Biography: sport books

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Paper Tiger: An Obsessed Golfer's Quest to Play with the Pros

Paper Tiger: An Obsessed Golfer's Quest to Play with...

Author: Tom Coyne
ISBN: 9781592402991
Format: Paperback
$39.60

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Wasted: The Incredible True Story of Cricket's First Rock 'n' Roll Star

Wasted: The Incredible True Story of Cricket's First...

Author: Dr. Paul Smith
ISBN: 9781905449453
Format: Hardback
$71.15

Cricketer Paul Smith's life fell apart after he received a drugs ban in 1996, which effectively ended his career....  Read More >>

Bears Roar: Meet the Men Who Put the Swagger Back Into Chicago Football

Bears Roar: Meet the Men Who Put the Swagger Back Into...

Author: Chicago Tribune
ISBN: 9781600780011
Format: Paperback
$34.19

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The Pussycat of Prizefighting: Tiger Flowers and the Politics of Black Celebrity

The Pussycat of Prizefighting: Tiger Flowers and the...

Author: Andrew M. Kaye
ISBN: 9780820329109
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Through the prism of prizefighting, this book reveals the personal cost African Americans faced as they attempted...  Read More >>

Keeping Track: Success in Track and Field

Keeping Track: Success in Track and Field

Author: Robert C Smith (San Francisco State University) ,  Joe Piane
ISBN: 9780972911962
Format: Paperback
$42.11

Smith, the man veteran Notre Dame Head Track Coach Joe Piane calls ""The Gentleman Coach,"" shares his insights...  Read More >>

Our Mickey: Cherished Memories of an American Icon

Our Mickey: Cherished Memories of an American Icon

Author: Bill Liederman ,  Maury Allen
ISBN: 9781572439672
Format: Paperback
$34.19

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The King of Swings: Johnny Goodman, the Last Amateur to Beat the Pros at Their Own Game

The King of Swings: Johnny Goodman, the Last Amateur...

Author: Michael Blaine
ISBN: 9780618871896
Format: Paperback
$39.47

An orphan turned caddy from the Omaha stockyards, Johnny Goodman was considered too small, too foreign, and too...  Read More >>

The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson

The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson

Author: Michael Crick
ISBN: 9781416526391
Format: Paperback
$23.26

A completely revised and updated edition of the definitive, acclaimed and bestselling biography of Sir Alex Ferguson....  Read More >>

Paper Tiger: An Old Sportswriter's Reminiscences of People, Newspapers, War, and Work

Paper Tiger: An Old Sportswriter's Reminiscences of...

Author: Stanley Woodward ,  John Schulian
ISBN: 9780803259614
Format: Paperback
$47.39

Stanley Woodward (1895–1964) was a veteran sports writer, newspaperman, and sports editor of the New York Herald...  Read More >>

Mindgames: Phil Jackson's Long Strange Journey

Mindgames: Phil Jackson's Long Strange Journey

Author: Roland Lazenby
ISBN: 9780803259980
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Follows the journey of Phil Jackson to the top of basketball's coaching hierarchy.  Read More >>

I Told You I Wasn't Perfect

I Told You I Wasn't Perfect

Author: Denny McLain ,  Eli Zaret
ISBN: 9781572439573
Format: Hardback
$65.87

From being the only 30-game winner in more than 70 years to having the Gambino crime family order a hit for your...  Read More >>

Professor Baseball: Searching for Redemption and the Perfect Lineup on the Softball Diamonds of Central Park

Professor Baseball: Searching for Redemption and the...

Author: Edwin Amenta
ISBN: 9780226016665
Format: Hardback
$66.00

For wild-haired, bespectacled professor, playing softball in New York's Central Park means a whole lot more. He...  Read More >>

Jack Nicklaus: Memories and Mementos from Golf's Golden Bear

Jack Nicklaus: Memories and Mementos from Golf's Golden...

Author: Jack Nicklaus ,  David S. Shedloski
ISBN: 9781584795643
Format: Hardback
$92.40

This long-awaited autobiography of the greatest golfer of all time chronicles the life and astounding career of...  Read More >>

Bart Giamatti: A Profile

Bart Giamatti: A Profile

Author: Robert P. Moncreiff
ISBN: 9780300121872
Format: Hardback
$103.95

Covers the life of Bart Giamatti, while focusing on his years at Yale University (1966-1986) and his brief career...  Read More >>

Derek Minter: King of Brands

Derek Minter: King of Brands

Author: Mick Walker
ISBN: 9781859836019
Format: Hardback
$69.95

Derek Minter started his racing career in 1953 on a BSA Gold Star. After transferring to a couple of Nortons, he...  Read More >>

Best of Dickie Bird

Best of Dickie Bird

Author: Dickie Bird ,  Dickie Bird
ISBN: 9781844564705
Format: Downloadable audio file
$19.41

75 minutes of laughter, anecdotes and memories from cricket's best-loved umpire  Read More >>

Senda Berenson: The Unlikely Founder of Women's Basketball

Senda Berenson: The Unlikely Founder of Women's Basketball...

Author: Ralph Melnick
ISBN: 9781558495685
Format: Paperback
$58.30

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My Life in and Out of the Rough: The Truth Behind All That Bull**** You Think You Know About Me

My Life in and Out of the Rough: The Truth Behind All...

Author: John Daly ,  Glen Waggoner
ISBN: 9780061120640
Format: Paperback
$24.19

From the unapologetic bad boy of professional golf comes a rip-roaring account of his rollercoaster life and career....  Read More >>

The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth

The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth

Author: Leigh Montville ,  Scott Brick
ISBN: 9781415944325
Format: Downloadable audio file
$250.80

Babe Ruth's larger-than-life personality defines the legendary hero in this entertaining biography by the bestselling...  Read More >>

Johnny Kincaid: Wrestling's Ring Side Seat

Johnny Kincaid: Wrestling's Ring Side Seat

Author: John Kincaid
ISBN: 9781434303554
Format: Paperback
$38.25

He travelled the world applying his trade, he travelled to far off places as Hawaii, Japan, Korea, and India he...  Read More >>

The Power Of Team: Three Ordinary People and Their Run to Greatness

The Power Of Team: Three Ordinary People and Their Run...

Author: Peter Wortham
ISBN: 9781434305589
Format: Paperback
$52.77

The Power of "TEAM" is the true life story of Nancy Fudacz-Burrows, Joel Burrows, David Kuhnau and their...  Read More >>

The Power Of Team: Three Ordinary People and Their Run to Greatness

The Power Of Team: Three Ordinary People and Their Run...

Author: Peter Wortham
ISBN: 9781434305572
Format: Hardback
$84.45

The Power of "TEAM" is the true life story of Nancy Fudacz-Burrows, Joel Burrows, David Kuhnau and their...  Read More >>

Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball

Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball

Author: Scott Simon
ISBN: 9780470170410
Format: Paperback
$34.19

This book, part of the new Turning Points series, features Scott Simon writing about Jackie Robinson's dramatic...  Read More >>

Go Long!: My Journey Beyond the Game and the Fame

Go Long!: My Journey Beyond the Game and the Fame

Author: Jerry Rice ,  Brian Curtis
ISBN: 9780786162758
Format: Audio
$118.80

Go Long! is his autobiographical narrative with insider locker-room information about the game, the players, and...  Read More >>

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