Sports
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Pounding the Rock: Basketball Dreams and Real Life in a Bronx High School
$23.00 Add to cartWelcome to Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, in a working-class corner of the Bronx, where a driven coach inspires his teams to win games and championships–and learn Russian history and graduate … [more below]
- Author: Skelton, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 052543402X
- Language: English
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Jackie Robinson: A Biography
$23.00 Add to cartThe extraordinary life of Jackie Robinson is illuminated as never before in this full-scale biography by Arnold Rampersad, who was chosen by Jack’s widow, Rachel, to tell her husband’s story, and was … [more below]
- Author: Rampersad, Arnold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: September 01 1998
- ISBN10: 034542655X
- Language: English
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Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
$19.00 Add to cartPete Rose is a legend. A baseball god. He compiled more hits than anyone in the history of baseball, a record he set decades ago that still stands today. He was a working-class white guy from Cincinna… [more below]
- Author: O’Brien, Keith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0593469399
- Language: English
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Ant: The Incredible Journey of NBA Rising Star Anthony Edwards
$30.00 Add to cartThe first in-depth look at the Minnesota Timberwolves rising star, from his backstory to his mindset, and the relationships that fueled his drive to greatness.
From his jaw-dropping dunks to his charis
- Author: Hine, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 006343895X
- Language: English
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The First Stampede of Flores Ladue: The True Love Story of Florence and Guy Weadick and the Beginning of the Calgary Stampede
$17.99 Add to cartIn honor of the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede, Bryden presents this #1 Calgary Herald bestseller detailing the fascinating true story of the romance that started the Stampede.
The love sto- Author: Bryden, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 05 2012
- ISBN10: 1451609337
- Language: English
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Trophies and Scars: Ray Evernham
$24.95 Add to cartTrophies and Scars is the profoundly personal, sincere, and remarkably revealing story of the life and times of NASCAR Hall of Famer Ray Evernham. A son of the Jersey Shore, Evernham dedicated his lif
- Author: Evernham, Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1642341770
- Language: English
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The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend
$17.00 Add to cartThe Queen of the Ring is the story of Mildred Burke, the longest reigning champion of female wrestling. In this in-depth account, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jeff Leen pulls back the curtain on … [more below]
- Author: Leen, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 13 2010
- ISBN10: 0802144829
- Language: English
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Only Rainbows
$35.99 Add to cartGrief changes us. But it doesn’t have to destroy us. This mother’s memoir celebrates the life of Carley McCord, beloved sports journalist, and the journey her family has walked toward healing after he
- Author: McCord, Karen C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 442
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 9798822962538
- Language: English
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The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him
$19.99 Add to cart“Eric Blehm offers an insightful perspective on how Craig Kelly became the effortless icon that we all revered as well as sobering details of how his heroic journey tragically ended. The Darkest White
- Author: Blehm, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0062971417
- Language: English
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The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine
$32.99 Add to cartOn the 50th anniversary of American Track and Field icon Steve Prefontaine’s tragic death comes an essential reappraisal of his life and legacy, a powerful work of narrative history exploring the forc
- Author: O’Meara, Brendan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 63348969
- Language: English
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Only Rainbows
$21.99 Add to cartGrief changes us. But it doesn’t have to destroy us. This mother’s memoir celebrates the life of Carley McCord, beloved sports journalist, and the journey her family has walked toward healing after he
- Author: McCord, Karen C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 442
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 9798822962545
- Language: English
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Tennis Players as Works of Art
$39.99 Add to cartInside Tennis Magazine: Inside Tennis Magazine named Tennis Players as Works of Art its Book of the Year: “Tennis Players as Works of Art takes us on an inventive journey that touches religion, cultur
- Author: Linebarger, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 9798891324831
- Language: English
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Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias
$24.99 Add to cartExperience the extraordinary story of a nearly forgotten American superstar athlete.
Texas girl Babe Didrikson never tried a sport too tough and never met a hurdle too high. Despite attempts to keep- Author: Van Natta, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 07 2013
- ISBN10: 0316067490
- Language: English
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The Mad Manchurian
$24.95 Add to cartI was born in Harbin, Manchuria, (later China), in 1938. At the outbreak of the Second World War my mother, sister and I, along with other non-combatants of the Allied countries, were taken by the Jap
- Author: Meschery, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 418
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1684920914
- Language: English
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Texas Legend: Jim Hall and His Chaparrals – There’s Always a Better Way. the Official Biography
$80.00 Read moreOne of the greatest drivers of his generation, Jim Hall is even better known as an innovator. From tiny Chaparral Cars in Midland, Texas emerged a series of vehicles that changed the face of racing. H
- Author: Levy, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 484
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1910505668
- Language: English
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The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles
$28.00 Add to cartFrom Paris Olympics star and legendary gymnast Simone Biles’s longtime coach, an insider’s look at the making of a champion
With a Foreword by Simone Biles The Balance is coach Aimee Boorman’s inside- Author: Boorman, Aimee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 141977977X
- Language: English
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Mad Manchurian
$39.95 Add to cartI was born in Harbin, Manchuria, (later China), in 1938. At the outbreak of the Second World War my mother, sister and I, along with other non-combatants of the Allied countries, were taken by the Jap
- Author: Meschery, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 418
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1684920930
- Language: English
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The Uncommon Life of Danny O’Connell: A Tale of Baseball Cards, Average Players, and the True Value of America’s Game
$33.00 Add to cartIn “The Uncommon Life of Danny O’Connell,” the author explores the life of Danny O’Connell, a player often overlooked in the annals of baseball history due to his status as a “common” card in the coll
- Author: Wiegand, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 161088633X
- Language: English
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Free Game: A Parents’ Guide to Navigating Black/Brown Children through Youth Sports and Beyond
$14.99 Add to cartKhalid Green’s Free Game is a manual for black and brown parents navigating through the complicated, political and intimidating terrain of amateur sports.
Are you concerned with the state of youth spo
- Author: Green, Khalid Diallo Akhdaru
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: November 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1956019391
- Language: English
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Misty: My Journey Through Volleyball and Life
$18.99 Add to cartThe passionate, poignant, and triumphant story of two-time Olympic gold medal-winning beach volleyball icon Misty May-Treanor.
More than any Olympics in history, the 2008 Beijing Summer Games captured- Author: May-Treanor, Misty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 14 2011
- ISBN10: 1439148554
- Language: English
