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Black Achievements in Sports: Celebrating Fritz Pollard, Simone Biles, and More
by Elliott Smith
New Juvenile Non-Fiction, 305.896073 SM55B4; Hoopla eBook. Athletes and the sports they play are popular across generations. Black athletes throughout time have become legends in their sports. They help shape the game, create change, and continue to break barriers in sports where they've been historically underrepresented. Their talent and passion inspire present and future players. Find out more about athletes such as Simone Manuel, Satchel Paige, and Maya Moore and celebrate their achievements in sports.
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Athletes for Racial Equity: Jackie Robinson, Arthur Ashe, and More
by Dani Borden
Hoopla eBook. Jackie Robinson was the first Black player in Major League Baseball. Arthur Ashe was the first Black man to win several pro tennis titles. Readers will learn about these athletes and others who have fought for and spoken out for racial equity in sports and the greater society--
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African Americans in Sports: Groundbreakers and Game Changers
by Tamra B. Orr
Hoopla eBook. From Jackie Robinson to Venus and Serena Williams, African Americans have used sports to fight for social change. Many of them had to fight against discrimination, and their strength in the face of adversity on the field and off has inspired many people. Their stories are presented to readers through engaging main text that includes annotated quotes from historians, journalists, and the athletes themselves. Compelling photographs, sidebars, and a timeline help readers trace the struggles and successes of African Americans in sports, from the distant past to today's current debates over kneeling during the national anthem.
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Home Run King: The Remarkable Record of Hank Aaron
by Dan Schlossberg
Biography, AARON, HENRY. In the fifty years that have passed since Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run and supplanted Babe Ruth as baseball's home run king, his legend and legacy have only grown. Humble and modest to a fault, he always insisted that he didn't want people to forget Babe Ruth but only to remember Henry Aaron. Though he never had the benefit of playing in the media spotlight of New York or Los Angeles, he remains the career leader in total bases, runs batted in, and All-Star selections; shares records for home runs by brothers (with Tommie Aaron) and by teammates (with Eddie Mathews); and is remembered with respect and admiration for his outspoken advocacy of civil rights for all minorities. Written by a lifelong Braves fan who became a sportswriter, this book traces Aaron's odyssey from the segregated south to the baseball world revolutionized by Jackie Robinson, who became an early and important ally against bigotry and prejudice.
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Ernie Banks: Mr. Cub and the Summer of '69
by Phil Rogers
Biography, BANKS, ERNIE. Discusses the life of the legendary Chicago Cubs shortstop and looks at the 1969 season, which saw Banks chasing a career 500 home runs, a feat he would achieve in May 1970, as well as uttering his famous, upbeat quote "Let's play two," during a particularly hot summer game.
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The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
by Jeff Pearlman
eBook. From the mid-1980s into the early 1990s, the greatest athlete of all time streaked across American sports and popular culture. He became the first person to simultaneously star in two major professional sports, and overtook Michael Jordan as America's most recognizable pitchman. He was half man, half myth. Then, almost overnight, he was gone. He was Bo Jackson. Drawing on 720 original interviews, Pearlman captures as never before the elusive truth about Jackson, Auburn University's transcendent Heisman Trophy winner, superstar of both the NFL and Major League Baseball and ubiquitous "Bo Knows" Nike pitchman.
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24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid
by Willie Mays
Biography, MAYS, WILLIE. A man widely regarded as one the greatest all-around players in baseball history reflects on his lifetime of experience meeting challenges with positivity, integrity and triumph.
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42 Today: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy
by Michael G. Long
Biography, ROBINSON, JACKIE. Before the United States Supreme Court ruled against segregation in public schools, and before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, Jackie Robinson walked onto the diamond on April 15, 1947, as first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, making history as the first African American to integrate Major League Baseball in the twentieth century. Today a national icon, Robinson was a complicated man who navigated an even more complicated world that both celebrated and despised him. Featuring piercing essays from a range of distinguished sportswriters, cultural critics, and scholars, this book explores Robinson's perspectives and legacies on civil rights, sports, faith, youth, and nonviolence, while providing rare glimpses into the struggles and strength of one of the nation's most athletically gifted and politically significant citizens.
