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By Lewis Hamilton. 2007
Provides an inspirational insight into Lewis as well as a look back in detail at each race of the 2007…
F1 World Championship, which has been dominated by Lewis's Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team. The book also covers Lewis's early years from starting out in go-karts at the age of eight to his meteoric rise through the Junior and Formula ranks. Discusses his leading the F1 World Championship in his debut year, and his transformation from teenage boy wonder to international superstar. 2007.By Thomas Hauser. 2016
Relying on personal insights, interviews with close associates and other contemporaries, and memories gathered over the course of decades on…
the cutting edge of boxing journalism, the author explores Ali in colourful detail inside and outside the ring. Muhammad Ali has attained mythical status. But in recent years, he has been subjected to an image makeover by corporate America as it seeks to homogenize the electrifying nature of his persona. Hauser argues that there has been a deliberate distortion of what Ali believed, said, and stood for, and that making Ali more presentable for advertising purposes by sanitizing his legacy is a disservice to history as well as to Ali himself. 2016.By Lorne Rubenstein. 2013
Rubenstein offers a riveting exploration of the life of Moe Norman, known for his unusual swing on the course -…
and his crippling insecurity and introverted nature off of it. 2013.By Christopher S Hilton. 2001
It took five years, but when Michael Schumacher gave Ferrari the World Championship he proved himself one of the greatest…
of all Grand Prix drivers. This text describes each of his races from 1996, including the genius and the disgrace. 2001.By Vince Rause, Nando Parrado. 2006
Nando Parrado was unconscious for three days before he woke to discover that the plane carrying his rugby team, as…
well as their family members and supporters, to an exhibition game in Chile had crashed somewhere deep in the Andes. Many were dead or dying. Those who remained were stranded on a lifeless glacier with no supplies and no means of summoning help. Struggling to endure freezing temperatures, forced to eat human flesh to avoid starvation, Nando resolved that he must get home or die trying. 2006.By Charles Foran. 2011
Born in 1921 into a working-class family, Maurice Richard came of age as a French Canadian and athlete during an…
era when the majority population of Quebec slumbered. Richard aspired only to score goals and win championships for the Montreal Canadiens, but he represented far more. Beginning with his 50-goal, 50-game season in 1944-45 and through his battles with the league over bigotry toward French-Canadian players, Richard's on-ice ferocity and off-ice dignity echoed the change in Quebec. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2011. (Extraordinary Canadians)By George Vecsey, Martina Navratilova. 1985
Frank and sassy autobiography of the talented and popular international tennis star. Martina relates the story of her growing up…
in Czechoslovakia and her view of communism. She also tells of her bisexuality, her relationships with other professionals on the tennis circuit, and the coaching she received from Renee Richards and Nancy Lieberman. Presents Martina as an honest, likable woman. Bestseller 1985.By Frank Cosentino, Don Morrow. 1981
In the 1920s and 1930s, Lionel Conacher was a popular multi-sport hero. In 1937, he launched his political career, first…
in the Ontario Legislation and later as a Liberal backbencher in Ottawa. Grades 5-8. (The Canadians)Biography of hockey great Mario Lemieux, who was discovered to have Hodgkin's disease, cancer of the lymph nodes. One time,…
after undergoing a radiation treatment, Lemieux caught a plane to his team's game and played hockey that night. Includes a glossary of hockey terms and a chronology of Lemieux's career. Grades 5-8. 1997, c1995.By Kathrine Switzer. 2017
Katherine Switzer ran the Boston Marathon in 1967 where she was attacked by one of the event's directors who wanted…
to eject her from the all-male race. She fought off the director and finished the race. From the childhood events that inspired her to winning the New York City Marathon in 1974, this book details the struggles and achievements of a pioneering women in sports. 2017.By Marcus Allen, Carlton Stowers. 1997
Marcus Allen, a Heisman Trophy winner, describes his childhood and college days in southern California before eventually playing pro football…
for the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs. Allen also discusses the business of professional sports and his relationship with O.J. and Nicole Simpson. c1997.By Jim Coleman. 1990
Jim Coleman, a renowned sports writer who is now retired, presents a nostalgic look at the early years of Canadian…
sports. He tells of everything from scandals, such as the cheating which occurred at the racetrack, to victories, like the first time a team from Western Canada won the Grey Cup, and the players and coaches he knew. Coleman's recollections provide a tribute to the early years of sports and journalism in Canada. Some strong language. 1990.By Bill Madden, Lou Piniella. 2017
A candid, revealing, and entertaining memoir by baseball legend Lou Piniella, detailing his nearly fifty years in the game, playing…
with and managing some of the biggest names in Major League Baseball. 2017.By Norman L Macht. 1993
A portrait of baseball's legendary "Iron Horse," who set more than twenty major league records and had a lifetime batting…
average of .340. Describes his athletic youth and his fourteen-year career with the New York Yankees, which ended suddenly in 1939 after he was stricken with an incurable disease. Grades 5-8. 1993.By Steve Simmons, Lanny McDonald. 1987
By Bill Gutman. 2003
The story of Lance Armstrong, the premier cyclist in sports history, from his first ride to his most recent race,…
and all the twists and turns in between. Grades 3-6. 2003.Journalist chronicles living in cyclist Lance Armstrong's training camp in Spain for months before Armstrong's sixth Tour de France win…
in 2004. Describes the intense physical schedule and managerial skills employed to orchestrate a victory in biking's major sporting event. Strong language. Bestseller. 2005.By Bill Belichick, Michael Lombardi. 2018
Former NFL general manager and three-time Super Bowl winner Michael Lombardi reveals what makes football organizations tick at the championship…
level. From personnel to practice to game-day decisions that win titles, Lombardi shares what he learned working with coaching legends Bill Walsh of the 49ers, Al Davis of the Raiders, and Bill Belichick of the Patriots, among others, during his three decades in football. 2018.By Ian O'Connor. 2018
Bill Belichick is perhaps the most fascinating figure in the NFL-the infamously dour face of one of the winningest franchises…
in sports. As head coach of the New England Patriots, he's led the team to five Super Bowl championship trophies. In this revelatory new and robust biography, readers will come to understand and see Belichick's full life in football, from watching Naval Academy games as a kid with his player-scout father, to masterminding two Super Bowl-winning game plans as defensive coordinator for the Giants, to his dramatic leap to the Patriots where he has made history. 2018.By Anne Dublin. 2004
Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld was born in the Ukraine in 1903 or 1904, and immigrated with her Jewish family to Canada…
in 1905. She became a star player in ice hockey, basketball, and softball and excelled in tennis and track and field, leading the Canadian women's relay team to an Olympic gold medal and winning a silver one in the 100-meter event in 1928. By greeting obstacles with courage, hard work, and humour, and always putting the team ahead of herself, Bobbie set an example as a true athletic hero. Includes a time line, source notes, and a bibliography. Grades 3-6. 2004.