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Loopers
A Caddie's Twenty-Year Golf Odyssey
Written by John Dunn
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $25.00
Loopers is a treasure of a memoir about the uncommon world of the club caddy and the improbable journey it resulted in for one man. It is a perennial account that touches on the animating force of the game itself, reminding us of the reason we continue to tee the ball... Read more >
A Caddie's Twenty-Year Golf Odyssey
Written by John Dunn
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $25.00
Loopers is a treasure of a memoir about the uncommon world of the club caddy and the improbable journey it resulted in for one man. It is a perennial account that touches on the animating force of the game itself, reminding us of the reason we continue to tee the ball... Read more >
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Loopers
A Caddie's Twenty-Year Golf Odyssey
Written by John Dunn
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $12.99
Loopers is a treasure of a memoir about the uncommon world of the club caddy and the improbable journey it resulted in for one man. It is a perennial account that touches on the animating force of the game itself, reminding us of the reason we continue to tee the ball... Read more >
A Caddie's Twenty-Year Golf Odyssey
Written by John Dunn
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $12.99
Loopers is a treasure of a memoir about the uncommon world of the club caddy and the improbable journey it resulted in for one man. It is a perennial account that touches on the animating force of the game itself, reminding us of the reason we continue to tee the ball... Read more >
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Dangerous Games
Ice Climbing, Storm Kayaking, and Other Adventures from the Extreme Edge of Spor ts
Written by Andrew Todhunter
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2013
Price: $8.99
In this elegant and exciting collection Andrew Todhunter, himself an extreme sportsman and the author of the critically acclaimed Fall of the Phantom Lord, takes readers along as men and women push themselves to their limits in the world’s riskiest sports.
In several of these essays Todhunter writes from... Read more >
Ice Climbing, Storm Kayaking, and Other Adventures from the Extreme Edge of Spor ts
Written by Andrew Todhunter
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2013
Price: $8.99
In this elegant and exciting collection Andrew Todhunter, himself an extreme sportsman and the author of the critically acclaimed Fall of the Phantom Lord, takes readers along as men and women push themselves to their limits in the world’s riskiest sports.
In several of these essays Todhunter writes from... Read more >
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Hand-Me-Down Dream (Essay)
Father, Son, and the Burden of Basketball
Written by George Dohrmann
Format: eBook, 36 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $0.99
In this eBook exclusive essay, Pulitzer Prize–winning sports journalist George Dohrmann follows a father and son separated by prison bars—but bonded by their pursuit of basketball glory.
The dream of playing big-time basketball never came true for Bruce Nelson, so he passed it on to his son Roberto. His every... Read more >
Father, Son, and the Burden of Basketball
Written by George Dohrmann
Format: eBook, 36 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $0.99
In this eBook exclusive essay, Pulitzer Prize–winning sports journalist George Dohrmann follows a father and son separated by prison bars—but bonded by their pursuit of basketball glory.
The dream of playing big-time basketball never came true for Bruce Nelson, so he passed it on to his son Roberto. His every... Read more >
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Sports Illustrated Hockey Talk
From Hat Tricks to Headshots and Everything In-Between
Written by Sports Illustrated
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $22.99
From the leader in sports writing comes a collection of stories that examine just about every aspect of the game: the players, the league and what it means to the fans.
For true hockey fans, there is no sport as great, as fast, as competitive, or as important as their beloved... Read more >
From Hat Tricks to Headshots and Everything In-Between
Written by Sports Illustrated
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $22.99
From the leader in sports writing comes a collection of stories that examine just about every aspect of the game: the players, the league and what it means to the fans.
For true hockey fans, there is no sport as great, as fast, as competitive, or as important as their beloved... Read more >
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Sports Illustrated Hockey Talk
From Hat Tricks to Headshots and Everything In-Between
Written by Sports Illustrated
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $17.99
From the leader in sports writing comes a collection of stories that examine just about every aspect of the game: the players, the league and what it means to the fans.
For true hockey fans, there is no sport as great, as fast, as competitive, or as important as their beloved... Read more >
From Hat Tricks to Headshots and Everything In-Between
Written by Sports Illustrated
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $17.99
From the leader in sports writing comes a collection of stories that examine just about every aspect of the game: the players, the league and what it means to the fans.
