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Defender of Faith: The Mike Fisher Story
By Kim Washburn. 2014
As a veteran of the National Hockey League, Mike Fisher has a lot to be proud of. He plays for…
the Nashville Predators, was an alternate captain for the Ottawa Senators, has played in a Stanley Cup final, and has been nominated for the Selke Trophy as the best defensive forward in the league. But it's not just his guts, grits, and talent that have taken him to the top. His power comes from the top---he puts his faith in Christ first and has demonstrated his love for God both on and off the ice.Black Hoops: The History of African Americans in Basketball
By Fredrick L. Mckissack. 1999
This exciting, well-researched book explores the evolution of basketball with a focus on the black athletes and history-making teams that…
have shaped the game every step of the way -- from its humble beginnings in 1891 to the superstar sport it is today.Take a Shot!: A Remarkable Story Of Perseverance, Friendship, And A Really Crazy Adventure
By Jake Steinfeld, Dave Morrow. 2012
Take a Shot is the incredible true story of how three unlikely partners world-famous fitness icon Jake…
Steinfeld former Princeton University lacrosse star Dave Morrow and son of a TV preacher Tim Robertson broke all the rules and beat all the odds to create Major League Lacrosse This book will take you on a roller-coaster ride through the ups and downs of starting a business and not just any business but a professional sports league built around America s oldest and most tradition-bound game Today Major League Lacrosse is entering its 12th season and the sport has exploded into the fastest-growing game in the U S But it wasn t always that way not even close For four crazy chaotic years from 1998 to 2001 Jake Dave and Tim faced enormous obstacles and endless challenges in their lonely battle to make their lacrosse dream come true From the earliest inspiration Jake s chance reading of a magazine article that got the ball rolling to the wild search for investors and owners to the insane setbacks that nearly derailed the league time and time again to the emotional and triumphant debut of Major League Lacrosse Take a Shot is an action-packed thrill-a-minute adventure story But this book is also about friendship under fire It tells the tale of three men from vastly different worlds Jake the brash Hollywood icon and driving force behind Major League Lacrosse Dave a shy Ivy Leaguer from blue-collar Detroit and the ultimate fish out of water and Tim the son of TV evangelist Pat Robertson and a multimedia mogul who teamed up to try the impossible start a professional sports league from scratch at a time when other leagues were crashing and burning around them When Jake recruited Dave to be his partner neither had any idea what was in store for them nor what it took to start something like this after all who does But they had something more important a gut instinct that from day one they could always trust each other And so with only a handshake they ignored all the naysayers who warned them that they were doomed to fail and together built Major League Lacrosse weathering every crisis and shrugging off each disaster along the way And in the process their partnership evolved into an enduring friendship as Jake helped Dave blossom into a big-time entrepreneur and Dave at a crucial moment with everything on the line came out of his shell and justified Jake s relentless faith in himThe Outsider: A Memoir
By Jimmy Connors. 2013
The Outsider is a no-holds-barred memoir by the original bad boy of tennis, Jimmy Connors. Connors ignited the tennis boom…
in the 1970s with his aggressive style of play, turning his matches with John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, and Ivan Lendl into prizefights. But it was his prolonged dedication to his craft that won him the publics adoration. He capped off one of the most remarkable runs in tennis history at the age of 39 when he reached the semifinals of the 1991 U. S. Open, competing against players half his age. More than just the story of a tennis champion, The Outsider is the uncensored account of Connors life, from his complicated relationship with his formidable mother and his storybook romance with tennis legend Chris Evert, to his battles with gambling and fidelity that threatened to derail his career and his long-lasting marriage to Playboy playmate Patti McGuire. When he retired from tennis twenty years ago, Connors all but disappeared from public view. In The Outsider, he is back at the top of his game, and as feisty, outspoken, and defiant as ever. This autobiography includes original color photographs from the author.Nunca te rindas
By Jaime Penedo. 2018
Panam mi orgullo El futbol mi ense anza de vida …
