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Believe: Boxing, Olympics and My Life Outside of the Ring

Nicola Adams · Penguin UK
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

At London, 2012, Nicola Adams made history. The flyweight boxer - nicknamed the smiling assassin - became the first ever UK woman to win an Olympic Gold medal for boxing. In Rio 2016, with the nation cheering her on, she did it again. Nicola stumbled into boxing in her local sports center...
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Strength and Conditioning for Judo

Andy Burns · Crowood Press
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback

Judo is a dynamic Olympic sport that requires a wide range of physical attributes and skills, and the second largest participation sport in the world. Strength and conditioning are prerequisites for an aspiring judoka, and this book is essential reading for judo coaches, strength and conditioning...
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Wrestling's New Golden Age: How Independent Promotions Have Revolutionized One of America's Favorite Sports

Ronald Snyder · Sports Publishing
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover

The past, present, and future of independent wrestling. Following the "Monday Night Wars," where WWE and WCW battled for wrestling supremacy (with the WWE coming out on top) , there was only one game in town. If fans wanted to watch wrestling, it was WWE or bust. That is no longer...
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My First Coach: Untold Stories of NFL Quarterbacks and Their Dads

Gary Myers · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Brady vs. Manning and dean of football writers - a book that explores the many interesting facets to NFL quarterbacks and their relationships with their fathers.
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The World Cup in 100 Objects

IAIN SPRAGG · Andre Deutsch
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

See the 85-year history of the World Cup as never before: through 100 iconic objects associated with the game. This fabulous photographic history boasts the most fascinating collection of artifacts from the FIFA World Cup. The 100 objects include: the ball used in the final of the very...
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The Arena: Inside the Tailgating, Ticket-Scalping, Mascot-Racing, Dubiously Funded, and Possibly Haunted Monuments of American Sport

RAFI KOHAN · Liveright
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Riotous fan behavior, wild behind-the-scenes machinations, and madcap histories dominate in this unrivaled exploration of the modern American sports stadium. The American sports stadium, in all its raucous glory, is a shockingly overlooked centerpiece of our national culture. In this game-changing...
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Electric October: Seven World Series Games, Six Lives, Five Minutes of Fame That Lasted Forever

Kevin Cook · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The story of six ordinary baseball players whose lives intersected in the 1947 World Series, through whom the author explores the life-changing effects of momentary fame.The 1947 World Series was "the most exciting ever" in the words of Joe DiMaggio, with a decade's worth...
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Truth Doesn't Have a Side: My Alarming Discovery about the Danger of Contact Sports

Bennet Omalu · Zondervan
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

One day in 2002 the fifty-year old body of former Pittsburgh Steeler and hall of famer Mike Webster was laid on a cold table in front of pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu. Webster's body looked to Omalu like the body of a much older man, and the circumstances of his behavior prior to his death...
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The New Superpower for Women: Trust Your Intuition, Predict Dangerous Situations, and Defend Yourself from the Unthinkable

STEVE KARDIAN · Touchstone
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

It takes only seven seconds for a criminal to pick you as a target. This empowering guide for women to protect themselves and their loved ones, from a self-defense expert and longtime veteran of law enforcement, combines commonsense advice on staying safe with concrete actions on what to do if find...
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Surfing with Sartre: An Aquatic Inquiry into a Life of Meaning

AARON JAMES · Doubleday
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Assholes: A Theory, a book that - in the tradition of Shopclass as Soulcraft, Barbarian Days and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - uses the experience and the ethos of surfing to explore key concepts in philosophy. The existentialist philosopher...
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