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42: The Jackie Robinson Story
Feature Films, 42. Depicts the early career of Jackie Robinson as he became the first African American Major League Baseball player when he was signed to the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers.
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42 is Not Just a Number: The Odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American Hero
by Doreen Rappaport
eBook. A revelatory portrait of the life and legacy of the heroic baseball legend explores how, despite his amazing athletic abilities, he was challenged to break the color barrier and overcome significant discrimination in order to play in Major League Baseball.
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Joe Black: More Than a Dodger
by Martha Jo Black
Hoopla eBook. He was told that the color of his skin would keep him out of the big leagues, but Joe Black worked his way up through the Negro Leagues and the Cuban Winter League. He burst into the Majors in 1952 when he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. In the face of segregation, verbal harassment, and even death threats, Joe Black rose to the top of his game; he earned National League Rookie of the Year and became the first African American pitcher to win a World Series game. With the same tenacity he showed in his baseball career, Black became the first African American vice president of a transportation corporation when he went to work for Greyhound. In this first-ever biography of Joe Black, his daughter Martha Jo Black tells the story not only of a baseball great who broke through the color line, but also of the father she knew and loved.
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Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America
by Sharon Robinson
Hoopla eBook. The bestselling classic biography of Jackie Robinson, America's legendary baseball player and civil rights activist, told from the unique perspective of an insider: his only daughter. Sharon Robinson shares memories of her famous father in this warm loving biography of the man who broke the color barrier in baseball -- and taught his children that the only measure of life is the impact you have on others lives'.Promises to Keep is the story of Jackie Robinson's hard-won victories in baseball, business, politics, and civil rights. It looks at the inspiring effect the legendary Brooklyn Dodger had on his family, his community ... his country. Told from the unique perspective of Robinson's only daughter, this intimate and uplifting book includes photos from the Robinson family archives and family letters never published before.Jackie Robinson is one our great national heroes. Promises to Keep reminds us what made him a champion -- on and off the field!
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Jackie Robinson: American Hero
by Sharon Robinson
Juvenile Biography, ROBINSON. A portrait of the baseball legend, written by his daughter, traces the events that led up to Robinson's historic signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers and his role in promoting the desegregation of baseball.
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Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter
by Yohuru Williams
Juvenile Biography, ROBINSON. This compelling biography of the barrier-breaking American hero and proud fighter for Black justice and civil rights reveals the person behind the legend, bringing to life this famed figure's legacy for new generation.
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The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball's Forgotten Era
by Claude Johnson
Non-Fiction, 796.323 J63B. Drawing on interviews, mined archives and collected artifacts, an advocate fiercely committed to our history discusses the largely unknown early days of Black basketball that weaves together stories of these forgotten pioneers and rewrites our understanding of the story of basketball.
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Hoop Dreams
by Ben Joravsky
Non-Fiction, 796.323 J759H. For nearly five years Arthur Agee's and William Gates' remarkable lives were chronicled by a team of filmmakers. Roughly 250 hours of film were devoted to their journeys from the playgrounds to high school competition to college recruitment and -- whittled down to three hours -- it became the award-winning film Hoop Dreams. This companion book vividly brings to life the struggles of Arthur Agee and William Gates to win college scholarships and positions on professional teams and examines the impact their aspirations had on themselves, their families and their relationships.
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Shot Ready
by Stephen Curry
Biography, CURRY, STEPHEN. A distillation of Stephen Curry's transformative philosophy of success--centered on preparation, constant improvement, creativity, connection, mindfulness, and joy--delivered in his incomparable voice and style.
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Coming Home
by Brittney Griner
Biography, GRINER, BRITTANY. From the nine-time women's basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist comes a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.
