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Go, team, go!
By John R. Tunis. 1991
When one player from the overconfident team, the previous year's champions, is expelled for gambling and the other four are…
penalized for breaking training, they angrily quit the basketball varsity and leave the inferior B team defending the school's recordReversing the curse: inside the 2004 Boston Red Sox
By Dan Shaughnessy. 2005
After nearly a century of close misses, the historic 2004 Boston Red Sox team finally beat their long-time rivals, the…
New York Yankees, and won the World Series. Shaughnessy, a Boston sports writer who knows the Sox well, chronicles their journey. Some strong languageDiary of a Red Sox season
By Johnny Pesky. 2007
Johnny Pesky, highly-respected former player, coach, and manager for the Boston Red Sox, celebrates the team and its stellar 2007…
season. Beginning with the signing of Daisuke Matsuzaka in December of 2006, Pesky traces the team's entire 2007 year, and shares a wealth of game commentary and insider informationJulie Krone, a winning jockey (Taking part books)
By Dorothy M Callahan. 1990
Chicken soup for the NASCAR soul: inspirational stories of courage, speed, and overcoming adversity (Chicken Soup for the Soul)
By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Jeff Aubery, Matthew E. Adams, Kirk Autio. 2003
Rough magic: riding the world's loneliest horse race
By Lara Prior-Palmer. 2019
At nineteen, the author entered an annual endurance event where dozens of riders race wild ponies across 1,000 kilometers of…
the Mongolian steppes. She describes the grueling days that she rode through heat and storms in her bid to become the race's first female winner. Some strong language. 2019Driven: an autobiography
By Larry H. Miller, Doug Robinson. 2010
Seven months before Larry Miller passed away, he began working with Deseret News writer, Doug Robinson, on his autobiography. It…
covers his early life, his legendary rise in the car business, his ownership of the Utah Jazz, as well as his other ventures as an entrepreneur and humanitarian. The book also contains a thoughtful section on lessons learned along the wayHoop dreams
By Paul R. Walker. 1995
Two fourteen-year-old boys from Chicago dream of becoming NBA stars. For five years, they struggle to turn their playground skills…
into basketball mastery. Based on the documentary film. For grades 4-7. 1995K: a history of baseball in ten pitches
By Tyler Kepner. 2019
The baseball columnist for the New York Times presents a history of the sport, told through the ten major pitches…
of the game. Includes commentary from some of the best pitchers in baseball history, such as Nolan Ryan, Greg Maddux, Bob Gibson, and Mariano Rivera. Some strong language. 2019Author tells the true story of her great-uncle, Sam Babb, who went from farm to farm in Oklahoma during the…
Great Depression, recruiting young women to play for his basketball team. The women left their families, finding a passion for the sport and camaraderie with teammates. 2017After the shot drops
By Randy Ribay. 2018
Told from alternating perspectives, Bunny takes a basketball scholarship to an elite private school to help his family, leaving behind…
Nasir, his best friend, in their tough Philadelphia neighborhood. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018The games: a global history of the Olympics
By David Goldblatt. 2016
An expert on the sociology of sports looks at the history of the modern Olympic Games. From the founding of…
the contemporary Olympics in 1896 in Athens through the grand spectacles of more recent years, he stresses the political and social forces that impacted the games. 2016Finding Gobi: a little dog with a very big heart
By Dion Leonard. 2017
An Australian marathon runner tells the story of finding a stray dog while on a race across the Gobi desert.…
After keeping him company for many of the 155 miles of his ultramarathon in China, the dog disappeared, leaving the author determined to find her again. 2017Game changers: the story of Venus and Serena Williams
By Lesa Cline-Ransome. 2018
Shares the story of Venus and Serena Williams, sisters and tennis stars. Discusses their special relationship as sisters and best…
friends, their constant training as children, and their incredible success in professional tennis. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 2018Fly girls: how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history
By Keith O'Brien. 2018
An account of how a group of female pilots banded together to fight for the chance to compete in airplane…
racing, a hugely popular sport in the years between WWI and WWII. Profiles five talented pilots, including Amelia Earhart, and the competition and camaraderie they shared. 2018Beep: inside the unseen world of baseball for the blind
By David Wanczyk. 2018
A sportswriter examines beep baseball, a version of the sport played by the blind, in which the rules have been…
tweaked and the equipment made audible. The author travels the world to follow the sport, interviewing players and coaches while describing the action during the Beep Baseball World Series. Some strong language. 2018Chasing space: an astronaut's story of grit, grace, and second chances
By Leland Melvin. 2017
Astronaut shares his experiences that led him to space. Discusses his time as a professional football player in the NFL,…
training to be an astronaut, derailment of his career when a training injury resulted in severe bilateral hearing loss, recovery, and eventual work on the International Space Station. 2017The boy who runs: the odyssey of Julius Achon
By John Brant. 2016
A sportswriter chronicles Achon's journey from his time as a boy soldier in Uganda to his success as an Olympic…
runner. Abducted at age twelve into the brutal Lord's Resistance Army, Achon escaped, trained as a runner, traveled to America for college, and became an Olympian. Violence and some strong language. 2016Fire in my eyes: an American warrior's journey from being blinded on the battlefield to gold medal victory
By Brad Snyder, Tom Sileo. 2016
Memoir of a former Navy SEAL blinded during his deployment in Afghanistan. Snyder discusses his combat experience, his recovery after…
losing his sight on the battlefield in 2011, and the competitive swimming that led him to win a gold medal at the London Paralympic Games in 2012. Some violence. 2016No barriers: a blind man's journey to kayak the Grand Canyon
By Erik Weihenmayer. 2017
The author of Touch the Top of the World (BR14512) lost his sight as a teen but still seeks adventure…
around the world. He shares his experience kayaking the Colorado River and his efforts to help other blind people, especially children, learn to live adventurous lives. Some strong language. 2017