For true hockey fans, there is no sport as great, as fast, as competitive, or as important as their beloved... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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The Only Game in Town
Sportswriting from The New Yorker
Edited by David Remnick
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2011
Price: $18.00
Sportswriting from The New Yorker
Edited by David Remnick
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2011
Price: $18.00
For more than eighty years, The New Yorker has been home to some of the toughest, wisest, funniest, and most moving sportswriting around. The Only Game in Town is a classic collection from a magazine with a deep bench, including such authors as Roger Angell, John Updike, Don DeLillo, and John...
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Golf Dreams
Writings on Golf
Written by John Updike
Illustrated by Paul Szep
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: February 16, 2011
Price: $13.99
John Updike wrote about the lure of golf for five decades, from the first time he teed off at the age of twenty-five until his final rounds at the age of seventy-six. Golf Dreams collects the most memorable of his golf pieces, high-spirited evidence of his learning, playing, and living for... Read more >
Writings on Golf
Written by John Updike
Illustrated by Paul Szep
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: February 16, 2011
Price: $13.99
John Updike wrote about the lure of golf for five decades, from the first time he teed off at the age of twenty-five until his final rounds at the age of seventy-six. Golf Dreams collects the most memorable of his golf pieces, high-spirited evidence of his learning, playing, and living for... Read more >
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The Only Game in Town
Sportswriting from The New Yorker
Edited by David Remnick
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $30.00
For more than eighty years, The New Yorker has been home to some of the toughest, wisest, funniest, and most moving sportswriting around. Featuring brilliant reportage and analysis, profound profiles of pros, and tributes to the amateur in all of us, The Only Game in Town is a classic collection from... Read more >
Sportswriting from The New Yorker
Edited by David Remnick
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $30.00
For more than eighty years, The New Yorker has been home to some of the toughest, wisest, funniest, and most moving sportswriting around. Featuring brilliant reportage and analysis, profound profiles of pros, and tributes to the amateur in all of us, The Only Game in Town is a classic collection from... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Only Game in Town
Sportswriting from The New Yorker
Edited by David Remnick
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $13.99
For more than eighty years, The New Yorker has been home to some of the toughest, wisest, funniest, and most moving sportswriting around. The Only Game in Town is a classic collection from a magazine with a deep bench, including such authors as Roger Angell, John Updike, Don DeLillo, and John McPhee. Hall of Famer... Read more >
Sportswriting from The New Yorker
Edited by David Remnick
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $13.99
For more than eighty years, The New Yorker has been home to some of the toughest, wisest, funniest, and most moving sportswriting around. The Only Game in Town is a classic collection from a magazine with a deep bench, including such authors as Roger Angell, John Updike, Don DeLillo, and John McPhee. Hall of Famer... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Sports from Hell
My Search for the World's Dumbest Competition
Written by Rick Reilly
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: May 18, 2010
Price: $26.00
The most popular sports columnist in America puts his life (and dignity) on the line in search of the most absurd sporting event on the planet.
What is the stupidest sport in the world? Not content to pontificate from the sidelines, Rick Reilly set out on a global journey—with stops in Australia... Read more >
My Search for the World's Dumbest Competition
Written by Rick Reilly
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: May 18, 2010
Price: $26.00
The most popular sports columnist in America puts his life (and dignity) on the line in search of the most absurd sporting event on the planet.
What is the stupidest sport in the world? Not content to pontificate from the sidelines, Rick Reilly set out on a global journey—with stops in Australia... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Fathers & Daughters & Sports
Featuring Jim Craig, Chris Evert, Mike Golic, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Sally Jenkins, Steve Rushin, Bill Simmons, and others
Written by ESPN
Introduction by Rebecca Lobo
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $14.99
Thank heavens for Title IX. That dusty piece of 1970s legislation not only made an entire generation of American women fitter and stronger and more self-confident, but it also gave fathers throughout the country a greater opportunity to bond with their daughters.
The evidence fills the covers of this collection of... Read more >
Featuring Jim Craig, Chris Evert, Mike Golic, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Sally Jenkins, Steve Rushin, Bill Simmons, and others
Written by ESPN
Introduction by Rebecca Lobo
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $14.99
Thank heavens for Title IX. That dusty piece of 1970s legislation not only made an entire generation of American women fitter and stronger and more self-confident, but it also gave fathers throughout the country a greater opportunity to bond with their daughters.
The evidence fills the covers of this collection of... Read more >
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hardcover.
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Fathers & Daughters & Sports
Featuring Jim Craig, Chris Evert, Mike Golic, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Sally Jenkins, Steve Rushin, Bill Simmons, and others
Written by ESPN
Introduction by Rebecca Lobo
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $25.00
Thank heavens for Title IX. That dusty piece of 1970s legislation not only made an entire generation of American women fitter and stronger and more self-confident, but it also gave fathers throughout the country a greater opportunity to bond with their daughters.