La biograf a autorizada de Jaime Penedo Con la sencillez y generosidad que lo caracterizan Jaime Penedo el arquero de la selecci n nacional de Panam relata su vida desde aquellos inicios en 1990 cuando el futbol empez a formar su pasi n hasta el d a de hoy momento en que se prepara con el equipo paname o para participar en la Copa Mundial de Rusia 2018 Jaime se la jug a lo largo de su vida ser futbolista profesional en Panam un pa s en el que el deporte por excelencia era otro fue una meta dif cil de lograr Los obst culos que enfrent fueron muchos y de toda ndole malas jugadas prejuicios indecisiones soledad miedos El constante apoyo de su familia y la fortaleza de su fe le permitieron superarlos y salir fortalecido Panam -Italia-Espa a-Guatemala-Estados Unidos-Costa Rica-Rumania y de nuevo Panam siempre su selecci n su orgullo A trav s de estas p ginas escritas con paciencia y sentimiento Jaime nos invita a compartir sus logros y nos motiva para alcanzar con tenacidad los sue os y las metas que nos trazamos Los consejos que comparte son valios simos frutos de las ense anzas que le ha dado el futbol No dejes de leer esta vida de pel cula Despu s de leer este libro he descubierto muchas cosas de Jaime que no sab a a pesar de la amistad que nos une Me gusta ver el cari o con el que se refiere al hablar de sus hijos y de su esposa y la fe tan grande que tiene en Dios Realmente es una persona que vale la pena conocer En este libro van a tener la oportunidad de hacerlo no s lo a trav s de la parte profesional sino tambi n de la m s personal de nuestro querido Jaime JULIO C SAR DELY VALD SThe Miracle of St. Anthony
By Adrian Wojnarowski. 2005
In a city mired in endless decay, where the youth suffer through all the horrors of urban blight, hope comes…
in a most unassuming form: a tiny brick schoolhouse run by two Felician nuns where a singular basketball genius takes teenagers from the mean streets of Jersey City and turns them into champions on the hardcourt. Coach Bob Hurley had been working miracles at St. Anthony High School for over thirty years, winning state and national championships and offering his players rescue from their surroundings through college scholarships, when he met his most dysfunctional team yet. In The Miracle of St. AnthonyAdrian Wojnarowski follows Hurley through a gripping and heartrending season as he struggles to lead a troubled team to glory through his unparalleled understanding of the game and his ceaseless determination to see no more children lost to these streets. In The Miracle of St. Anthony, acclaimed sports journalist Adrian Wojnarowski follows Hurley through a gripping and heartrending season, as he struggles to lead a troubled team to glory through his unparalleled understanding of the game and his ceaseless determination to see no more children lost to the city streets. Acclaim for The Miracle of St. Anthony: It takes two ingredients to make a book special: a great story and a great storyteller. The Miracle of St. Anthonyhas both. Bob Hurley is a remarkable coach; Adrian Wojnarowski is his equal as a writer. JOHN FEINSTEIN, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A SEASON ON THE BRINK Takes you through this miracle season where this high school basketball team didnt have the greatest talent but somehow came out on top . . . [Coach Hurley] is dedicated to these city kids and helping them overcome the obstacles that the city can offer. A lot of his lessons are not about basketball, but about life, and doing things the right way. BILL RAFTERY, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Compelling. Chicago Tribune A classic. Boston Globe Astonishing New York Post Hard to put down. The Washington PostIceman
By Chad Millman, Chuck Liddell. 2008
What's it like to have no fear, to make people cower in their shoes, to know the sweet satisfaction of…
knocking a guy out with a single, devastating punch? Now everyone can find out by reading Chuck Liddell's autobiography. Liddell, who has been called the baddest man on the planet, is the face of Ultimate Fighting Championship, the fastest growing sport. He was a bartender with a degree in accountancy who fought his way to become the number one light-heavyweight in the world. With never-before-seen photos, Iceman is the no-holds barred, true story of a fighting champ.Gary Jobson
By Gary Jobson, Cynthia Goss. 2011
For Gary Jobson-the three-time All American sailor, America's Cup winner, Fastnet Race winner, and ESPN sailing commentator since 1985-sailing is…
life. In 2003, he was diagnosed with lymphoma, and here he relays the tumultuous diagnosis and treatments endured before the cancer went into remission. Through remission he remembers how his life has intertwined with some of the greatest sailors, how the sport has changed since his childhood, how the public view of sailing went through a revolutionary change with the advent of ESPN, how sailing can create lasting bonds of friendship that endure, and how sailing offers everything from the highest of adventures to the simplest of pleasures. This uplifting memoir also includes a foreword by Ted Turner.Fan Mail
By Nick Hornby. 2013
A new collection of soccer writing by the bestselling author of Fever Pitch. After the phenomenal success of Fever Pitch,…
Nick Hornby tried to avoid writing about soccer, for fear that he'd be writing about it forever. But occasionally over the years he's found it impossible to turn down a particularly enticing assignment or, in the case of the 2012-13 Premier League, just unable to resist writing about that most spectacular of seasons. Fortunately for those who love great writing about soccer, all these fugitive pieces are collected in Fan Mail. You can follow the fortunes, as Hornby did, of a hopelessly out-of-their-depth Cambridge United in the old Second Division, discover why Perry Groves was an unlikely hero among Arsenal fans, enjoy Hornby trying to explain the World Cup to Americans, and share with him the pain of watching his national team.Sid Gillman
