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The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in the seventh game of the 1955 World Series in the greatest baseball game ever played. The second-greatest baseball game ever played took place Saturday, June 29, 1957. No Yankees, Giants,...

This book is about the life of a man named Daniel. He was a hard rock kid who grew up the hard way, yet he had hope. He hoped for a better day and a better life. His dream in life was to become a boxer. Every Wednesday and Friday he would watch fights...

You do not leave school one day and win an Olympic gold medal the next. This book is about 50 sporting champions and how they got started. It contains a biography of each followed by their career records. It shows in detail their achievements from...

Part autobiographical and part expose, Intestinal Fortitude weaves Earl Llewellyn Goldmann's battles with physical injury, alcohol abuse, depression, and recovery even as he succeeds as a basketball standout, teacher, and coach.In...

In the late 1960s, a new sport emerged in Canada that would change the lives of many people: wheelchair sports.In Life in the Fast Lane, Chris Stoddart recounts the rise of wheelchair racing, with him as one of its pioneers. Born with spina bifida-a...

In this intimate memoir, Tilden reflects on his life as a professional tennis player and his personal experiences.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This...

Combining a gripping personal story with practical advice on such subjects as diet, training, family, romance, and much more, Laila Ali shows readers of all ages and backgrounds how to transform the demons of self-doubt and stagnation into positive,...

Boom, cracked the thunder, almost immediately after the lightning had turned the sky from ink black to so bright you had to squint. The gale was forcing us back towards the treacherous African coastline, on this my first trans Atlantic sail. Truthfully,...

Born Under a Stump is a biography of Bill Hulet, a legendary bear hunter. Working for various timber concerns, he thinned the black bear who ruined thousands of young trees on the Olympic Peninsula tree farms in Washington State. He quite possibly killed...

In this thrilling and candid memoir, world record-holding and controversial Big Wave surfer Garrett McNamara--star and subject of the HBO mini-series, 100 Foot Wave--chronicles his emotional quest to ride the most formidable waves on earth.Garrett...

The horse racing business is not what it appears to be. It is a rough and often criminal enterprise populated by colorful, tough, and often dangerous people. The Jockey is the true story of how a young boy from the wrong side of the tracks, who because...

Had there been this medical procedure, the sampling of amniotic fluid to screen for the development of a fetus, including sex determination, the following scintillating words would not have been written. Robert's mother had decided to stop at two...

Alison Nicholas, MBE, is one of Great Britain's most successful golfers. In a professional career spanning more than 20 years, she claimed 18 tournament wins including the British Open, topped the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit and, in 1997, won...

Rope Boy is the story of Dennis Gray, a young lad from Leeds who gets his first taste of rock at age eleven, and goes on to become a prominent figure in the UK climbing scene for decades to come.Gray’s climbing career began with the ‘Bradford...

A Billiards & Snooker CompendiumA Billiards & Snooker Compendium is the most extensive work on the literature of billiards and snooker ever published and took over two years to compile. It contains bibliographical information on over 650 books, a...

This is a true story of our childhood recollection of the rink rats growing up from grade school and my eventual walk with greatness with Wayne Gretzky and the promise he made to me at the end of our forty-minute stroll in 1983 in Winnipeg.The friendship...

Abu Dhabi Na Fianna is one of the world's fastest growing GAA clubs. It is the only club that has hosted the GAA World Games as well as countless Inter-County teams and a GAA All-Stars tour. This book charts the meteoric rise to fame of Na Fianna from...

Are you curious about how pickleball came to be or how the sport got such a funny name? Do you know what caused pickleball to become the fastest growing sport in America and what people and events helped spark this growth? Do you wonder how the rules...

This is my story that started as an immature young boy with a powerful, enthusiastic love of sports and a persistent, unrelenting dream to be successful. This passion constituted every active, conscious moment and the dream consumed peaceful,...

Larry Cole was an NFL player who played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1968 to 1981. He played during an exciting era of professional football. Joe Namath won the Super Bowl his rookie year. Monday Night Football started a couple of years later to sellout...

Written before Title IX offered increased access to women in sports, A Running Start tells the story of a high school cheerleader from white suburbia who leaps into the black sports world of track and field, training alongside many of the world's fastest...

Style And Grace Under Pressure ... Although it has a sports backdrop, this book goes far beyond athletic accomplishments and achievements. Rick takes an up close and personal look at the broadcast journalism industry, politics, personal relationships,...

Roger Kahn's first major league hit was a grand slam: The Boys of Summer, his runaway bestseller that immortalized the 1950s Brooklyn Dodgers. Now Kahn does the same for players whose moment in the sun has not yet arrived. Good Enough to Dream is the...

Football Days: Memories Of The Game And Of The Men Behind The Ball is a book written by William H. Edwards and published in 1916. The book is a collection of memories and stories about the game of football and the men who played it. Edwards, a former...

Although Gail was the instigator on going cruising, it was Henry who worked on her while sailing in the Caribbean to head into the Pacific.At a weak point, she agreed to go.When they left Canada's East Coast, telling family and friends that they would...

The first, definitive biography of one of the most important, controversial, and outspoken athletes of the 20th century. He intimidated people on and off the football field. He was brutal yet brilliant, narcissistic yet magnanimous, relentless yet...

In the heart-pounding world of horse racing, one name stands above the rest-a name that sends shivers down the spines of racing enthusiasts and commands the reverence of the racing elite. This is the untold story of a majestic equine force, a legend...

Volleyball was the topic of conversation at breakfast and dinner table, but badminton player Pullela Gopichand was P.V. Sindhu's hero. At a time when Saina Nehwal was a rising star, eight-year-old Sindhu would travel over 40 kilometres from her home in a...

A brilliant anthology of essays on Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi n Pataudi: Nawab of Cricket, players, writers, editors, actors, friends and opponents reminisce about their association with Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, one of India's greatest cricketing...

A vida de Novak Djokovic é uma verdadeira saga e um exemplo inspirador para praticantes e amantes de esportes em geral e do tênis, de todas as idades. Nascido e crescido na Sérvia, país que em anos recentes esteve envolvido em guerras, conflitos...

Roger Federer já conquistou inúmeros torneios internacionais, dentre eles dezesseis Grand Slams. Um dos maiores tenistas da história, Federer é um jogador completo como poucas vezes se viu, destacando-se pelo seu elevado nível técnico, pela sua...

Aiming to become top dog in Colorado Avalanche trivia at the neighborhood pub? Then pick up this complete fact/trivia book on the NHL franchise! You'll find titillating facts and anecdotes from the team's beginnings as the Quebec Nordiques to today...

The Ultimate New York Mets Trivia Book is a staple for anyone who loves baseball, sports trivia, and the Mets.  You will be tested on your knowledge of mind-blowing facts from the early days of the franchise as well as the current era of Mets...

Who's the kingpin of St. Louis Blues trivia? If it's not you, then this trivia/fact book on the history of the NHL franchise is right up your alley! Why settle for second best when you can prove you're the number one Blues fan by reading this...