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Killer Crossover: My Life from the Chicago Streets to Basketball Royalty
by Tim Hardaway
New Biography, HARDAWAY, TIM. Considered one of the best point guards of his generation, Tim Hardaway was a polarizing figure on the basketball court. Known for his distinguished college career at UTEP, Hardaway was selected in the first round of the 1989 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. He soon became a household name. In Killer Crossover, Hardaway shares stories from his tough upbringing in Chicago through his collegiate career and to the NBA. As a part of Run TMC (with fellow Warriors Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin), he immediately established himself as one of the top players on the hardwood. Joining the Miami Heat in 1996, and along with teammates Alonzo Mourning, Dan Majerle, and Jamal Mashburn (to name a few), he would become a main protagonist in one of the most contentious rivalries in all of basketball against the New York Knicks. A master trash talker and one of the best ball handlers, Hardaway shares what it was like playing basketball in the nineties against some of the greatest to ever play the game, including future Hall of Famers Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, Patrick Ewing, and Reggie Miller.
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Misunderstood: A Memoir
by Allen Iverson
New Biography, IVERSON, ALLEN. A memoir from Allen Iverson, the NBA's most misunderstood Hall of Famer, detailing his tough childhood in Virginia, his entry into the league as the number one overall pick, and his controversial, culture-changing pro basketball career.
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LeBron
by Jeff Benedict
Biography, JAMES, LEBRON. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tiger Woods turns his attention to basketball, providing the definitive biography of one of the greatest athletes of all time that chronicles not only LeBron James' meteoric rise to fame but also his solid family, political activism and business empire.
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LeBron: Life Lessons from the King
by Brian Boone
Biography, JAMES, LEBRON. A biographical account featuring the secrets to success from one of the greatest basketball players of all time: LeBron James.
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For the Love of the Game
by Michael Jordan
Oversize Books, B JORDAN. More than two hundred full-color photographs combine with Jordan's personal anecdotes and reminiscences to chronicle the life and times of the NBA's greatest player, detailing his college and professional career, the murder of his father, the business of basketball, and more.
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Jumpman: The Making and Meaning of Michael Jordan
by John Matthew Smith
Biography, JORDAN, MICHAEL. Blending dramatic game action with the social forces of the early 90s, an acclaimed sports historian charts Michael Jordan's ubiquitous rise in American culture and the burden he carried as a national symbol of racial progress, demonstrating how the man and the myth together created the legend we remember today.
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I'll Show You
by Derrick Rose
Biography, ROSE, DERRICK. In 2012, Derrick Rose was on top of the world. After growing up in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, Rose achieved an improbable childhood dream: being selected first overall in the NBA draft by his hometown Chicago Bulls. The point guard was a phenom, winning the Rookie of the Year award and electrifying fans around the world. In 2011, he became the youngest MVP in league history. Six years and four knee surgeries later, he was waived by the Utah Jazz, a once surefire Hall of Fame career seemingly on the brink of collapse. Many speculated his days in the NBA were over. But Derrick Rose never doubted himself, never believed his struggles on and off the court were anything other than temporary setbacks. Rather than telling the world he had more to give, he decided to show them. I'll Show You is an honest, intimate conversation with one of the world's most popular athletes, a star whose on-court brilliance is matched only by his aversion to the spotlight.
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Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You
by A'ja Wilson
eBook. The Olympic gold medalist and two-time professional basketball MVP explores what it means to be a Black woman in America today and how she overcame the feeling of being swept under the rug while growing up.
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The Patch Players
by Matthew a. Werner
Indiana Room, 796.32362 W495P. This is the true story of the first Black basketball players in Michigan City, Indiana. Playing basketball was an escape from the daily injustices they faced. Their accomplishments changed the history of their city.
