leadership, team building, and the keys to empowering people to achieve things they might never have thought possible. Meyer shares his groundbreaking game plan—the game plan followed every day in the Ohio State Buckeyes’ championship season—for creating a culture of success built on trust and a commitment to a common purpose. Packed with real life examples from Meyer’s storied career, Above the Line delivers wisdom and inspiration for taking control and turning setbacks into victories for a team, a family, or a Fortune 500 company.
£15.30
Penguin Putnam Inc Lucky Bastard My Life My Dad and the Things Im
Book SynopsisIn this New York Times bestselling memoir, the announcer of the biggest sporting events in the country—including the 2017 Super Bowl and this century's most-watched, historic, Chicago Cubs–winning World Series—reveals why he is one lucky bastard.Sports fans see Joe Buck everywhere: broadcasting one of the biggest games in the NFL every week, calling the World Series every year, announcing the Super Bowl every three years. They know his father, Jack Buck, is a broadcasting legend and that he was beloved in his adopted hometown of St. Louis. Yet they have no idea who Joe really is. Or how he got here. They don’t know how he almost blew his career. They haven’t read his funniest and most embarrassing stories or heard about his interactions with the biggest sports stars of this era. They don’t know how hard he can laugh at himself—or that he thinks some of his critics have a point. And the
£13.29
St Martin's Press Magic The Life of Earvin Magic Johnson
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£18.45
St Martin's Press Michael Jordan Life Lessons from His Airness
Book SynopsisFrom author David H. Lewis and illustrator Gilang Bogy, Michael Jordan: Life Lessons from His Airness contains the secrets to success from the greatest basketball player of all time.Sometimes a winner is just a dreamer who never gave up.Michael Jordan defied gravity, transcended the world's expectations, and exceeded the limits of age, soaring to fame as the world's greatest basketball player of all time. While his talent was breathtaking to beholdthose flying dunks and record-breaking 60-point games have inspired generationsthe unseen forces behind his success are the kind we can all harness for our own. M. J. and his accomplishments were founded on discipline, hard work, and knowing how to channel the deep, competitive drive within. Michael Jordan: Life Lessons from His Airness offers a courtside seat to the wild ride that made Michael Jordan a star and reveals valuable insights for anyone trying to make their own lofty dreams come true. <
£15.19
Castle Point Books Steph Curry Life Lessons from a Legend
Book Synopsis?Every time I rise up, I have confidence that I?m going to make it.?From the smallest kid on every team to the game-changing, record-breaking NBA All-Star he is today, Steph Curry?s journey to stardom is a master class in excellence. Bolstered by what he calls his irrational confidence, the ?baby-faced assassin? shattered expectations and accrued millions of fans as he led the Golden State Warriors to championship after championship, garnered multiple MVP awards, and emerged as the greatest 3-point shooter of all time. Steph Curry: Life Lessons from a Legend gives you courtside seats to the incredible highs and lows of his phenomenal career.- Inspiring quotes from Curry himself - A biographical look at Curry?s early years, his rise to fame, and his most spectacular achievements - Original full-color art that captures the spirit of a champion - Guiding truths and hard-earned lessons to help you crush your own goals
£15.29
St Martin's Press Tiger Phil
Book SynopsisBob Harig''s Tiger & Phil provides an in-depth chronicle of the decades-long rivalry that drove the success of golf''s two biggest stars, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.For more than two decades, there have been two golfers who have captivated, bemused, inspired, frustrated, fascinated, and entertained us, and in doing so have demanded our attention Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Even with all the ink that has been spilled on Tiger, no one has ever written about his relationship with Phil and how their careers have been inextricably intertwined. Furthermore, Mickelson is more than just an adversary. He is a fascinating hall of fame golfer on his own. These two biggest names (and draws) in golf have, for better and for worse, been the ultimate rivals. But it is so much more complicated than that. Each player has pushed the other to be better. They have teased each other and fought. They have battled to the bitter end on the course
£18.00
MacMillan Audio Killing the Legends
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£29.99
Houghton Mifflin Ali
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£19.54
Houghton Mifflin Gunslinger
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£21.24
Houghton Mifflin Qb My Life Behind the Spiral
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£18.69
Temple University Press,U.S. Bill Giles and Baseball
Book SynopsisBill Giles oversaw one of the greatest eras of winning that the Philadelphia Phillies ever enjoyed. This book chronicles Giles' remarkable career - which includes 44 years with the Phillies - to provide an insider's view of the business of the sport, which takes place off the field.Trade Review"An insider's look at the life and 44-year career of the Phillies chairman and part-owner that focuses on the business of sports, by a St. Joseph's University marketing professor, who also is the school's director of sports marketing." - Spring Arts
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Beauties Hockeys Greatest Untold Stories
£999.99
HarperCollins Certified Beauties
£26.55
Amberley Publishing W.G. Grace
Book SynopsisA modern account of the greatest cricketer of all time.Trade Review‘Early biographers were mesmerized by Grace’s celebrity... Meredith mischievously shreds the legend’ -- The Times Literary Supplement‘This is entirely different from any other biography that I have read ... a really good read’ -- The Cricket Statistician
£12.19
Pelican Publishing Company Red Cagle West Points ThreeTime AllAmerican
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£22.36
