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Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion

Mitchell Jackson - Artisan
Format: Hardcover

Equal parts stunning, photo-rich lookbook, and cultural commentary, Fly is the story of the extraordinary intersection of high fashion and basketball. Each chapter explores the style of an era and the cultural influences that shaped it: The league's inception in 1949, pre-Civil Rights...
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Playing from the Rough: A Personal Journey through America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses

Jimmie James - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The story of one man's quest to become the first person to play each of America's 100 greatest golf courses in a single year, an odyssey that brings him face to face with the gulf between his impoverished childhood in the Jim Crow South and the successful executive he became.. When...
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I'm Keith Hernandez

Keith Hernandez - Little Brown and Company

A memoir from beloved and outspoken first baseman and broadcaster Keith Hernandez Keith Hernandez revolutionized how first base was played, partied hard, and played harder than anyone as a champion New York Met in the '80s, and even had a star turn appearing as himself on an episode of Seinfeld....
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Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football

Nicholas Dawidoff - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

An unrivaled portrait of day-to-day life in the NFL: "Riveting...An instant classic." -- New York Times Book ReviewBy spending a year with the New York Jets, Nicholas Dawidoff entered a mysterious and private world with its own rituals and language. Equal parts Paper Lion, Moneyball,...
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Casting into the Light: Tales of a Fishing Life

Janet Messineo - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

A moving, inspiring portrait of making a dream come true--the (unsentimental) education of a champion surfcaster (catching fish by casting a line from the shoreline) .The...
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Eat Like a Legend: Delicious, Super Easy Recipes to Perform at Your Peak

Dan Churchill - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

From chef, athlete, and performance coach Dan Churchill, a cutting-edge cookbook filled with protein-packed, healthy recipes for fueling up, feeling right, and living like a legend.We are not all super athletes, but we all perform in one way or another, every single day. Whether we're...
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Life Is a Marathon: A Memoir of Love and Endurance

Matt Fitzgerald - Lifelong Books
Format: Hardcover

An endurance athlete and coach reveals how the marathon transforms the lives of everyone who attempts it--and how it has helped his own family cope with serious adversityStep after step for 26.2 miles, hundreds of thousands of people run marathons. But why--what compels people past pain,...
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No One Wins Alone: A Memoir

Mark Messier - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

Mark Messier is one of the most accomplished athletes in the history of professional sports. He was a fierce competitor with a well-earned reputation as a winner. But few people know his real story, not only of the astonishing journey he took to making NHL history, but of the deep understanding...
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Diving into Darkness: A True Story of Death and Survival

Phillip Finch - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

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Becoming Forrest: The extraordinary true story of one man's epic run across America

Rob Pope - HarperNorth
Format: Hardcover


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