Biography: sport books

During his 16-year career, Harold """"Pee Wee"""" Reese contributed timely hits, countless acrobatic defensive plays,...  Read More >>

From the author of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron comes the definitive biography of Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson,...  Read More >>

""The full, frank story of a remarkable life's journey-to the pinnacle of success as a basketball player, icon,...  Read More >>

True is a probing, richly-detailed, unique biography of Jackie Robinson, one of baseball's―and America's―most significant...  Read More >>

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The epic story of how Scott Christopher turned a crippling injury to his throwing arm and hand at age six, into...  Read More >>

Geoffrey Boycott, one of England’s greatest ever batsmen, played 108 Tests from 1964-82. In conversation with award-winning...  Read More >>

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Algunos nacen grandes, algunos logran grandeza, a algunos la grandeza les es impuesta. Esta famosa cita, de...  Read More >>

Algunos nacen grandes, algunos logran grandeza, a algunos la grandeza les es impuesta. Esta famosa cita, de...  Read More >>

"Get a first person look inside 1940's negro-league baseball, as told through detailed, poignant, and humorous letters...  Read More >>

Lawyer on Wheels is part travelogue, part adventure and part biography. Most of all, it is a book about bicycling,...  Read More >>

"Get a first person look inside 1940's negro-league baseball, as told through detailed, poignant, and humorous letters...  Read More >>

For a half-century, the Sheik terrorized fans and foes, becoming wrestling's most feared villain. Yet away from...  Read More >>

A cricketing history of the last 20 years.  Read More >>

Little Wondertells the epic, and until now largely unchronicled, story of Lottie Dod, the first great heroine in...  Read More >>

Lawyer on Wheels is part travelogue, part adventure and part biography. Most of all, it is a book about bicycling,...  Read More >>

"The battle between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns is remembered as one of the greatest fights of all...  Read More >>

"The battle between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns is remembered as one of the greatest fights of all...  Read More >>

Living in a small town where dreams were dismissed and bouncing between the homes of divorced parents, Cameron Hanes...  Read More >>

Chronicles the life and achievements of a colourful Texan and Olympic gold medal winner who spent a half century...  Read More >>

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Meet Gary Fisher. The maverick kid bike racer who cycled straight into the Acid Test scene and also invented the...  Read More >>

A biography of Charles Webb Murphy, the ebullient and mercurial owner of the Chicago Cubs from 1905 through 1914....  Read More >>

Lefty and Tim explores the close-knit relationship between pitcher Steve Carlton and catcher Tim McCarver, forged...  Read More >>