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  • Slaying the Tiger

    A Year Inside the Ropes on the New PGA Tour

    by Shane Ryan ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Slaying the Tiger, one of today’s boldest young sportswriters spends a season inside the ropes alongside the rising stars who are transforming the game of golf.For more than a decade, golf was dominated by one galvanizing figure: Eldrick “Tiger” Woods. But as his star has fallen, a new, ambitious generation has stepped up to claim the crown. Once the domain of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Healthy Shoulder Handbook

    100 Exercises for Treating and Preventing Frozen Shoulder, Rotator Cuff and other Common Injuries

    Clear information and effective exercises to end pain, regain range of motion, and prevent future injury—includes over 300 photos.Shoulder problems can be debilitating, whether they come from sports injuries or just daily stresses and strains. Healthy Shoulder Handbook outlines the causes for common shoulder conditions, including shoulder impingement, rotator cuff, tendinitis, dislocation, and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why Michael Couldn't Hit, and Other Tales of the Neurology of Sports

    And Other Tales of the Neurology of Sports

    The author who told us why Toscanini fumbled and why Newton raved takes us on a tour of the great brains of great athletes in --baseball players and basketball players, track stars and golfers--to show how both accomplishment and tragedy may be the result of some unusual neurons.In Why Michael Couldn't Hit, Dr. Harold L. Klawans joins his two lifelong passions for neurological discovery and sports ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Bottom Corner

    A Season with the Dreamers of Non-League Football

    by Nige Tassell ...
    In these days of oligarch owners, superstar managers and players on sky-high wages, the tide is turning towards the lower reaches of the pyramid as fans search for football with a soul.Plucky underdogs or perennial underachievers, your local non-league team offers hope, drama or at least a Saturday afternoon ritual that's been going for decades. Nige Tassell spends a season in the non-league world ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Great Stuff

    Baseball's Most Amazing Pitching Feats

    by Rich Westcott ...
    Who never heard of Johnny Vander Meer’s back-to-back no-hitters? Or Christy Mathewson’s three shutouts in one World Series? Or Steve Carlton winning 27 games for a last-place team that won a total of only 59 games? These and a variety of other pitching feats comprise the contents of Rich Westcott’s latest book, Great Stuff: Baseball’s Most Amazing Pitching Feats.However, this is not a book that ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The People's Game: How to Save Football

    THE AWARD WINNING BESTSELLER

    by Gary Neville ...
    *WINNER OF BEST SPORTS WRITING AT THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023**Out now: Includes brand new material*THE AWARD-WINNING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**'Neville at his authentic best. [He] is the closest thing to a spokesman there is for English football.' Sunday Times'Brilliant.' Mail on Sunday'Gary Neville usually talks a lot of sense, an... ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Formula

    How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWall Street Journal reporters and authors of The Club, Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg tell the riveting saga of how Formula 1 broke through in America, detailing the eclectic culture of racing obsessives, glamorous settings, gearheads, engineering geniuses, dashing racers, and bitter rivalries that have made F1 the world’s fastest growing sport.For decades in America, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Bobby Jones on Golf

    The Classic Instructional by Golf's Greatest Legend

    From the best amateur golfer ever to play the game comes an essential instructional guide for any golfer.Bobby Jones is universally acknowledged to have been the best amateur golfer of all time. He held at least one major title every season of his career and electrified the world with his 1930 Grand Slam, winning all four major amateur and open tournaments in the United States and Great Britain ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Facing Mariano Rivera

    Players Recall the Greatest Relief Pitcher Who Ever Lived

    by David Fischer ...
    Series series Facing
    The all-time career leader in saves, with 652, Mariano Rivera is one of the greatest professional athletes in history. Since taking over the closer’s role for the New York Yankees in 1997, until his retirement in 2013, Rivera saved 30 or more games in every season but one. In addition, he has an astonishing MLB record 42 postseason saves, with 11 of them coming in the World Series. After 19 ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Everything Guide to Sports Betting

    From Pro Football to College Basketball, Systems and Strategies for Winning Money

    Series series Everything®
    Learn how to bet on sports safely, smartly, and responsibly—and profit big—with this easy-to-use guide, perfect for beginners!Betting money on sports can be great fun and is a sure way to turn any sports game into an exciting must-watch event. However, it can be dangerous to the uninitiated—new gamblers can risk too much, bet randomly, or even lose it all.The Everything Guide to Sports Betting won ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Sports Revolution

    How Texas Changed the Culture of American Athletics

    Series series The Texas Bookshelf
    The story of Texas’s impact on American sports culture during the civil rights and second-wave feminist movements, this book offers a new understanding of sports and society in the state and the nation as a whole.In the 1960s and 1970s, America experienced a sports revolution. New professional sports franchises and leagues were established, new stadiums were built, football and basketball grew in ... Read more

    $21.99 USD $17.99 USD

  • Tiger, Meet My Sister...