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Michael Jordan: Hall of Fame Basketball Superstar
by Nathan Aaseng
Hoopla eBook. Learn about Hall of Fame basketball player Michael Jordan in this sports biography. See how Michael became arguably the best basketball player ever and changed the Chicago Bulls organization forever. Read about how he even retired from basketball to play baseball!
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Barkley: A Biography
by Timothy Bella
Hoopla eBook and eAudiobook. The definitive biography of Charles Barkley, exploring his early childhood, his storied NBA career, and his enduring legacy as a provocative voice in American pop culture. He's one of the most interesting American athletes in the past fifty years. Passionate, candid, iconoclastic, and gifted both on and off the court, Charles Barkley has made a lasting impact on not only the world of basketball but pop culture at large. Yet few people know the real Charles. Raised by his mother and grandmother in Leeds, Alabama, he struggled in his early years to fit in until he found a sense of community and purpose in basketball. In the NBA he went toe-to-toe with the biggest legends in the game, from Magic to Michael to Hakeem to Shaq. But in the years since, he has become a bold agitator for social change, unafraid to grapple, often brashly, with even the thorniest of cultural issues facing our nation today. Informed by over 370 original interviews and painstaking research, Timothy Bella's Barkley is the most comprehensive biography to date of one of the most talked-about icons in the world of sports.
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Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality beyond Black and White
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Hoopla eAudiobook. The NAACP Award-winning writer, sports legend and U.S. Cultural Ambassador traces the evolution of his views on social justice, from his youth in the Civil Rights era to his current role as a cultural commentator on topics ranging from race and economic inequality to music and the influence of the media.
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Epic Athletes: Zion Williamson
by Dan Wetzel
Hoopla eBook. In this illustrated middle-grade biography, the tenth book in the Epic Athletes series, acclaimed sports journalist Dan Wetzel tells the inspirational story of the greatest basketball prospect of his generation!
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Stephen Curry
by Eric Braun
Hoopla eBook. Presents the life of professional basketball athlete Stephen Curry, from his childhood to his rise to stardom.
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Kevin Durant
by Jon M Fishman
Hoopla eBook. Presents the life and accomplishments of the professional basketball player.
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Lebron James
by Jon M Fishman
Hoopla eBook. Presents the life and accomplishments of the professional basketball player, including his incredible successes both on and off the field, his training regimen, and his charity work.
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Sweetwater
Feature Films, SWEETWATER. The story of Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, basketball legend who became the first African-American to sign an NBA contract.
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Glory Road
YA DVD Feature Films, GLORY. Follows the first predominately African American basketball team in college history to win an NCAA championship
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Swish: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters
by Suzanne Slade
Picture Books, SLADE. Rhythmic text by the award-winning author of A Computer Called Katherine and dynamic artwork by the award-winning illustrator of No Small Potatoes trace the story of the Harlem Globetrotters and how their remarkable performances indelibly transformed the game of basketball.
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Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn: Boxing's Unforgettable Summer of 1941
by Ed Gruver
Non-Fiction, 796.83 G928J. Considered one of the greatest matches in boxing history, this heavyweight bout saw the underdog Billy Conn well ahead on points until Joe Louis knocked him out in the 13th round. Ed Gruver captures the high drama of that sultry night at New York's PoloGrounds in June 1941.
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
by Geoffrey C. Ward
Biography, JOHNSON. The National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of A First-Class Temperament presents a full-scale portrait that draws on a wealth of period sources, including Johnson's never-before-published prison memoir, of heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson, from his rise to success to his prison sentence and life in exile.
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Muhammad Ali
Series DVDs, B ALI, MUHAMMAD. A biography of world champion boxer and political activist Muhammad Ali.
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Ali: A Life
by Jonathan Eig
eBook. The best-selling author of Opening Day draws on insider access to present an unauthorized portrait of the iconic champion fighter, arguing that race was a central theme in Muhammad Ali's career, faith and advocacy work and that his political beliefs and neurological health shaped his complex character.
