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Woodlawn : One Hope. One Dream. One Way. :
by Todd Gerelds
Soon to be a major motion picture, a true account of a football coach's struggles to build a winning team in racially charged 1970s Birmingham describes how with the help of the school chaplain and a gifted young athlete the team became the city's first working example of integration. Original. Movie tie-in.
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Against football : one fan's reluctant manifesto
by Steve Almond
Argues that not only is American football hazardous to players' health, and especially to their brains, but also that American support of the sport encourages violence, prejudices, and other ethically troubling behavior
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Rickey & Robinson : the true, untold story of the integration of baseball
by Roger Kahn
In what he declares to be his last book, a noted sportswriter unearths his notebooks from the 40s and 50s—a time when sportswriters were known to "protect" players and baseball executives—to give an unvarnished, and likely to be controversial, account of Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey and the integration of baseball. By the best-selling author of Boys of Summer.
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Football : great writing about the national sport
by John Schulian
Top-selected pieces by forefront sports writers share insider details not typically known by fans and include Jimmy Breslin's accolades for a defeated but dignified Y. A. Tittle, George Plimpton's critique of the Detroit Lions' "last-string quarterback" and Bryan Curtis' assessment of Texas youth football in the post-Friday Night Lights era.
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Muhammad Ali : the story of a boxing legend
by Alan Goldstein
Discusses the life of the famous boxer and social activist, chronicling his biggest fights, his controversial personal life, and what he has come to mean to American culture
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Newton's football : the science behind America's game
by Allen St. John
An analysis of the link between physics and football includes coverage of such subjects as the shape of the ball and the design of helmets while revealing how many of the greatest minds in football exhibit an instinctual grasp of science, sharing additional insight into how an understanding of physics can help reduce injury risks.
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The king of sports : football's impact on America
by Gregg Easterbrook
Using his year-long insider access to the Virginia Tech football program and extensive interviews with current and former college and pro-football players and coaches, the author of the ESPN.com blog "Tuesday Morning Quarterback" tackles football's place in American society. 75,000 first printing.
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The sports gene : inside the science of extraordinary athletic performance
by David J. Epstein
A Sports Illustrated senior writer's controversial exploration of the genetic underpinnings of athletic success explores the roles of both biology and training, arguing that nature and training are equally necessary components of athletic achievement while considering such topics as race, gender and genetic testing.
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Color blind : the forgotten team that broke baseball's color line
by Tom Dunkel
Taking readers back in time to 1947, an award-winning journalist chronicles an integrated baseball team in Bismarck, North Dakota that rose above a segregated society to become champions, delving into the history of the players, the town and baseball itself.
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Solo : memoir of Hope
by Hope Solo
The headline-making goalkeeper for the U.S. women's national soccer team, who thrives on competition and is driven to win, reveals how she has repeatedly triumphed over adversity - a story that holds lessons and insight for both her legions of fan and everyone. 30,000 first printing.
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Igniting the flame : America's first olympic team
by Jim Reisler
"The story of the fourteen men - largely forgotten and never the subject of a full-length book - who created the American Olympic movement by winning eleven gold medals at the first modern Olympics in 1896 in Athens, timed for publication leading up to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials and the 2012 Olympics in London"
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Over time : my life as a sportswriter
by Frank Deford
A history of American sportswriting by the Emmy Award-winning Sports Illustrated writer traces the lurid early days of the Police Gazette through the current state of ESPN, providing coverage of such personal topics as his stint with the National Sports Daily, his visit to apartheid South Africa with Arthur Ashe and his recent 1,500th commentary on NPR's Morning Edition.
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The big miss : my years coaching Tiger Woods
by Hank Haney
A noted golf instructor who worked with Tiger Woods discusses his experiences with the golfer, who was at the top of his game until a public scandal threw him off track.
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One on one : behind the scenes with the greats in the game
by John Feinstein
The author and popular sports commentator for NPR and CBS describes his most interesting encounters with coaching greats and sports legends including Bob Knight, Joe Torre, Jack Nicklaus, Ivan Lendl and Mary Carillo.
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The worst of sports : chumps, cheats, and chokers from the games we love
by Jesse Lamovsky
Capturing the most infamous moments, organizations, and personalities of sports history, an entertaining compendium journeys inside the world of professional football, baseball, basketball, and hockey, as well as major college sports, to describe the college football team that lost eighty games in a row, the sports figure that got hurt prior to the coin toss, and more. Original. 30,000 first printing.
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Those guys have all the fun : inside the world of ESPN
by James A. Miller
Presents the history of sports channel ESPN based on interviews with nearly 500 current and former employees, featuring announcers and analysts and as well as sports stars including LeBron James, Peyton Manning and Jeff Gordon. 200,000 first printing.
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In the blink of an eye : Dale, Daytona, and the day that changed everything
by Michael Waltrip
Timed to coincide with the subject’s retirement and the 10th anniversary of mentor Dale Earnhardt’s death, an account of the colorful NASCAR driver’s career describes his hardscrabble upbringing and strained relationship with brother Darrell while recounting his historic win at the 2001 Daytona 500.
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Moneyball : the art of winning an unfair game
by Michael Lewis
Explains how Billie Beene, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, is putting into play a new kind of thinking and ball playing where a compilation of statistics, locker room knowledge and players rethinking what they know about playing baseball, demonstrating how success can be obtained without spending enormous sums of money. 100,000 first printing.
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Open : an autobiography
by Andre Agassi
A candid memoir by the tennis champion includes coverage of his Grand Slam wins, establishment of a charitable foundation for underprivileged children and marriage to Stefanie Graf.
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Seabiscuit : an American legend
by Laura Hillenbrand
The author retraces the journey of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that made racing history in 1938, thanks to the efforts of a trainer, owner, and jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a legend
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Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster
by Jon Krakauer
The author of Into the Wild describes his spring 1996 trek to Mt. Everest, an expedition that ended in disaster, claiming the lives of eight climbers, and explains why he survived, in a definitive, firsthand account of the tragedy. 150,000 first printing. Tour.
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