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Believe It: My Journey of Success, Failure, and Overcoming the Odds
NICK FOLES · Tyndale Momentum
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Get ready to defy the odds when everyone's counting you out.When the Philadelphia Eagles' starting quarterback went down with a torn ACL in week 14 of the 2017 NFL season, many fans -- and commentators -- assumed the Eagles' season was over.Instead, Nick Foles came off the bench and, against... |
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Davey Johnson: My Wild Ride in Baseball and Beyond
Davey Johnson · Triumph Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Davey Johnson is best known for managing the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, and Baltimore Orioles - and taking all three clubs to their respective league championship series during his time at the helm. When teams needed to improve, they hired Johnson, and he delivered, memorably leading... |
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The Roger Kahn Reader: Six Decades of Sportswriting
Roger Kahn · Univ of Nebraska Pr
Pages: 377
Format: Hardcover
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Most famous for his classic work The Boys of Summer, Roger Kahn is widely regarded as one of the greatest sportswriters of our time. The Roger Kahn Reader is a rich collection of his stories and articles that originally appeared in publications such as Sports Illustrated, the New York Times,... |
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AMC's Quiet Water Mid-Atlantic: AMC's Canoe And Kayak Guide To The Best Ponds, Lakes, And Easy Rivers, from Pennsylvania to Virginia
Rachel Q Cooper · Appalachian Mountain Club Books
Format: Paperback
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Explore the scenic lakes, ponds, and rivers of the Mid-Atlantic region with this brand new guide from AMC's trusted Quiet Water series. Quiet Water Mid-Atlantic features 60 of the best flat-water paddling locations in eastern New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington,... |
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College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others
Stan Beck · Scarecrow Press
Format: Hardcover
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Every year since 1961, football and basketball players at Middlebury College in Vermont pick up their wheelchair-bound fan, Butch, and bring him to the stadium sidelines to watch their games. At John Brown University, the volleyball team distributes candy to fans before each match. For years,... |
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The Sailing Bible: The Complete Guide for All Sailors, from Novice to Expert
Jeremy Evans · Firefly Books
Format: Print book
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"Sailing is a popular sport and this book is a very comprehensive treatment of the subject.... This reviewer was impressed by the constant stress the authors place on safety at sea. Photographs always show sailors in appropriate yachting safety gear and almost every paragraph mentions... |
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Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard
John Branch · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the 2015 PENESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing The much-anticipated debut from the Pulitzer Prizewinning New York Times reporter, Boy on Ice is a moving human story and behind-the-scenes account of a life lived in the glare of sporting fame.The tragic death of hockey star... |
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Rickey & Robinson: The True, Untold Story of the Integration of Baseball
Roger Kahn · Rodale Books
Format: Hardcover
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In Rickey & Robinson, legendary sportswriter Roger Kahn at last reveals the true, unsanitized account of the integration of baseball, a story that for decades has relied on inaccurate, second-hand reports. This story contains exclusive reporting and personal reminiscences that no other... |
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Tennis's Strangest Matches
Peter Seddon · Pavilion Books Ltd
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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The most extraordinary events ever to occur on a tennis cour include the Wimbledon final between the tea-drinking vicar and a convicted murderer, and the "Match of the Century" between the "Women's Libber" and the "Male Chauvinist Pig." There are matches... |
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