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Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X
by Randy Roberts
eBook. In 1962, no one believed that the obnoxious Cassius Clay would ever become the heavyweight champion of the world. But Malcolm X saw the potential in Clay, not just for boxing greatness, but as a means of spreading the Nation of Islam's message. Soon, however, their friendship would sour, with disastrous and far-reaching consequences. Based on previously untapped sources, Blood Brothers is the first book to offer an in-depth portrait of this complex bond. An extraordinary narrative of love, betrayal, and violence, this story is a window into the lives of two of our greatest national icons, and the tumultuous period in American history that they helped to shape.
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Stay in the Game: Making the Most of Every Season
by Matt Forté
New Biography, FORTE, MATT. For ten seasons, Matt Forté was one of the NFL's premier running backs. During his tenure with the Chicago Bears and the New York Jets, Matt made two Pro Bowl appearances and racked up more career rushes, receptions, and yards from scrimmage than any other football player in the league, a feat made possible in part, because--as an every-down back--Matt never left the field. No matter the down or distance, Matt always stayed in the game, running, catching, and blocking his way into the record books. Now, in Stay in the Game, Matt shares the highs and lows of his storied career--from the first time he put on pads at age 7 in Slidell, Louisiana, his college days at Tulane University, and his decade of dominance in the NFL, to the difficult decision to hang up his cleats at age 32, and the work he is currently doing to mentor professional athletes and stop gun violence on the streets of Chicago.
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The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
by Jeff Pearlman
eBook. From the mid-1980s into the early 1990s, the greatest athlete of all time streaked across American sports and popular culture. He became the first person to simultaneously star in two major professional sports, and overtook Michael Jordan as America's most recognizable pitchman. He was half man, half myth. Then, almost overnight, he was gone. He was Bo Jackson. Drawing on 720 original interviews, Pearlman captures as never before the elusive truth about Jackson, Auburn University's transcendent Heisman Trophy winner, superstar of both the NFL and Major League Baseball and ubiquitous "Bo Knows" Nike pitchman.
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When Your Back's Against the Wall: Fame, Football, and lessons Learned Through a Lifetime of Adversity
by Michael Oher
Biography, OHER, MICHAEL. Millions of people became part of Michael Oher's story when they watched a version of him on the big screen; read his memoir, I Beat the Odds; or cheered him on from the stands. After speaking to so many of them over the years, Oher knows that more than anything, people want to believe great things can happen, even when the situation looks bleak. His story of overcoming the toughest of odds serves as their hope. Oher's life has had a lot of unexpected highs: a college degree; two beautiful, healthy children and a happy marriage; drafted in the first round; a Super Bowl victory; and a second chance to play in the "big game." He's also run up against quite a few walls: poverty, hunger, homelessness, struggles in school, bullying, job loss, brain injury, anxiety, and depression. What he knows now is that your wall can be your opportunity. In When Your Back's Against the Wall, he offers encouragement and shows readers how to get back up--again, and again, and again.
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Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton
by Walter Payton
Biography, PAYTON. In an inspirational memoir, the late football great describes his love affair with his sport, his achievements on and off the field, his private life, his personal beliefs, and goals, and his battle with the liver cancer that would claim in life in 1999.
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Cam Newton
by Jon M Fishman
Hoopla eBook. A biography of the quarterback for the Carolina Panthers
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Colin Kaepernick
by B. A. Hoena
Hoopla eBook. This biography traces Colin Kaepernick's road from young sports standout to athlete and activist. As Kaepernick protested violence against African Americans, he lost his career in football but gained a voice heard worldwide.
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Lamar Jackson: Superstar Quarterback
by Matt Chandler
Juvenile Biography, JACKSON. Quarterback Lamar Jackson became the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 2019. It was only his second year in the league. Readers will learn how Jackson overcame a difficult childhood and went on to become one of the NFL's rising stars and the youngest quarterback to ever start in a playoff game!
