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Miracle Moments in Michigan Wolverines Football History
Best Plays, Games, and Records
Sports Publishing
Newly updated!With the most victories in college football history, the University of Michigan Wolverines have a long and storied history. They have won forty-three Big Ten championships, eleven national titles, and twenty-one bowl games. These ...
Baseball's Best Ever
A Half Century of Covering Hall of Famers
Sports Publishing
“Big-league baseball is subtle; cloaked in summer languor, moving with the slow, supple grace of a ballerina practicing backstage, yet taut and technical in its skills. To view a baseball game and appreciate it takes concentration.” So begins ...
Champions of the Octagon
One-on-One with MMA and UFC Greats
Sports Publishing
Learn the stories, history, and strategy of the sport's greatest champions—in their own words! Mixed martial arts (MMA) has become one of the fastest-growing sports in the world. With Dana White helping bring Ultimate Fighting Championship ...
Grassroots Baseball
Route 66
Sports Publishing
Just as baseball is at the heart of America, so too is Route 66. This book is a photographic tribute to the national pastime along the artery that stretches from the shores of Lake Michigan, close to where the Cubs play, to the Pacific Ocean at ...
The Science of Football
The Math, Technology, and Data Behind America's Game
Sports Publishing
InThe Science of Football, sportswriter and injury expert Will Carroll teams up with writer and podcast host Tyler Brooke to show how understanding the science behind American football helps fans appreciate the sport even more. The authors cover ...
College Sports on the Brink of Disaster
The Rise of Pay-for-Play and the Fall of the Scholar-Athlete
Sports Publishing
Impelled by runaway spending and rampant corruption, America's much-beloved games of college basketball and football are being threatened. The specter of billion-dollar sums being showered on coaches, voracious athletic directors, hordes of ...
From Gold Teeth to Gold Jacket
My Life in Football and Business
Sports Publishing
How a young man with a solid work ethic carried himself out of poverty to the pinnacle of professional sports and business. Before he turned sixteen, Edgerrin James had already developed the critical thinking and mental discipline required for ...
The New Book of Baseball Trivia
More than 500 Questions for Avid Fans
Sports Publishing
A comprehensive trivia book that enables readers to compete as they answer questions!In The New Book of Baseball Trivia, experienced baseball author Wayne Stewart includes 500 fun and engaging questions and answers on everyone's favorite former ...
I Should Be Dead By Now
The Wild Life and Crazy Times of the NBA's Greatest Rebounder of Modern Times
Sports Publishing
Whether it was helping Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls win three consecutive NBA titles in the 1990s, or showing up to a book signing in a dress and full makeup, Dennis Rodman has always distinguished himself as one of the great and most ...
Rangers vs. Islanders
Denis Potvin, Mark Messier, and Everything Else You Wanted to Know about New York's Greatest Hockey Rivalry
Sports Publishing
The intrastate rivalry between the Islanders and the Rangers is like no other in the NHL. Playing in the same league and with home rinks mere miles from one another, these two teams face off against each other multiple times a season. With ...
1930
The Story of a Baseball Season When Hitters Reigned Supreme
Sports Publishing
The 1930 Major League baseball season was both marvelous and horrendous, great for hitters, embarrassing for pitchers. In totality it was just this side of insane as an outlier among all seasons.Major League Baseball began with the founding of ...
Tales from the 1967 Red Sox Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Stories Ever Told from the Impossible Dream Season
Sports Publishing
By the end of 1966, the Boston Red Sox were a team in serious trouble. The Red Sox had not won a pennant in twenty years and had not posted a winning record in eight. Pampered by their benevolent owner, Tom Yawkey, the Red Sox had developed a ...
Kaiser!
The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football
Sports Publishing
The improbable story of a soccer player who scammed his way into a lengthy career…without ever playing in a game. Born in Rio Pardo, Brazil, Carlos Henrique Raposo had dreams of becoming a professional soccer (futbol) player. After a youth ...
Mount Rushmore of the New York Mets
The Best Players by Decade to Wear the Orange and Blue
Sports Publishing
Mount Rushmore, located in the Black Hills of Keystone, South Dakota, is one of the most iconic landmarks in the United States. The face of the mountain features 60-foot heads of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore ...
The Basketball Maniac's Almanac
The Absolutely, Positively, and Without Question Greatest Book of Fact, Figures, and Astonishing Lists Ever Compiled
Sports Publishing
Part reference, part trivia, part brain teaser, and absolutely the most unusual and thorough compendium of basketball stats and facts ever assembled!Did you know that Wilt Chamberlain and Wes Unseld are the only two players in basketball history ...
Tales from the New York Giants Sideline
A Collection of the Greatest Giants Stories Ever Told
Sports Publishing
Few sports franchises can match the long, storied history, rich tradition, and legion of passionate, loyal fans of the New York Giants. In this newly-updated edition of Tales from the New York Giants Sideline, memories, anecdotes, names, faces, ...
The Negro Baseball Leagues
Tales of Umpiring Legendary Players, Breaking Barriers, and Making American History
Sports Publishing
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Negro Leagues with updates and additions throughout! The Kansas City Monarchs, the Chicago American Giants, the St. Louis Stars, the Birmingham Black Barons, the Homestead Grays, and the Indianapolis ...
Cleveland Browns A - Z
An Alphabetical History of Browns Football
Sports Publishing
Relive memorable moments in Browns history—newly updated! A must-have book for any Cleveland Browns fan, this updated edition of Cleveland Browns A - Z is compiled alphabetically for easy accessibility. The book offers a complete history of the ...
Heaven Is a Playground
A Journey Into the Sweet World of Street Basketball
Sports Publishing
"The best basketball book I've ever read." —Barack ObamaHeaven Is a Playground, now in its fifth edition to include more information on Fly Williams, was the first book on the uniquely American phenomenon of urban basketball. Rick Telander, a ...
Tales from the Kansas City Chiefs Sideline
A Collection of the Greatest Chiefs Stories Ever Told
Sports Publishing
Relive the best stories of Chiefs football—newly updated through the 2019–2020 season! Beginning with their founding as the Dallas Texans of the American Football League in 1960, the Kansas City Chiefs have been one of professional football’s ...