The evidence fills the covers of this collection of... Read more >
Featuring Jim Craig, Chris Evert, Mike Golic, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Sally Jenkins, Steve Rushin, Bill Simmons, and others
Written by ESPN
Introduction by Rebecca Lobo
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $25.00
Thank heavens for Title IX. That dusty piece of 1970s legislation not only made an entire generation of American women fitter and stronger and more self-confident, but it also gave fathers throughout the country a greater opportunity to bond with their daughters.
The evidence fills the covers of this collection of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Sports from Hell
Written by Rick Reilly
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $11.99
The most popular sports columnist in America puts his life (and dignity) on the line in search of the most absurd sporting event on the planet.
What is the stupidest sport in the world? Not content to pontificate from the sidelines, Rick Reilly set out on a global journey—with stops in Australia... Read more >
Written by Rick Reilly
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $11.99
The most popular sports columnist in America puts his life (and dignity) on the line in search of the most absurd sporting event on the planet.
What is the stupidest sport in the world? Not content to pontificate from the sidelines, Rick Reilly set out on a global journey—with stops in Australia... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
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Sports from Hell
My Search for the World's Dumbest Competition
Written by Rick Reilly
Read by Mike Chamberlain
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $30.00
The most popular sports columnist in America puts his life (and dignity) on the line in search of the most absurd sporting event on the planet.
What is the stupidest sport in the world? Not content to pontificate from the sidelines, Rick Reilly set out on a global journey—with stops in Australia... Read more >
My Search for the World's Dumbest Competition
Written by Rick Reilly
Read by Mike Chamberlain
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $30.00
The most popular sports columnist in America puts his life (and dignity) on the line in search of the most absurd sporting event on the planet.
What is the stupidest sport in the world? Not content to pontificate from the sidelines, Rick Reilly set out on a global journey—with stops in Australia... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
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Sports from Hell
My Search for the World's Dumbest Competition
Written by Rick Reilly
Read by Mike Chamberlain
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $15.00
The most popular sports columnist in America puts his life (and dignity) on the line in search of the most absurd sporting event on the planet.
What is the stupidest sport in the world? Not content to pontificate from the sidelines, Rick Reilly set out on a global journey—with stops in Australia... Read more >
My Search for the World's Dumbest Competition
Written by Rick Reilly
Read by Mike Chamberlain
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $15.00
The most popular sports columnist in America puts his life (and dignity) on the line in search of the most absurd sporting event on the planet.
What is the stupidest sport in the world? Not content to pontificate from the sidelines, Rick Reilly set out on a global journey—with stops in Australia... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
eBook,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
The Right Set
A Tennis Anthology
Written by Caryl Phillips
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2010
Price: $13.99
From stately lawns and gentlemen players to Andre Agassi and Venus Williams: 65 great writings on tennis that chronicle the transformation of the sport.
Since its inception, tennis has embraced traditions more patrician than plebeian. But times--and tennis--have changed. The game once reserved for royalty has moved from estate lawns to the... Read more >
A Tennis Anthology
Written by Caryl Phillips
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2010
Price: $13.99
From stately lawns and gentlemen players to Andre Agassi and Venus Williams: 65 great writings on tennis that chronicle the transformation of the sport.
