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Football's Fearless Activists
How Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid, Kenny Stills, and Fellow Athletes Stood Up to the NFL and President Trump
Sports Publishing
For the first time, here is the full story of the NFL player protests that rocked a nation and turned our country upside down. This is the players' side, one that has largely been ignored by the media.On September 1, 2016, Colin Kaepernick took ...
How Life Imitates Sports
A Sportswriter Recounts, Relives, and Reckons with 50 Years on the Sports Beat
Sports Publishing
Memorable Stories From a Half Century of Sports Journalism For the last half century, Pulitzer Prize–winning sportswriter Ira Berkow has been at the center of some of the most memorable moments in sports history. From the World Series, NBA ...
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 ...
The College Football Problem
How Money and Power Corrupted the Game and How We Can Fix That
Sports Publishing
A detailed expose on the corruption in college football by acclaimed sportswriter Rick Telander, with a foreword by Rick Reilly! In 1989, when Rick Telander first published The Hundred Yard Lie, he proposed that big-time college football should ...
The (Inter) National Basketball Association
How the NBA Ushered in a New Era of Basketball and Went Global
Sports Publishing
For most of its existence, the National Basketball Association was a league filled with (almost) all American-born players. Players from overseas were looked at as lesser skilled and not worth the risk. Americans playing overseas were looked at ...
Your Inner Golf Guru
The Science of Rethinking, Relearning, & Revamping Your Golf Swing
Sports Publishing
Lower your handicap and revamp your swing as you become your own best golf instructor. Conventional methodologies, which emphasize ball-striking dictated mostly by bio-mechanics and kinesiology, have failed to enhance the competencies of worn, ...
Three Ball
The History of Basketball's Three-Point Shot and How it Has Taken Over the NBA
Sports Publishing
An in-depth review on the origins of the three pointer and how it's changed today's NBA. Begun as a goof, the three-point shot was often considered a sideshow act from the proper way basketball was to be played. It was considered to be for those ...
Dodgers vs. Yankees
The Long-Standing Rivalry Between Two of Baseball's Greatest Teams
Sports Publishing
A History of the Epic Rivalry between Two of Baseball's Powerhouses that Has Spanned Over Eighty Years—from Ebbets Field to Dodger Stadium, from Babe Ruth to Reggie Jackson The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees are two of the most storied ...
Phillies 1980!
Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Pete Rose, and Philadelphia's First World Series Championship
Sports Publishing
How the 1980 Philadelphia Phillies Won the First World Series Championship in Franchise History The road was rocky and the suspense intense as a make-or-break 1980 baseball season unfolded for the Philadelphia Phillies under a new, ...
A Fan's Guide to Baseball Analytics
Why WAR, WHIP, wOBA, and Other Advanced Sabermetrics Are Essential to Understanding Modern Baseball
Sports Publishing
Broken up into sections (pitching, fielding, hitting), this authoritative yet fun and easy guide will help readers young and old fully understand and comprehend the statistics that are the present and future of our national pastime. We all know ...
The Ultimate Book of Golf Trivia
600 Questions and Answers
Sports Publishing
Become a golf trivia expert with these challenging questions about Jack Nicklaus, the Masters, Tiger Woods, and more! The Ultimate Book of Golf Trivia tests and expands your knowledge of golf—covering the sport from the 1970s (and earlier) up ...
The Official Rules of Baseball Illustrated
An Irreverent Look at the Rules of Baseball and How They Came to Be What They Are Today
Sports Publishing
Completely updated and expanded through the 2019 baseball season! In a game that has been our national pastime since the 1850s, there have been countless changes, additions and adaptations to the rules of baseball. But while the sport has ...
The Subway Series
Baseball's Big Apple Battles And The Yankees-Mets 2000 World Series Classic
Sports Publishing
In celebration of the twenty-year anniversary of the 2000 Subway Series, Jerry Beach details the history of the series between New York's Major League Baseball clubs. From the early history of the rivalry between the Giants and Dodgers, to the ...
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 ...
Tales from the Atlanta Braves Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Braves Stories Ever Told
Sports Publishing
Relive the excitement of Braves baseball--newly updated! This edition of Tales from the Atlanta Braves Dugout, now updated through the 2019 season, includes stories on the greatest players and coaches to don the Braves uniform. Author Cory ...
Fabric of the Game
The Stories Behind the NHL's Names, Logos, and Uniforms
Sports Publishing
An in-depth look into the origins of how each NHL team was named, received their logo and design, with interviews by those responsible. Written by those most knowledgeable, you'll learn why every hockey team to every play in the National Hockey ...
Tales from the St. Louis Blues Locker Room
A Collection of the Greatest Blues Stories Ever Told
Sports Publishing
Revised and Updated to Feature the 2019 Stanley Cup Victory! Nobody bleeds Blue like Bob Plager, considered one of the funniest men in hockey. This rollicking book details Plager’s romance with the Bluenotes from day one in 1967 to the present ...
Tales from the USC Trojans Sideline
A Collection of the Greatest Trojans Stories Ever Told
Sports Publishing
Tom Kelly, the legendary signature voice of USC sports for nearly five decades, combines with coauthor Tom Hoffarth of the Daily News of Los Angeles to take Trojan fans on a journey of memories and previously untold anecdotes from and about many ...
Miracle in Lake Placid
The Greatest Hockey Story Ever Told
Sports Publishing
A Celebration of America's Greatest Olympic Victory—the 1980 US–USSR Hockey Game! Forty years after the "Miracle on Ice" captivated the world, this book deeply examines the impact that singular event had on the people who played and coached in ...
Tiger Woods's Back and Tommy John's Elbow
Injuries and Tragedies That Transformed Careers, Sports, and Society
Sports Publishing
How has today’s society changed because of Sandy Koufax, Tom Brady, or Tiger Woods? How have courtrooms and the law changed because of the tragic loss of a No. 1 NBA Draft Pick and a NASCAR driver? And what effect did Magic Johnson’s ...