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Patrick Mahomes: MVP Quarterback Who Gives Back
by J. G. Minyard
New Juvenile Biography, MAHOMES, PATRICK. Patrick Mahomes is the youngest quarterback in NFL history to win the Super Bowl MVP award. He has led the Kansas City Chiefs to the Super Bowl five times, winning three of those. Mahomes grew up in Texas as the son of a professional baseball player. In his teenage years, he excelled in every sport he played, including basketball, baseball, and football. He was even drafted to play baseball right out of high school. But Mahomes chose football. After several years of college football, he was drafted to the Kansas City Chiefs, where he began making history. Follow Patrick Mahomes's journey from athletically gifted youth to NFL Super Bowl champion.
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Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us
by Alison Mariella Désir
Non-Fiction, 796.42 D46R. Weaving together history and her own story of growth in the sport, an endurance athlete, activist and mental health advocate explores why the seemingly simple, human act of long distance running for exercise and health has never been truly open to Black people and what the fitness industry can do about it.
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The Strangers: Five Extraordinary Black Men and the Worlds That Made Them
by Ekow Eshun
New Non-Fiction, 920.009296 ES36S. In the western imagination, a Black man is always a stranger, outsider, foreigner, intruder, alien; one who remains associated with their origins irrespective of how far they have travelled from them. One who is not an individual in his own right, but the representative of a type. What kind of performance is required for a person to survive this condition? What happens beneath the mask--what is the cost to the mind and body, to one's relationships and one's sense of self? Searching for answers, Ekow Eshun channels the voices of five very different individuals. Each man a renowned trailblazer in his field. Each man haunted by a sense of isolation and exile. Each man a stranger in his own world: Ira Aldridge, nineteenth century British actor and playwright; Matthew Henson, the first Black man to reach the North Pole; Frantz Fanon, French-Martinican psychiatrist and political philosopher; Malcolm X, civil rights activist and leader; Justin Fashanu, Britain's first openly gay professional footballer. Telling their stories, Eshun pushes the boundaries of genre to capture them in all their complexity, interweaving biography, fiction, historical record, and memoir, sharing his own experiences living as a Black Briton in the art world. The Strangers illuminates both the hostility and the beauty each man encountered in the world, positioning them all within a wider landscape of Black art, culture, history, and politics throughout the diaspora.
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Arthur Ashe: A Life
by Raymond Arsenault
Biography, ASHE. Recounts the life of the iconic tennis player, who became the first African American to play for the US Davis Cup team in 1963, detailing his success on the court, his career as a human rights activist, and his death of AIDS in 1993.
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Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History
by Pauline Davis
Biography, DAVIS, PAULINE. The inspiring story of Pauline Davis, a Bahamian sprinter who fought through poverty, inequality, and racism to compete in five Olympic Games and become the first woman from the Caribbean to win Olympic gold. She would inspire an entire nation and go onto become the first Black woman elected to the international governing body of athletics.
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I'm That Girl: Living the Power of My Dreams
by Jordan Chiles
Biography, CHILES, JORDAN. The sensational two-time Olympian Jordan Chiles's heartfelt, inspiring memoir chronicling her unlikely path to the podium--including the unprecedented challenges, the joy of winning, the crushing pain of defeat, and the love and support of her devoted family and teammates that helps her stay strong. It was a rare and stunning reversal: after the judges at the 2024 Paris Olympics determined that Jordan had rightfully scored third place for her performance--following a successful challenge by her coach--she earned the bronze medal. Later, Jordan's euphoria turned to devastation when the Court of Arbitration for Sport stripped her of that medal based on nothing but semantics. Jordan digs deep, sharing the story of her life's challenges--the racism she encountered as a gifted Black girl in a predominantly white elite sport, the battles with body image and subsequent unhealthy relationship with food, the grueling practices, the injuries, the moments of nearly calling it quits. Through it all, Jordan refused to give up. Through sheer grit--and the love of her family--she kept working and winning.
