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The Last Pass: Cousy, Russell, the Celtics, and What Matters in the End
Gary M Pomerantz - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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Out of the greatest dynasty in American professional sports history, an intimate story of race, mortality, and regretAbout to turn ninety, Bob Cousy, the Hall of Fame Boston Celtics captain who led the team to its first six championships on an unparalleled run, has much to look back on in contentment.... |
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The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire
John Eisenberg - Basic Books
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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Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty
Jeff Pearlman - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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In the history of modern sport, there have never been two high-level teammates who loathed each other the way Shaquille O'Neal loathed Kobe Bryant, and Kobe Bryant loathed Shaquille O'Neal. From public sniping and sparring, to physical altercations and the repeated threats of trade,... |
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Dust Bowl Girls: A Team's Quest for Basketball Glory
Lydia Reeder - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Format: Print book
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At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance... |
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Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
Alex Hutchinson - William Morrow & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The capacity to endure is the key trait that underlies great performance in virtually every field. But what if we all can go farther, push harder, and achieve more than we think were capable of
Blending cutting-edge science and gripping storytelling in the spirit of Malcolm Gladwellwho... |
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The Mannings: The Fall and Rise of a Football Family
Lars Anderson - Ballantine
Format: Print book
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From New York Times bestselling author Lars Anderson comes the first full biography of the top family in American sports. Two generations of Mannings have produced three star quarterbacks: Archie, the folk hero at Ole Miss and a star with the Saints; Peyton, considered one of the best of all time;... |
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99: Stories of the Game
Wayne Gretzky - Penguin Audio
Format: Audiobook
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In this sports memoir, Wayne Gretzky weaves memories of his legendary career with an inside look at professional hockey and the heroes and stories that inspired him. From minor-hockey phenomenon to Hall of Fame sensation, Wayne Gretzky rewrote the record books, his accomplishments becoming... |
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