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The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring
Paul Beston · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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For much of the twentieth century, boxing was one of America's most popular sports, and the heavyweight champions were figures known to all. Their exploits were reported regularly in the newspapers - often outside the sports pages - and their fame and wealth dwarfed those of other athletes.... |
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The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken, and Baseball's Most Historic Record
John Eisenberg · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating story of baseball's legendary "Ironmen," two players from different eras who each achieved the coveted and sometimes confounding record of most consecutive games played When Cal Ripken Jr. began his career with the Baltimore Orioles at age twenty-one, he had no idea... |
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Moving Stretch: Work Your Fascia to Free Your Body
SUZANNE WYLDE · North Atlantic Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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Moving Stretch is an effective, powerful, and enjoyable type of resistance stretching that not only strengthens and frees the body, but reconditions the body's fascia, rejuvenates the tissue, releases adhesions, relieves pain, and increases flexibility. This accessible guide gives step-by-step... |
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Still in the Game: Finding the Faith to Tackle Life's Biggest Challenges
Devon Still · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Be proud of your scars. They're signs that you survived whatever tried to break you.For Devon Still, life has been a journey from one scar to the next. From one challenge to the next. His is a story of pushing through pain and overcoming obstacles of all shapes and sizes - of choosing... |
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Walking in the Dolomites: 25 Multi-day Routes in Italy's Dolomites
Gillian Price · Cicerone Press Limited
Pages: 288
Format: Flexibound
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This guide leads you through breathtaking alpine scenery flanked by well-graded paths and excellent mountain refuges that verge on hotels, which are easily accessible with the excellent network of public transport from major towns and travel hubs, such as Venice, Verona, Munich and Innsbruck.Any... |
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Leo Durocher: Baseball's Prodigal Son
Paul Dickson · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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Leo Durocher (1906-1991) was baseball's all-time leading cocky, flamboyant, and galvanizing character, casting a shadow across several eras, from the time of Babe Ruth to the Space Age Astrodome, from Prohibition through the Vietnam War. For more than forty years, he was at the forefront... |
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Inside the NFL's First Family: My Life of Football, Faith, and Fatherhood
Bruce Matthews · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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From the man who has played in more NFL games than any non-kicker in the football league's history comes a memoir about the Matthews family and how seven people over three generations have achieved success in the NFL - more than any other family in sports history.No family has qualified... |
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Running Rewired: Reinvent Your Run for Stability, Strength, and Speed
Jay Dicharry · VeloPress
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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In Jay Dicharry's Running Rewired: Reinvent Your Run for Stability, Strength, and Speed, America's leading endurance sports physical therapist and running coach lays out a program for runners to become stronger, faster, and more durable. Dicharry distills cutting-edge biomechanical research... |
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Ice Bowl '67: The Packers, the Cowboys, and the Game That Changed the NFL
Chuck Carlson · Sports Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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For those players who remain, the scars still run deep when it comes to the infamous "Ice Bowl," played December 31, 1967, between the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys.There are players even today who suffer the ravages of frostbite and lung damage from a game many of the players... |
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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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Let It Bang: A Young Black Man's Reluctant Odyssey into Guns
RJ Young · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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A story of race, guns, and self-protection in America today, through the quest - funny and searing - of a young black man learning to shoot a handgun better than a white personThe most RJ Young knew about guns was that they could get him killed. Until, recently married to a white woman... |
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Ultimate Glory: Frisbee, Obsession, and My Wild Youth
David Gessner · Riverhead Books
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
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A story of obsession, glory, and the wild early days of Ultimate Frisbee. Before he made a name for himself as an acclaimed essayist and nature writer, David Gessner devoted his twenties to a cultish sport called Ultimate Frisbee. Like his teammates and rivals, he trained for countless... |
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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 enduresHistory will remember the rivalry of Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali as one for the ages, a trilogy of extraordinary fights... |
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