By Josh Katzowitz, Dick Vermeil. 2012
Sid Gillman, unlike so many of his coaching colleagues, never wrote a book about himself. He never published his own…
ideas about the game and why he thought passing the ball in an age where most quarterbacks handed off to running backs was the key to his success. In more than four decades of coaching, nobody thought it necessary to tell the definitive Sid Gillman story. Until now.Gillman was a true innovator. The kind of football genius that goes overlooked by today's average fan, but who will never be forgotten by the coaches he directly - and indirectly - impacted. The modern-day offenses that emphasize spreading the field with receivers, running backs and tight ends? That was Gillman's idea. The idea that the long pass could stretch a defense? That was Gillman's baby as well. What NFL fans watch today in ever-increasing numbers (and the high-flying offenses those fans love) can be directly traced back to the Midwestern coach who was a forerunner to the West Coast offense.Gillman wasn't a perfect man. He had plenty of warts, and he made plenty of enemies. But he also made a major impact on the game, comparable to how Vince Lombardi, Paul Brown and Woody Hayes left a timeless impression. Josh Katzowitz tells you how Gillman was just as important as any coach who came before him or afterward.This is not simply a biography of an innovator. It details exactly how and why the NFL football you watch today is the image of what Gillman believed was possible. It's why football luminaries like Al Davis, Bill Walsh and Chuck Noll cite Gillman as one of the most important influences on their careers and lives. It's why if you watched the Green Bay Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV, you could see the scope of Gillman's reach. In order to truly understand the reason why football offenses are so exciting today, learning about Gillman is absolutely essential. Katzowitz takes you on that journey.Super Agent
By Jerry Argovitz, J. David Miller. 2013
Super Agent. Maverick. Reformer. Iconoclast. Dealmaker. Dentist? Jerry Argovitz has worn many hats in his remarkable life, both inside and…
outside of the world of sports. As a player agent representing and advising some of the biggest names in the game, Argovitz challenged the NFL both at the negotiating table and in the courtroom, earning a reputation as one of the most powerful men in professional sports. He successfully negotiated the first milliondollar guaranteed contract in NFL history, wrote the language for career-ending insurance policy underwriting for Lloyds of London, and brokered the deal that brought Heisman Trophy-winner Herschel Walker to the upstart USFL as a junior, which opened the floodgates for all underclassmen to follow. As the owner of the Houston Gamblers of the USFL, Argovitz helped to implement several rules which were subsequently adopted by the NFL, and served as a principal figure in a lawsuit against the NFL that proved the league was guilty of Sherman Antitrust violations. Now, Argovitz has a plan to reform the corrupt world of college sports, a plan he will share in this eye-opening book.But Now I See: My Journey from Blindness to Olympic Gold
By Steve Eubanks, Geoff Bodine, Steven Holcomb. 2012
One of the top bobsledders in the world and leader of the four-man American team, Steven Holcomb had finished sixth…
in the 2006 Olympics and medaled in nearly every competition he entered. He was considered a strong gold contender for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Talented, aggressive, and fearless, he was at the top of his game. But Steven Holcomb had a dangerous secret.Steven Holcomb was going blind.In the prime of his athletic career, he was diagnosed with keratoconus-a degenerative disease affecting 1 in 1,000 and leaving 1 in 4 totally blind without a cornea transplant. In the world of competitive sports, it was a dream killer. Not a sport for the timid, bobsledding speeds approach 100 miles per hour through a series of hairpin turns. Serious injuries-even deaths-can result. But Holcomb kept his secret from his coach, sled mates, and the public for months and continued to drive the legendary sled The Night Train.When he finally told his coach, Holcomb was led to a revolutionary treatment, later named the Holcomb C3-R. With his sight restored to 20/20, Holcomb became the first American in 50 years to win the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation World Championship, and the first American bobsledder since 1948 to win the Olympic gold medal.With a foreword by Geoff Bodine, NASCAR champion and founder of the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project, But Now I See is the intimate portrait of a man's pursuit of a dream, laced with humility and the faith to find a way when all seems hopeless. It's about knowing anything is possible and the gift of a second chance.Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
