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Fierce: how competing for myself changed everything
By Aly Raisman, Blythe Lawrence. 2017
Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy & me" gymnastics class. No one…
could have predicted then that sixteen years later, she'd be standing on an Olympic podium, having achieved her dreams. But it wasn't an easy road to success. In her own words, Aly shows what it takes to be a champion on and off the floor, and takes listeners on a behind-the-scenes journey before, during, and after her remarkable achievements in two Olympic Games--through her highest highs, lowest lows, and all the moments in between. For junior and senior high readers. 2017.But seriously
By John McEnroe. 2017
This is a follow-up to John McEnroe's bestselling book "You Cannot Be Serious". McEnroe has maintained a presence announcing tennis,…
guest starring in television shows, and competing on the court, winning tournaments and playing in special events around the globe. Here he tells even more of his life with his distinctive style. 2017.Gold at last
By Kathe Roth, Sylvie Fréchette, Lilianne Lacroix. 1994
After a lifetime of training, synchronized swimmer Sylvie Frechette finally took a place on the Canadian swim team when Carolyn…
Waldo retired. At the 1992 Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona, Sylvie overcame personal tragedies to prove to the world that she was the best. 1994. Uniform title: Sylvia Fréchette.Golly gee--it's me!: the Howie Meeker story
By Charlie Hodge. 1996
Biography of Howie Meeker, one of Canada's best-known hockey players. Hodge traces Meeker's eight years as a Toronto Maple Leaf,…
beginning as the NHL's top rookie in 1946-47. Meeker also served a term as a Member of Parliament, coached hockey at different levels, even returning to coach the Leafs, and later became a hockey commentator. 1996.Full-time: a soccer story
By Alan Twigg. 2008
Describes how a soccer team of grey-haired underdogs in their fifties and sixties (and one player aged seventy) set off…
to challenge former European professionals in Spain. Their quixotic quest for glory culminated in a match played against a much younger team called the Granada Veterans in a converted bullring. All for the love of the game - and the love of not growing old. 2008.Gretzky: from the back yard rink to the Stanley Cup
By Jim Taylor, Walter Gretzky. 1984
Hockey, heroes and me
By Red Fisher. 1994
Red Fisher, who has covered the Montreal Canadiens for almost forty years, shares the stories of hockey exploits he has…
witnessed both on and off the ice. He also tells of his encounters with other sports stars, and of his own family life. 1994.Hello Canada!: the life and times of Foster Hewitt (Seal Books)
By Scott Young. 1985
The biography of Canada's most famous sports broadcaster. Hewitt, whose name is synonymous with hockey, received the Order of Canada…
and membership in the Hockey Hall of Fame as well as many other major awards. c1985.Hitman: my real life in the cartoon world of wrestling
By Bret Hart. 2007
The sixth-born son of the pro wrestling dynasty founded by Stu Hart and his wife Helen, Bret Hart joined the…
family business as a teen. From his early twenties until he retired at 43, Hart kept an audio diary, recording stories of the wrestling life, the relentless travel, the practical jokes, the sex and drugs, and the real rivalries (as opposed to the staged ones). He details his wrestling belts won, but also the price paid in betrayals, tragic deaths, and his own massive stroke. 2007.Heroes, bums and ordinary men: profiles in Canadian baseball
By Dan Turner. 1988
A collection of short biographies of Canadians who made it to the American baseball leagues, including Fergie Jenkins, Terry Puhl,…
Rob Ducey, Phil Marchildon and Goody Rosen. These men describe their playing years, often no more than a season, and the breaks that ended the dream. 1988.Great girls: Canadian profiles of awesome athletes
By Laura Robinson, Maija Robinson. 2004
Features profiles of 17 great Canadian female athletes. Includes superstars such as hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser, speed skater/cyclist Clara Hughes,…
and up-and-coming 11-year-old athlete Sekwan Trottier, who canoes, cross-country skis, and races sled dogs. Grades 4-7. 2004.Forward: a memoir
By Abby Wambach. 2016
Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. Named by Time magazine as one of the most…
influential people of 2015, the iconic soccer player captured the nation's heart when she led her team to its recent World Cup Championship. Admired for her fearlessness and passion, Abby is a vocal advocate for women's rights and equal opportunity, pushing to translate the success of her team to the real world. She has become a heavily requested speaker to a wide a range of audiences, from college students to executives at Fortune 500 companies. Here, Abby recounts her own decisions, wins, losses, and the pivotal moments that helped her become the world class athlete and leader she is today. Wambach's book goes beyond the soccer field to reveal a soulful person grappling universal questions about how we can live our best lives, and become our truest selves. Bestseller. 2016.Fast as white lightning: the story of stock car racing
By Kim Chapin. 1981
A history of the sport that was born when moonshiners, hauling their liquor to market, outraced lawmen. Considers the drivers,…
mechanics, backers, fans, and the family dynasties of the track. 1981.Facing Ali: the opposition weighs in
By Stephen Brunt. 2002
Sportswriter Brunt interviews fifteen men who faced Muhammad Ali in the ring - great champions, no-hopers, and a few who…
beat him. Their stories are by turns triumphant and tragic, hilarious, uplifting, and angry. These fighters saw Ali invent himself as a media personality before such a thing existed, and how his courage, beliefs, and refusal to play the parts assigned him changed the United States and the world. 2002.Facing the hunter: reflections on a misunderstood pursuit
By David Adams Richards. 2011
Richards takes us behind his gun and into the Canadian forest for a sports memoir of sorts. He explores the…
meaning of hunting and the way in which it touches lives, and provides an impassioned defense of a set of values and a way of life that he believes are under attack. Readers of his novels will note the interplay between his former life as a keen hunter and the narratives and characters of his fiction. 2011.Every second counts
By Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins. 2004
In his much-anticipated follow-up to "It's not about the bike my journey back to life" (DC25539), Armstrong shares more details…
of his extraordinary life story, including a remarkable four more Tour de France wins, an Olympic medal, and the births of his twin daughters. Never shy of controversy, Armstrong offers, with typical frankness, his thoughts on training, competing, winning and failure. 2004.DiMaggio: the last American knight
By Joseph Durso. 1996
Joe DiMaggio remains the embodiment of the American dream. The son of an Italian fisherman, he became one of the…
greatest baseball players of all time and was briefly married to Marilyn Monroe. His heroics on the field were also matched by his humility and decency off the diamond. 1996.Duane Thomas and the fall of America's team
By Duane Thomas, Paul Lionel Zimmerman. 1988
Thomas, a running back for two years with the Dallas Cowboys football team, tells of his turbulent years with the…
team. Zimmerman indicts an arrogant management that let the Cowboys fall from greatness. 1988.Crazy for the storm: a memoir of survival
By Norman Ollestad. 2009
Norman Ollestad was thrust into the world of surfing and competitive downhill skiing at a very young age by the…
father he idolized. Resentful of a childhood lost to his father's reckless and demanding adventures, young Ollestad was often paralyzed by fear. In February 1979, just as he was reaping the rewards of his training, a chartered plane carrying Norman, his father, and his father's girlfriend crashed in the mountains and was suspended at eight thousand feet, engulfed in a blizzard. Norman's father was dead, and the grief-stricken eleven-year old had to descend the mountain alone through snow and ice, without any gear. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2009.