    And Other Things I Probably Shouldn't Have Said

    by Rick Reilly ...
    In this hilariously funny essay collection, ESPN columnist Rick Reilly compiles the best of his sports columns—essays that include his expert opinion on athlete tattoos, NFL cheerleaders, and even running with the bulls in Pamplona.Rick Reilly has no compunction telling readers, in his quick-witted style, how he really feels about some of the most popular sports figures of our time. Wondering ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • I ribelli degli stadi

    Pierluigi Spagnolo descrive quarant’anni di tifo estremo in Italia, arrivando a tracciare un ritratto dell'odierna situazione degli stadi.Il racconto si sviluppa a partire dalla nascita dei primi gruppi ultras che si ispiravano alla tifoseria inglese, nei primi anni Settanta, per proseguire col conclamarsi del fenomeno negli anni Ottanta, l'apice negli anni adiacenti a Italia Novanta e infine il ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Football Clichés

    Decoding the Oddball Phrases, Colorful Gestures, and Unwritten Rules of Soccer Across the Pond

    by Adam Hurrey ...
    A fun, intelligent, and useful guide to understanding the nuanced language of soccerEvery week, year-round, legions of devoted soccer fans across the country rise at the crack of dawn or quietly sneak out of work to watch their favorite teams play across the pond—complete with a soundtrack of two cheeky Englishmen spouting a stream of trite phrases and curious words that make maddeningly little ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Who's Your Caddy?

    Looping for the Great, Near Great, and Reprobates of Golf

    by Rick Reilly ...
    The funniest and most popular sportswriter in America abandons his desk to caddy for some of the world’s most famous golfers—and some celebrity duffers—with hilarious results in this New York Times bestseller.Who knows a golfer best? Who’s with them every minute of every round, hears their muttering, knows whether they cheat? Their caddies, of course. So sportswriter Rick Reilly figured that he ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Live Sports Media

    The What, How and Why of Sports Broadcasting

    In Live Sports Media: The What, How and Why of Sports Broadcasting, Dennis Deninger provides an all-encompassing view of the sports television industry from his own perspective as an Emmy Award-winning producer at ESPN, at a time of seismic shifts in the industry. Technological advances and the proliferation of sports content across multiple media platforms have increased accessibility to sports ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Gambler

    Secrets from a Life at Risk

    by Billy Walters ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “An insightful read…Walters is a larger-than-life character.” —Sports Illustrated * “This book is going to become the sports gambling bible…The formula’s in the book.” —Pat McAfeeThe wild and massively entertaining autobiography of Billy Walters—“the greatest and most controversial sports gambler ever” (ESPN)—who shares his extraordinary life story, reveals the ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Forty Million Dollar Slaves

    The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An explosive and absorbing discussion of race, politics, and the history of American sports.”—EbonyFrom Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe, African American athletes have been at the center of modern culture, their on-the-field heroics admired and stratospheric earnings envied. But for all their money, fame, and achievement, says New York Times columnist ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Paul Brown's Ghost

    How the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals Are Haunted by the Man Who Created Them

    Paul Brown was a football genius and the father of two NFL franchises?the Cleveland Browns, who carry his name, and the Cincinnati Bengals. Arguably the most important figure in the history of the sport, he was a renowned coach and owner, and when he passed away on August 5, 1991, the game lost a giant. But for the Browns and Bengals, his death would herald a new era of bad luck, poor judgment, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Fisherman's Spring

    One of the most prolific fly-fishing writers of the twentieth century, Roderick L. Haig-Brown continues his seasons” cycle with Fisherman’s Spring, a book that is as much about the deep philosophical aspects of fly fishing as it is about fly fishing itself. Readers will learn about the abundance of spring life in the streams of British Columbia while also being treated to Haig-Brown’s thoughtful ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Doping

    A Sporting History

    A gripping, provocative history of doping in sports—packed with examples—that proposes a new emphasis for modern anti-doping efforts.Why is doping a perennial problem for sports? Is this solely a contemporary phenomenon? And should doping always be regarded as cheating, or do today’s anti-doping measures go too far?Drawing on case studies from the early twentieth century to the present day, Doping ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • NIAAA's Guide to Interscholastic Athletic Administration

    NIAAA’s Guide to Interscholastic Athletic Administration presents a wealth of information and insights from experienced athletic directors across the United States. This comprehensive resource covers leadership, operations, financial and facilities management, and other chief administrative responsibilities to help readers better understand the athletic director’s multifaceted role.NIAAA’s Guide ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • The Best Game Ever

    Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL

    by Mark Bowden ...
    The NFL championship game that changed the history of football: a New York Times bestseller by the author of Black Hawk Down.Yankee Stadium, December 28, 1958. What was about to go down on this Sunday evening in front of sixty-four thousand fans and forty-five million home viewers—the largest viewership ever assembled for a live televised event—was the first sudden death overtime in NFL history. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Good for a Girl

    A Woman Running in a Man's World

    *** A New York Times Bestseller* Winner of the William Hill Sports Book Of The Year Award* A Financial Times Best Sports Book of 2023Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her inspiring personal story and a rallying cry for reform of a sports landscape that is failing young female athletes“Women’s sports have needed a manifesto for a very ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $4.99 USD