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Hockey Abstract Presents... Stat Shot: The Ultimate Guide to Hockey Analytics
Rob Vollman · ECW Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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"Hockey Abstract Presents... Stat Shot" is a guide fans can use to understand and enjoy what analytics brings to the game of hockey. In a fun and informative way, it explores how to build a team, what can be learned from a player s junior numbers, how to measure faceoff success,... |
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Beating Goliath: My Story of Football and Faith
Art Briles · St. Martin's Press
Format: Book
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Growing up in Rule Texas Art Briles learned at a young age the importance of hard work and faith from his parents Soon that faith would be tested On their way to see him play in a college football game Briles parents and aunt died in a car crash This event shaped Briles into the man he is today... |
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Incredible Baseball Stories: Amazing Tales from the Diamond
Ken Samelson · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 231
Format: Paperback
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The works in Incredible Baseball Stories cover the full span of baseball's rich history. Fans of all ages will enjoy recalling the great and not-so-great moments of the most popular names in the sport. Found in this collection are timeless tales that enable the reader to: * Relive great... |
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The Truth About Aaron
Jonathan Hernandez · Harpercollins
Format: Hardcover
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The unvarnished true story of the tragic life and death of Aaron Hernandez, the college All-American and New England Patriots star convicted of murder, told by one of the few people who knew him best, his brother. To football fans, Aaron Hernandez was a superstar in the making. A standout... |
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Off Speed: Baseball, Pitching, and the Art of Deception
Terry McDermott · Pantheon
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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A wonderfully informative, exuberant, and entertaining book that explores the evolution and history of baseball pitching through the story of one "perfect" game. Tracing the evolution of pitching and the pitcher's art of deception, Terry McDermott tells the fascinating story... |
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Muhammad Ali Unfiltered: Rare, Iconic, and Officially Authorized Photos of the Greatest
Muhammad Ali · Jeter Pub
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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THE FIGHTER. THE ACTIVIST. THE MAN. THE ICON. An officially authorized collection, Muhammad Ali Unfiltered is Jeter Publishing's intimate look at one of the most inspiring figures of our age. Celebrate the life of Muhammad Ali in these 200+ pages of images, quotes, and tributes to the Greatest... |
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Superfans: Into the Heart of Obsessive Sports Fandom
GEORGE DOHRMANN · Ballantine Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist pulls back the curtain on the extraordinary inner lives of America's most obsessive sports fans. There are fans, and then there are fanatics. In this wondrously immersive look at American sports fandom, George Dohrmann travels the country to find out what... |
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Running Man: A Memoir
Charlie Engle · Scribner
Pages: 290
Format: Print book
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A compulsively readable, remarkably candid memoir from world class ultra-marathon runner Charlie Engle chronicling his globe-spanning races, his record-breaking run across the Sahara Desert, and how running helped him overcome drug addiction ... and an unjust stint in federal prison.After... |
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The Release: Golf's Moment of Truth
Jim Hardy · Plane Truth Productions, LLC
Pages: 254
Format: Hardcover
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Too much of what we hear of golf instruction is either way too simple or way too complex. It is either just another tip or the instruction is so clouded in scientific language that you need an advanced degree to understand it. This book will completely explain club delivery and will teach... |
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Best Seat in the House: Your Backstage Pass through My WWE Journey
Justin Roberts · Meyer & Meyer Sport
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover
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If you ever wondered what it is like to be a giant wrestling fan and work at WWE under Vince McMahon and travel the world with co-workers who have been the stars of pro wrestling from the 90s through today, this is the book for you. This is the story of a passionate professional wrestling... |
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Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal
KEN BENSINGER · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive, shocking account of the FIFA scandal - the biggest international corruption case of recent years, spearheaded by US investigators, involving dozens of countries, and implicating nearly every aspect of the world's most popular sport, soccer, including its biggest event, the World... |
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The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism
HOWARD BRYANT · Beacon Press
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
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Following in the footsteps of Robeson, Ali, Robinson and others, today's Black athletes re-engage with social issues and the meaning of American patriotismFor most of the twentieth century, "No News on the Sports Page" governed how sports were played and perceived in America.... |
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Never Ran, Never Will: Boyhood and Football in a Changing American Inner City
Albert Samaha · PublicAffairs
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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This uplifting story of a boys' football team shines light on the under-appreciated virtues that can bloom in impoverished neighborhoods, even as nearby communities exclude them from economic progress. The Mo Better Jaguars are the pride of Brownsville, a poor neighborhood in Brooklyn... |
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