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Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History
by Pauline Davis
Biography, DAVIS, PAULINE. The inspiring story of Pauline Davis, a Bahamian sprinter who fought through poverty, inequality, and racism to compete in five Olympic Games and become the first woman from the Caribbean to win Olympic gold. She would inspire an entire nation and go onto become the first Black woman elected to the international governing body of athletics.
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Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson
by Ashley Brown
Biography, GIBSON, ALTHEA. Four days after her historic victory at Wimbledon in July 1957, Althea Gibson sat at the head table between her parents during a luncheon held in her honor at New York City's famed Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Wearing a dress of red and blue silk with a corsage pinned to her lapel, she listened as local officials sang her praises. Gibson was "an American girl,", "a real lady," and "a wonderful ambassador ... [and] saleswoman" for the country, they said. Speaker after speaker reached for superlatives and generalities to pay tribute to Gibson for rising improbably from "the sidewalks of New York," in the words of Mayor Robert F. Wagner, to winning the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. The commissioner of the Department of Commerce and Public Events cut closest to the truth with six words: "She came up the hard way."
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Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson
by Sally H. Jacobs
Biography, GIBSON, ALTHEA. An award-winning sports reporter tells the story of the pioneering athlete who rose up from the streets of Harlem to break the color barrier in tennis and became one of the sport's greatest champions.
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Tiger, Tiger
by James Patterson
Biography, WOODS, TIGER. This first full-scale biography chronicles the impossible life of Tiger Woods whose phenomenal success, despite potentially career-ending injuries and multiple public scandals, led to his induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame, becoming a lasting influence who continues to inspire every rising generation.
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Simone Biles
by Jon M Fishman
eBook. Simone Biles joined the US women's gymnastics team to compete at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2016. Along with her teammates, she sailed through her events to claim the gold medal in the team competition for the United States. She also took home three golds and a bronze in the individual events in which she competed. Though Biles follows an intense training routine, her schedule doesn't stop her from having fun. Learn all about her rise to the top in gymnastics, how she stays fit, what she does to relax, and much more.
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Gabby Douglas
by Jon M. Fishman
eBook. Discusses the life of the Olympian, including her family, how she started in gymnastics, and her Olympic success.
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Run with Me: The Story of a U.S. Olympic Champion
by Sanya Richards-Ross
eBook. A personal account by one of the most decorated female track-and-field athletes in history traces her early days running in Jamaica through to her most recent achievements, sharing insights into how the athletic model created by her coach and her own beliefs about determination, courage and faith shaped her work on and off the track.
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Serena Williams: Tennis Champion, Sports Legend, and Cultural Heroine
by Merlisa Lawrence Corbett
eBook. Record-breaking, trend-setting, and controversial, tennis star Serena Williams often sparks conversation and debate. She's one of the most intriguing figures in sports, and this book offers insight not only into her impact on tennis and popular culture but also into how she has challenged race and gender norms.
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Roaring Back: The Fall and Rise of Tiger Woods
by Curt Sampson
Audiobook. Documents the highs and lows of the iconic golfers professional and personal life, tracing his dramatic comeback at the 2019 Masters after years of controversy involving addiction, divorce, accidents and surgeries.
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Race
Feature Films, RACE. The story of track and field legend Jesse Owens, and his record-breaking performance at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.
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Simone Biles
by Anthony K. Hewson
Juvenile Biography, BILES, SIMONE. Introduces readers to Simone Biles, providing exciting details about her life and going deep inside the key moments of her gymnastics career.
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Who was Jesse Owens?
by James Buckley
Juvenile Paperbacks, BUCKLEY. Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.
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The Quickest Kid in Clarksville
by Pat Zietlow Miller
Picture Books, MILLER. Growing up in the segregated town of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the 1960s, Alta's family cannot afford to buy her new sneakers--but she still plans to attend the parade celebrating her hero Wilma Rudolph's three Olympic gold medals.
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