Arcadia Publishing Baseball in Alabama Tales of Hardball in the
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£21.24
Arcadia Publishing Urethane Revolution
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£20.39
Arcadia Publishing Pittsburghs Greatest Athletes
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£21.24
Arcadia Publishing Amos Alonzo Stagg College Footballs Man in Motion
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£20.39
History Press Pittsburgh Sports Firsts
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£19.99
History Press Connecticut Boxing The Fights the Fighters and
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£18.69
History Press Oregon Running Legend Steve Prefontaine
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£20.39
History Press Baseball in the Mahoning Valley
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£20.39
History Press Hidden History of Twin Cities Sports
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£20.39
History Press Iowa State Hockey and Al Murdoch
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£20.39
History Press St. Louis Trailblazer Erma Bergmann
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£19.99
Grand Central Publishing Return of the King
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£16.19
Tyndale House Publishers Under Our Skin
Book SynopsisCan it ever get better? This is the question Benjamin Watson is asking. In a country aflame with the fallout from the racial dividein which Ferguson, Charleston, and the Confederate flag dominate the national news, daily seeming to rip the wounds open ever wideris there hope for honest and healing conversation? For finally coming to understand each other on issues that are ultimately about so much more than black and white?An NFL tight end for the New Orleans Saints and a widely read and followed commentator on social media, Watson has taken the Internet by storm with his remarkable insights about some of the most sensitive and charged topics of our day. Now, in Under Our Skin, Watson draws from his own life, his family legacy, and his role as a husband and father to sensitively and honestly examine both sides of the race debate and appeal to the power and possibility of faith as a step toward healing.
£13.29
Amazon Publishing We Will Rise: A True Story of Tragedy and
Book SynopsisThe inspiring true story of the tragic loss and triumphant resurrection of a basketball team and its coach at the heart of a small Indiana town. By 1977 the University of Evansville’s Purple Aces basketball team had won five small-college national championships. With a charismatic young coach and a freshman phenom, this small Indiana city hoped to see its team shine in the national spotlight. Then, on a foggy night, after just four games, the plane carrying the team and its coach crashed after takeoff, killing everyone on board. The tragedy seemed insurmountable, a devastating blow to the identity of a fading factory town. But, with the support of a city in mourning, ambitious new coach Dick Walters promised to rebuild the cherished institution. Assembling a team of castoffs, walk-ons, and overachievers, Walters restored the legacy of the team and its fans. Against all odds, his young men made history. A tribute to those who were lost, and to those who carried on, We Will Rise is the rich and powerful story of an underdog team and its fans and the spirit of a resilient community.Trade ReviewAn Amazon Best Book of the Month: Biographies & Memoirs “This story of [the] Evansville men’s basketball team’s rebirth after the 1977 plane crash is tragic and inspiring.” —Sports Illustrated “The best stories about sports are about life, too…Beaven, who grew up in Evansville, crafts a beautiful story.” —Washington Post “This is a story of community resilience and a tribute not only to those who were lost but those who carried on.” —Courier & Press “We Will Rise is a heartwarming story of the spirit of this team, its fans, and a resilient community.” —Brooklyn Digest “Such was the rallying cry that propelled one of the most stirring comeback stories in recent history, a story being remembered and retold this season thanks to a new book. In We Will Rise: A True Story of Tragedy and Resurrection in the American Heartland, journalist and Evansville, Indiana, native Steve Beaven recounts the disaster that befell the University of Evansville men’s basketball team in 1977: a plane crash that killed players and their coach and devastated a basketball-crazy community that took great pride in their Purple Aces.” —USA Today “This story exemplifies the resilience of the American heartland, where God-fearing people bear unspeakable pain and tragedy with grace and depth most of us cannot comprehend. The heart of Evansville beats like a basketball on hardwood with every word. You can almost hear the squeaking of high-top sneakers on the floor, the ear-splitting chirp of whistles and the quiet, gut-wrenching sobs of those who grieve. We Will Rise joins the pantheon of great sports books for one simple reason: it has very little to do with sports.” —Steve Eubanks, New York Times bestselling author of All American: Two Young Men, the 2001 Army-Navy Game and the War They Fought in Iraq “Riveting and very personal…Steven Beaven has written the last word on the tragic crash of the University of Evansville basketball team. More, though, he celebrates the rebirth rise of the program after the devastating events of that winter day in 1977. A must-read.” —Bob Kravitz, senior staff writer for The Athletic and former columnist for The Indianapolis Star “We Will Rise is an ode to spirit, to hope, to somehow carrying on after the greatest of heartbreaks. Steve Beaven’s masterful work is a true must-read.” —Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author and former senior writer for Sports Illustrated “Growing up in Indiana, I heard the stories about the crash that destroyed the young team at the heart of We Will Rise. But I learned so much more reading this book. Steve Beaven honors the players and coaches who lost their lives and tells the stories of their families trying to move forward in the face of unthinkable grief. Here is the best of what sports can mean to a community.” —Brad Stevens, head coach of the Boston Celtics
£12.52
