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The Performance Cortex: How Neuroscience Is Redefining Athletic Genius
Susan Sarah Cohen · Dutton Books
Pages: 384
Format: eBook
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Athletic genius explained. A groundbreking new perspective on the science of elite sporting performance. Why couldn't Michael Jordan, master athlete that he was, hit a baseball? Why can't modern robotics come close to replicating the dexterity of a five-year-old? Why do good quarterbacks... |
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Here's the Pitch: The Amazing, True, New, and Improved Story of Baseball and Advertising
Roberta J. Newman · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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In the mid-nineteenth century, two industries arrived on the American scene. One was strictly a business, yet it helped create, define, and disseminate American culture. The other was ostensibly just a game, yet it soon became emblematic of what it meant to be American, aiding in the creation... |
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The Girl on the Dancing Horse: Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro
Charlotte Dujardin · Trafalgar Square Books
Pages: 259
Format: Paperback
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Charlotte Dujardin and her charismatic horse Valegro burst onto the international sports scene with their record-breaking performance at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The world was captivated by the young woman with the dazzling smile and her dancing horse. The YouTube clip of their... |
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Alou: My Baseball Journey
FELIPE KERASOTIS PETER ALOU · Univ of Nebraska Pr
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Growing up in a tiny shack in the Dominican Republic, Felipe Alou never dreamed he would be the first man to go from his country to play and manage in Major League Baseball and also the first to play in the World Series. Today, the Dominican Republic produces more Major League players than... |
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Legend: My Life in Football
JOE NAMATH · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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In the wake of the 50th anniversary of his legendary Super Bowl "Guarantee," the NFL icon who first brought show business to sports shares his life lessons on fame, fatherhood, and football.
Three days before the 1969 Super Bowl, Joe Namath promised the nation that he would... |
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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... |
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Let's Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub, the Life of Ernie Banks
Ron Rapoport · Hachette Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive and revealing biography of Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks, one of America's most iconic, beloved, and misunderstood baseball players, by acclaimed journalist Ron Rapoport.
Ernie Banks, the first-ballot Hall of Famer and All-Century Team shortstop, played in fourteen All-Star... |
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Stop Missing Your Life: How to be Deeply Present in an Un-Present World
Cory Muscara · Da Capo Lifelong Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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What Tim Ferriss did for life design and Brene Brown did for vulnerability, Stop Missing Your Life will do for presence. In Stop Missing Your Life, mindfulness instructor Cory Muscara takes readers on a journey from "being present" to embodying "presence," helping peel... |
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Smokin' Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier
Mark Kram Jr. · Ecco
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A gripping, all-access biography of Joe Frazier, whose rivalry with Muhammad Ali riveted boxing fans and whose legacy as a figure in American sports and society endures History will remember the rivalry of Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali as one for the ages, a trilogy of extraordinary... |
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Elston: The Story of the First African-American Yankee
Arlene Howard · Lyons Press
Pages: 198
Format: Paperback
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Beginning with his early years as a St. Louis teenager, Elston tells of Elston Howard's love of baseball and his encounters with racism. His three decades with the New York Yankees include numerous anecdotes about fellow Yankee legends such as Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, and Yogi Berra.... |
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The Baby Bombers: The Inside Story of the Next Yankees Dynasty
Bryan Hoch · Diversion Books
Pages: 261
Format: Hardcover
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The meteoric rise of the new generation of superstar Yankees, including Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Greg Bird, and Luis Severino, now joined by Giancarlo Stanton -- from the "inside baseball" strategy in assembling the roster, their fascinating paths to Yankee Stadium, and a mission... |
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