By Bethany Hamilton, Sheryl Berk, Rick Bundschuh. 2011
The amazing story of the thirteen-year-old surfer girl who lost her arm in a shark attack but never lost her…
faith -- and of her triumphant return to competitive surfing. They say Bethany Hamilton has saltwater in her veins. How else could one explain the tremendous passion that drives her to surf? How else could one explain that nothing -- not even the loss of her arm in a horrific shark attack -- could come between her and the waves? That Halloween morning in Kauai, Hawaii -- a glorious part of the world, where it's hard to deny the divine -- Bethany responded to the shark's stealth attack with the calm of a girl with God on her side. Pushing pain and panic aside, she immediately began to paddle with one arm, focusing on a single thought: "Get to the beach...." Rushed to the hospital, where her father, Tom Hamilton, was about to undergo knee surgery, Bethany found herself taking his spot in the O.R. It's the kind of coincidence that isn't mere coincidence to the Hamilton family, a clan whose motto could easily be "the family that surfs and prays together stays together." To them it was a sign someone had a greater plan than the one they'd been working on themselves -- which had been to scrape together whatever resources they could to help Bethany rise to the top of her sport. When the first thing Bethany wanted to know after surgery was "When can I surf again?" it became clear that her unfaltering spirit and determination were part of a greater story -- a tale of courage and faith that this modest and soft-spoken girl would come to share with the world. Soul Surfer is a moving account of Bethany's life as a young surfer, her recovery in the wake of the shark attack, the adjustments she's made to her unique surfing style, her unprecedented bid for a top showing in the World Surfing Championships, and, most fundamentally, her belief in God. It is a story of girl power and spiritual grit that shows that the body is no more essential to surfing -- perhaps even less so -- than the soul.A Journey Around Our America: A Memoir on Cycling, Immigration, and the Latinoization of the U.S.
By Louis G. Mendoza. 2012
Immigration and the growing Latino population of the United States have become such contentious issues that it can be hard…
to have a civil conversation about how Latinoization is changing the face of America. So in the summer of 2007, Louis Mendoza set out to do just that. Starting from Santa Cruz, California, he bicycled 8,500 miles around the entire perimeter of the country, talking to people in large cities and small towns about their experiences either as immigrants or as residents who have welcomed - or not - Latino immigrants into their communities. He presented their enlightening, sometimes surprising, firsthand accounts in Conversations Across Our America: Talking About Immigration and the Latinoization of the United States. Now, in A Journey Around Our America, Mendoza offers his own account of the visceral, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual dimensions of traveling the country in search of a deeper, broader understanding of what it means to be Latino in the United States in the twenty-first century. With a blend of first- and second-person narratives, blog entries, poetry, and excerpts from conversations he had along the way, Mendoza presents his own aspirations for and critique of social relations, political ruminations, personal experiences, and emotional vulnerability alongside the stories of people from all walks of life, including students, activists, manual laborers, and intellectuals. His conversations and his experiences as a Latino on the road reveal the multilayered complexity of Latino life today as no academic study or newspaper report ever could.The Galloping Ghost
By Gary Andrew Poole. 2008
In the 1920s four athletes defined American sports: Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Bobby Jones, and Red Grange. They were the…
country's first athletic pantheon, its Mount Rushmore, and for a few brief years Red Grange outshone them all. The Galloping Ghost tells the remarkable untold story of this fleet-footed college football player who inspired poetry, dazzled fans as he felled opponents on the field, and, with the help of an unscrupulous and utterly brilliant manager (the first real-life Jerry Maguire), helped launch and legitimize professional football, changing American sports forever. In this first major biography of Red Grange, Gary Andrew Poole draws on exhaustive research and interviews to evoke the golden age of sports in all its splendor and outrageousness. He transports readers from college football rallies to barnstorming tours, from the locker room to the White House to Hollywood, as he recounts Grange's rise and tragic fall. And he lays bare the fascinating and psychologically complex relationship between a star athlete and the nation's first real sports agent-a relationship that encapsulated the good and shadowy sides of sports and how they inevitably intersected. For fans of Cinderella Man, The Devil and Sonny Liston, and The Devil in the White City, The Galloping Ghost is a provocative, character-driven, atmospheric sports history that gives us a new understanding of a seminal sports figure, from raw and innocent athletic talent to mortal American icon. A symbol of rebellious manhood and virility, Red Grange is a reminder of the fleeting nature of fame, youth, and physical dominance.Harvey Penick: The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf
