Cultural & Social Aspects
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The Ball in the Air: A Golfing Adventure
$19.99 Add to cartAfter a lifetime of writing about the professional sport, Michael Bamberger, “the poet laureate of golf” (GOLF magazine), delivers an exhilarating love letter to the amateur game as it’s played–and l… [more below]
- Author: Bamberger, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1668009838
- Language: English
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All the Smoke: All the Stars, All the Stories, No Apologies
$39.99 Read moreAn in-depth and fresh celebration of the award-winning, “unapologetic, authentic, and at times unfiltered” (The Sacramento Bee) sports podcast All the Smoke hosted by NBA champions Matt Barnes and Ste… [more below]
- Author: Barnes, Matt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1668048132
- Language: English
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Blackness Is a Gift I Can Give Her: On Race, Community, and Black Women in Hockey
$25.00 Read moreFrom the founder of Black Girl Hockey Club, a collection of deeply insightful and piercing essays shedding light on the history of Black excellence in hockey, the future of Black joy within the sport,… [more below]
- Author: Hess, R. Renee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 0771004621
- Language: English
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Locker Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside
$39.95 Add to cartWhile sportswriters rushed into Major League Baseball locker rooms to talk with players, MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn barred the lone woman from entering along with them. That reporter, 26-year-old Sp
- Author: Ludtke, Melissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 374
- Publish Date: August 16 2024
- ISBN10: 197883778X
- Language: English
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The Rocket That Fell to Earth: Roger Clemens and the Rage for Baseball Immortality
$17.99 Add to cart“Pearlman’s book develops a stark, unsparing picture of Clemens’s life that surpasses anything that’s come before.” —Boston Globe
New York Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman reconstructs pitcher R
- Author: Pearlman, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0061724823
- Language: English
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We Matter: Athletes and Activism
$16.95 Read more“Thomas interviews athletes, coaches, and sports personalities as he covers topics related to activism from the sporting realm and how it is perceived in America. A necessary read.” —Library Journal
- Author: Thomas, Etan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1617755915
- Language: English
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You Negotiate Like a Girl: Reflections on a Career in the National Football League
$18.95 Read moreAn incomparable memoir of business and football from the woman known as “The Princess of Darkness.”
Former NFL team executive Amy Trask has held many titles during her career–including chief executi- Author: Trask, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1637272294
- Language: English
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Skateboarding, Power and Change
$37.99 Add to cartThis book explores how cultural, social and political change happens through a unique analysis of the ‘ethical turn’ in skateboarding today. Insights shared by key change-makers and industry insiders
- Author: Willing, Indigo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: June 03 2023
- ISBN10: 9819912334
- Language: English
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Rage on the Field: The Decline of Sportsmanship in Sports Today
$34.99 Add to cartDuring a match in Colville, Washington, official Bob West was head-butted by a high school wrestler in 1996 and knocked unconscious. This incident, captured on tape, has been aired on every major netw… [more below]
- Author: West, Bob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: July 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1039166733
- Language: English
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Who Am I After Sports?: An Athlete’s Roadmap to Discover New Purpose and Live Fulfilled
$14.99 Add to cartMany athletes grow up wanting to be a star – Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, Michael Phelps, Cheryl Miller, Hussain Bolt, or Lionel Messi. As they journey through sports, their athletic identity strengthens
- Author: Stinson, Darryll
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1647464803
- Language: English
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Baseball History: The History of Baseball Along With Fascinating Facts & Unbelievably True Stories
$13.99 Add to cartWould you love to know the incredible and exciting history of baseball?
Whether you want to (1) learn incredible and interesting facts about baseball history, (2) discover some of baseball’s greatest e
- Series: Best of Baseball History Stories Games
- Author: McCloud, Ace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 52
- Publish Date: March 14 2017
- ISBN10: 1640480072
- Language: English
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Talk of Champions: Stories of the People Who Made Me: A Memoir
$31.00 Add to cartA revealing, humorous, behind-the-scenes memoir from Kenny “The Jet” Smith–superstar basketball commentator, host of the top-rated show, Inside the NBA, and two-time NBA champion. Smith reveals memor… [more below]
- Author: Smith, Kenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0593863682
- Language: English
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In Search of Powder: A Story of America’s Disappearing Ski Bum
$21.95 Add to cartAs a recent college graduate and fledging newspaper reporter in the Lake Tahoe area, Jeremy Evans became immersed in ski bum culture–a carefree lifestyle whose mantra was simply: “Ski as much as poss… [more below]
- Author: Evans, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0803228392
- Language: English
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Latinos and Latinas in American Sport: Stories Beyond Peloteros
$39.95 Add to cartLatinos and Latinas in American Sport: Stories Beyond Peloteros expands upon the significance of sport in U.S. Latino communities by looking at sports as diverse as drag racing and community softball,… [more below]
- Series: Sport in the American West
- Author: Iber, Jorge
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1682830403
- Language: English
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Sprawlball: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA
$25.00 Read moreFrom the leading expert in the exploding field of basketball analytics, a stunning infographic decoding of the modern NBA: who shoots where, how well, and why. Says Nate Silver: “If you want to unders… [more below]
- Author: Goldsberry, Kirk
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1328767515
- Language: English
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Agony: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & the Ancient Greeks
$29.95 Add to cartWhat has Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to do with the Ancient Greeks? A lot, according to Joshua Kulseth and David Larmour, investigating the connections between the Greek pankration and contemporary BJJ and MM
- Author: Kulseth, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: November 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0989537153
- Language: English
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Prehistoric: The Audacious and Improbable Origin Story of the Toronto Raptors
$18.00 Read moreThe improbable story of the birth of modern-day pro basketball in Toronto
In just over 25 years, the Toronto Raptors have evolved from an intrepid expansion team to an NBA champion. But for all the tr
- Author: Wong, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1637276583
- Language: English
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Summer of ’68: The Season That Changed Baseball — And America — Forever
$21.99 Add to cartThe extraordinary story of the 1968 baseball season–when the game was played to perfection even as the country was being pulled apart at the seams
From the beginning, ’68 was a season rocked by nati- Author: Wendel, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 12 2013
- ISBN10: 0306821834
- Language: English
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Norman Mailer. Neil Leifer. Howard L. Bingham. the Fight
$100.00 Read moreOn October 30, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire, at the virtual center of Africa, two boxers were paid five million dollars apiece to confront each other in an epic match. One was Muhammad Ali, who vowed to r
- Author: Mailer, Norman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: April 22 2022
- ISBN10: 3836591499
- Language: English
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The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World
$30.32 Add to cartRiveting and inspiring first-person stories of how “taking a knee” triggered an awakening in sports, from the celebrated sportswriter
“The Kaepernick Effect reveals that Colin Kaepernick’s story is big
- Author: Zirin, Dave
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1620976757
- Language: English
