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New Titles - Sports
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Tough Luck: Sid Luckman, Murder, Inc., and the Rise of the Modern NFL
R. D. Rosen · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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In the long annals of sports and crime, no story compares to the one that engulfed the Luckman family in 1935. As 18-year-old Sid Luckman made headlines across New York City for his high school football exploits at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, his father, Meyer Luckman, was making... |
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Never Settle: Sports, Family, and the American Soul
Marty Smith · Twelve
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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The amazing and blessed life of popular ESPN reporter and correspondent for College GameDay, Marty Smith, whose mission in this thoughtful and funny memoir is to return fans to the true soul of sports in this country. You know Marty right? The guy during College GameDay hanging off the back... |
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Unbreakable: The Woman Who Defied the Nazis in the World's Most Dangerous Horse Race
Askwith, Richard · Pegasus Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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The courageous and heartbreaking story of a Czech countess who defied the Nazis in a legendary horse race.Czechoslovakia, October 1937. Europe's youngest democracy is on its knees. Millions are mourning the death of the nation's founding father, the saintly Tomáš Masaryk. Across... |
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Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science
Sussman, Jeffrey · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
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More than any other sport, boxing has a history of being easy to rig. There are only two athletes and one or both may be induced to accept a bribe; if not the fighters, then the judges or referee might be swayed. In such inviting circumstances, the mob moved into boxing in the 1930s and profited... |
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All the Wrong Moves: A Memoir About Chess, Love, and Ruining Everything
Chapin, Sasha · Doubleday
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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"A smart, funny, and slyly profound book about the dark ecstasies of obsessive love. Sasha Chapin is a gentlemanly Gonzo, a dirty Bond, and he writes like a dream."--Claudia Dey, author of HeartbreakerSasha Chapin is a victim of chess. Like countless amateurs before him--Albert... |
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Just Show Up: And Other Enduring Values from Baseball's Iron Man
Ripken, Cal, Jr. · Harper
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Iron Man Cal Ripken Jr.the 19-time All-Star, World-Series winning legend, American League MVP, and record holder who played 2,632 consecutive gamesoutlines eight rules for the game of baseball and life, drawn from the lessons he has learned on and off the field.Cal Ripken Jr. is a baseball... |
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Casting into the Light: Tales of a Fishing Life
Messineo, Janet · Pantheon
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A moving, inspiring portrait of making a dream come true--the (unsentimental) education of a champion surfcaster (catching fish by casting a line from the shoreline) .The... |
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