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My Cubs: A Love Story
Scott Simon · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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NPR's Scott Simon's personal, heartfelt reflections on his beloved Chicago Cubs, replete with club lore, memorable anecdotes, frenetic fandom and wise and adoring intimacy that have made the world champion Cubbies baseball's most tortured - and now triumphant - franchise.No metaphor is necessary;... |
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A Brief History of Surfing
Matt Warshaw · Chronicle Books
Pages: 271
Format: Hardcover
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Matt Warshaw knows more about surfing than any other person on the planet, as evidenced by The History of Surfing, Warshaw's definitive take on the sport. Now, he has honed that book into an abridged and excerpted edition for surfers everywhere. Each spread features a micro essay alongside... |
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Fastpitch: The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made the Game
Erica Westly · Touchstone Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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A real-life A League of Their Own meets The Girls of Atomic City: the first fascinating history of fastpitch softball from its beginnings as an industrial worker's game to an Olympic sport with millions of fans and players worldwide, and the incredible, larger-than-life women - and men - who popularized... |
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50 Moments that Defined Major League Baseball
Rocco Constantino · ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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Baseball is a game of incredible moments, awe-inspiring feats, and dramatic finishes. But not all of these events actually impacted the game itself or the players still to come. Moments such as Lou Gehrig's last Opening Day appearance, the very first All-Star game, or Mickey Mantle's... |
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Arnie: The Life of Arnold Palmer
TOM CALLAHAN · HARPERCOLLINS
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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In this definitive biography, veteran sportswriter Tom Callahan shines a spotlight on one of the greatest golfers ever to play the game, Arnold Palmer.The winner of more than ninety championships, including four Masters Tournaments, Arnold Palmer was a legend in twentieth century sports:... |
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We Matter: Athletes and Activism
Etan Thomas · Edge of Sports
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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"A former NBA player and current activist and MSNBC commentator returns with a collection of dozens of interviews on the subject of race in America--all supporting the efforts of athletes to speak out and up...Voices of pain, anger, and hope resound through these pages--and through... |
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Tall Tales and Short Shorts: Dr. J, Pistol Pete, and the Birth of the Modern NBA
Adam Criblez · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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In basketball, just as in American culture, the 1970s were imperfect. But it was a vitally important time in the development of the nation and of the National Basketball Association. During this decade Americans suffered through the war in Vietnam and Nixon's Watergate cover-up (not... |
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Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game
ROB NEYER · Harper
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The former ESPN columnist and analytics pioneer dramatically recreates an action-packed 2017 game between the Oakland A's and eventual World Series Champion Houston Astros to reveal the myriad ways in which Major League Baseball has changed over the last few decades.On September 8, 2017,... |
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The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire
John Eisenberg · Basic Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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The epic tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and built the most popular sport in America The National Football League is a towering, distinctly American colossus spewing out $13 billion in annual revenue. Yet its current dominance has obscured... |
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