By Kevin Robbins. 2015
The first-ever biography of the iconic and beloved golf coach who caddied for Francis Ouimet, played with Ben Hogan, competed…
against Bobby Jones, shaped Ben Crenshaw, and distilled his golf wisdom into the Little Red Book, granting simplicity to a vexing yet beloved sport Millions of people were charmed by the homespun golf advice dispensed in Harvey Penick's Little Red Book, a sports classic that went on to become the best-selling sports book of all time. Yet, beyond the Texas golf courses where Penick happily toiled for the better part of eight decades, few people knew the self-made golf pro who coaxed the best out of countless greats -- Tom Kite, Ben Crenshaw, Betsy Rawls, Mickey Wright -- all champions who considered Penick their coach and lifelong friend. In Harvey Penick, Kevin Robbins tells the story of this legendary steward of the game. From his first job as a caddie at age eight to his ascendance to head golf pro at the esteemed Austin Country Club to his playing days when he competed with Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen to his mentorship of some of golf's finest players, Penick studied every nuance of the game. Along the way, he scribbled his observations and anecdotes, tips and tricks, and genuine love of the sport in his little red book, which ultimately became a gift to golfers everywhere. Part elegy to golf's greatest teacher, part inquiry into his simple, impactful teachings, part history of golf over the past century, Harvey Penick is an exquisitely written sports biography.My Life in Football
By Trevor Brooking. 2014
When Trevor Brooking was still at school, the Essex-born teenager was one of the most eagerly pursued prospects in London,…
but he chose to go to West Ham United - the only club that was prepared to allow him to complete his studies - and so began a lifelong attachment to the Upton Park outfit. In 1967 he made his debut for the club, and went on to play for them until 1984, helping them to win two FA Cup trophies, and scoring the only goal in the 1980 final. A cultured midfielder at the heart of West Ham's side, he was soon seen as crucial to England's fortunes, helping them to qualify for the World Cup finals in 1982. Brooking recalls the highlights of his career, playing with and against some of the most famous names in the sport, and provides revealing details about life with West Ham and England. His story recalls a time when he was a symbol of solidity during the era of flared trousers, punk, and the turmoil of the Revie regime. Respected by fans and his peers alike, Brooking has been at the forefront of the FA's work to develop the game in recent years, and his views on the future of football are essential reading.Cleveland's Finest
By Vince Mckee. 2016
Cleveland's Finest is the first book written from the player's point of view, mixed in with the media that covered…
it and the fans that watched. Cleveland's Finest will change the way the entire sports nation looks at Cleveland. Finally, the true stories are told!Andre the Giant
By Michael Krugman. 2009
Unplayable: An Inside Account of Tiger's Most Tumultuous Season
By Robert Lusetich. 2010
The definitive chronicle of the most stunning year in the legendary career of Tiger Woods, when the world's greatest golfer…
returned to competitive play following major knee surgery--only to have his personal life unravel in the public spotlight at year's end. Who is the real Tiger Woods? The unbeatable, indomitable, and ultimate competitor? The husband and father who cares more about his family than anything else? Or the supremely confident controller who thought fierce management of his image and those around him would allow him to lead a double life? In Unplayable, veteran journalist Robert Lusetich offers an in-depth look at the world's most recognizable yet least known athlete, Tiger Woods. Lusetich, who first interviewed Woods in the late 1990s and has written about him since 1996, was the only writer to cover every PGA Tour event the world's number one golfer played in 2009. Unplayable tells of the unfolding of Tiger's most pivotal season on the golf course-- with his first ever hiatuses from professional play--and provides extensive reporting and the backstory to show who the most elusive man in all of sports really is. Lusetich peels away the layers of the Woods persona to create a portrait that is neither unsympathetic nor hesitant to shed light on Tiger's shortcomings. This rich, insightful account reveals: what actually makes Woods the game's dominant player; how his upbringing influenced who he is today and how he has changed over time; and the nature of his relationships with his family, former and current friends, celebrity athletes, peers, coaches, sports agents, sponsors, and the media and public itself. Based on one-of-a-kind access, Unplayable is a gripping look at the man who changed golf and inspired more fans around the world than anyone else in the history of the sport.