Since its inception, tennis has embraced traditions more patrician than plebeian. But times--and tennis--have changed. The game once reserved for royalty has moved from estate lawns to the... Read more >
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Mike and Mike's Rules for Sports and Life
Written by Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic and Andrew Chaikivsky
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 6, 2010
Price: $26.00
Every morning more than three million listeners tune in to Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio—mostly to hear the Mikes’ (Golic and Greenberg) riotous back-and-forth on everything from why baseball managers should dress like real people to how to lose a fight with the wife with dignity. In... Read more >
Written by Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic and Andrew Chaikivsky
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 6, 2010
Price: $26.00
Every morning more than three million listeners tune in to Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio—mostly to hear the Mikes’ (Golic and Greenberg) riotous back-and-forth on everything from why baseball managers should dress like real people to how to lose a fight with the wife with dignity. In... Read more >
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Fathers & Sons & Sports
Great Writing by Buzz Bissinger, John Ed Bradley, Bill Geist, Donald Hall, Mark Kriegel, Norman Maclean, and others
Introduction by Mike Lupica
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 26, 2009
Price: $15.00
For generations, fathers and sons have used the language of sports to work out their differences and express their love for each other. Fathers & Sons & Sports presents a powerful lineup of real-world stories about fathers and sons playing one-on-one in the game of life, written by such great sportswriters... Read more >
Great Writing by Buzz Bissinger, John Ed Bradley, Bill Geist, Donald Hall, Mark Kriegel, Norman Maclean, and others
Introduction by Mike Lupica
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 26, 2009
Price: $15.00
For generations, fathers and sons have used the language of sports to work out their differences and express their love for each other. Fathers & Sons & Sports presents a powerful lineup of real-world stories about fathers and sons playing one-on-one in the game of life, written by such great sportswriters... Read more >
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Fathers & Sons & Sports
Great Writing by Buzz Bissinger, John Ed Bradley, Bill Geist, Donald Hall, Mark Kriegel, Norman Maclean, and others
Introduction by Mike Lupica
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: May 26, 2009
Price: $11.99
For generations, fathers and sons have used the language of sports to work out their differences and express their love for each other. Fathers & Sons & Sports presents a powerful lineup of real-world stories about fathers and sons playing one-on-one in the game of life, written by such great sportswriters... Read more >
Great Writing by Buzz Bissinger, John Ed Bradley, Bill Geist, Donald Hall, Mark Kriegel, Norman Maclean, and others
Introduction by Mike Lupica
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: May 26, 2009
Price: $11.99
For generations, fathers and sons have used the language of sports to work out their differences and express their love for each other. Fathers & Sons & Sports presents a powerful lineup of real-world stories about fathers and sons playing one-on-one in the game of life, written by such great sportswriters... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport
With random thoughts from childhood. And with random thoughts from times other than childhood . . .
Written by Kenny Mayne
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $15.00
Part sports dictionary, part memoir, part factual, and part completely made up–a history of the world’s most beloved sports.
Kenny Mayne is the little man who seems to live inside your TV. From hosting ESPN’s SportsCenter since 1995, announcing major events like the Kentucky Derby, his weekly pregame segments for ESPN’s Sunday... Read more >
With random thoughts from childhood. And with random thoughts from times other than childhood . . .
Written by Kenny Mayne
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $15.00
Part sports dictionary, part memoir, part factual, and part completely made up–a history of the world’s most beloved sports.
Kenny Mayne is the little man who seems to live inside your TV. From hosting ESPN’s SportsCenter since 1995, announcing major events like the Kentucky Derby, his weekly pregame segments for ESPN’s Sunday... Read more >
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eBook.
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An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport
. . .and Other Random Thoughts from Childhood to Fatherhood
Written by Kenny Mayne
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 22, 2008
Price: $9.99
Painstakingly faithful to its title, Kenny Mayne’s book is neither complete nor is it particularly accurate. Ostensibly an A-to-Z encyclopedia of all known sports, many sports are never mentioned. There’s not a word about rugby, volleyball, Roller Derby, swimming, or (shockingly) Basque pelota or shinty. There is a chapter about sliding... Read more >
. . .and Other Random Thoughts from Childhood to Fatherhood
Written by Kenny Mayne
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 22, 2008
Price: $9.99
Painstakingly faithful to its title, Kenny Mayne’s book is neither complete nor is it particularly accurate. Ostensibly an A-to-Z encyclopedia of all known sports, many sports are never mentioned. There’s not a word about rugby, volleyball, Roller Derby, swimming, or (shockingly) Basque pelota or shinty. There is a chapter about sliding... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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ESPN Guide to Psycho Fan Behavior
Written by Warren St. John
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2007
Price: $14.95
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Written by Warren St. John
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2007
Price: $14.95
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Parting Shots From the World of Sports
Edited by Steve Wulf
Foreword by Mike Greenberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 152 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $19.95
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Parting Shots From the World of Sports
Edited by Steve Wulf
Foreword by Mike Greenberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 152 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $19.95
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The Mad Dog 100
The Greatest Sports Arguments of All Time
Written by Chris Russo and Allen St. John
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2004
Price: $12.95
The Greatest Sports Arguments of All Time
Written by Chris Russo and Allen St. John
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2004
Price: $12.95
The essential book for any sports fan, from one of the reigning kings ofsports talk radio, Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo
Sports fans
Which was the greater achievement, Ted Williams’s .406 season or Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak?
Who would dominate the ultimate Pebble Beach showdown? Ben Hogan or Tiger Woods?
Who was really the most...
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