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Swing and a Hit: Nine Innings of What Baseball Taught Me
PAUL O'NEILL - Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover
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The fun and fiery memoir of All Star Yankee and five-time World Champion, Paul O'Neill.In SWING AND A HIT, O'Neill elaborates on his most important hitting principles, lessons, and memories - exploring those elements across ten chapters (to align with the nine innings of a baseball... |
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Illuminated by Water: Fly Fishing and the Allure of the Natural World
MALACHY TALLACK - Pegasus Books Format: Hardcover
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In its blending of nature writing and memoir - also touching on the connection of time, beauty, and memory - Illuminated by Water is an elegiac tribute to fly fishing and the natural world.Illuminated by Water is a book about the author's own decades-long passion for fly... |
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Why I Stand
Jonathan Isaac - DW Books Format: Hardcover
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Facing public criticism, peer hostility, and widespread disapproval, would you compromise your principles to blend in with the crowd, or would you stand for what you believe?On July 31, 2020, the Orlando Magic starting forward Jonathan Isaac was the lone NBA player not to kneel for the national... |
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Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe
David Maraniss - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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A riveting new biography of America's greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the classic biography When Pride Still Mattered.Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912... |
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Just Tyrus: A Memoir
Tyrus - Post Hill Press Format: Hardcover
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New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller! Pro wrestler and political commentator Tyrus goes deep into his wild but triumphant life story, from his painfully dysfunctional upbringing to bodyguarding for Snoop Dogg, to becoming a wrestling icon and one of the most provocative on-air... |
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Who Let Them In?: Pathbreaking Women in Sports Journalism
Joanne Lannin - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Kindle Edition
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An inspiring look at the women who broke the glass ceiling in sports journalism.Women in sports journalism have faced an uphill battle to succeed within the "old boy" world of sports. The early trailblazers faced colleagues who ignored them, athletes who tried to humiliate them,... |
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