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Lefty
An American Odyssey
Written by Vernona Gomez and Lawrence Goldstone
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $16.00
“An intimate portrait of a man whose life off the field was equally as captivating as his unparalleled baseball career.”—Yankees Magazine
Born into a small-town California ranching family, Vernon “Lefty” Gomez rode his powerful arm and jocular personality across America to the dugout of the New York Yankees. Lefty... Read more >
An American Odyssey
Written by Vernona Gomez and Lawrence Goldstone
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $16.00
“An intimate portrait of a man whose life off the field was equally as captivating as his unparalleled baseball career.”—Yankees Magazine
Born into a small-town California ranching family, Vernon “Lefty” Gomez rode his powerful arm and jocular personality across America to the dugout of the New York Yankees. Lefty... Read more >
Team Talk
Sporting Words and their Origins
Written by Julian Walker
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $7.95
Have you ever wondered why we talk about a handicap in sport, why boxing is so named, or whether a dumbbell ever rang? It was during the nineteenth century that hitherto local games with relaxed and varying rules were formalized. During this process terminologies developed to refer to these new standardized... Read more >
Sporting Words and their Origins
Written by Julian Walker
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $7.95
Have you ever wondered why we talk about a handicap in sport, why boxing is so named, or whether a dumbbell ever rang? It was during the nineteenth century that hitherto local games with relaxed and varying rules were formalized. During this process terminologies developed to refer to these new standardized... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
Next Goal Wins!
The Ultimate NHL Historian's One-of-a-Kind Collection of Hockey Trivia
Written by Liam Maguire
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $13.99
The Ultimate NHL Historian's One-of-a-Kind Collection of Hockey Trivia
Written by Liam Maguire
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $13.99
Fun, always surprising and a hockey lover's treasure chest of the little-known facts that shaped the game, you cannot Google the stuff that Liam Maguire shares in this entertaining little book. About 30% updated, revised and renewed from Liam’s 2001 trivia collection, What's the Score?, First Goal Wins! includes a foreword...
Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Next Goal Wins!
The Ultimate NHL Historian's One-of-a-Kind Collection of Hockey Trivia
Written by Liam Maguire
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $19.50
The Ultimate NHL Historian's One-of-a-Kind Collection of Hockey Trivia
Written by Liam Maguire
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $19.50
Fun, always surprising and a hockey lover's treasure chest of the little-known facts that shaped the game, you cannot Google the stuff that Liam Maguire shares in this entertaining little book. About 30% updated, revised and renewed from Liam’s 2001 trivia collection, What's the Score?, First Goal Wins! includes a foreword...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Showdown
JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins
Written by Thomas Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $18.00
A classic NFL/civil rights story—the showdown between the Washington Redskins and the Kennedy White House
In Showdown, sports historian Thomas G. Smith captures a striking moment, one that held sweeping implications not only for one team’s racist policy but also for a sharply segregated city and for the nation as... Read more >
JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins
Written by Thomas Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $18.00
A classic NFL/civil rights story—the showdown between the Washington Redskins and the Kennedy White House
In Showdown, sports historian Thomas G. Smith captures a striking moment, one that held sweeping implications not only for one team’s racist policy but also for a sharply segregated city and for the nation as... Read more >
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Haunts of the Black Masseur
The Swimmer as Hero
Written by Charles Sprawson
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: August 29, 2012
Price: $16.99
In a masterful work of cultural history, Charles Sprawson, himself an obsessional swimmer and fluent diver, explores the meaning that different cultures have attached to water, and the search for the springs of classical antiquity.
In nineteenth-century England bathing was thought to be an instrument of social and moral reform, while in... Read more >
The Swimmer as Hero
Written by Charles Sprawson
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: August 29, 2012
Price: $16.99
In a masterful work of cultural history, Charles Sprawson, himself an obsessional swimmer and fluent diver, explores the meaning that different cultures have attached to water, and the search for the springs of classical antiquity.
In nineteenth-century England bathing was thought to be an instrument of social and moral reform, while in... Read more >
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Lefty
An American Odyssey
Written by Vernona Gomez and Lawrence Goldstone
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $28.00
A baseball legend distinguished by his competitive nature, quick wit, and generous spirit, Lefty Gomez was one of a kind. Told for the first time, this is his remarkable story.
Born to a small-town California ranching family, the youngest of eight, Vernon “Lefty” Gomez rode his powerful arm and jocular... Read more >
An American Odyssey
Written by Vernona Gomez and Lawrence Goldstone
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $28.00
A baseball legend distinguished by his competitive nature, quick wit, and generous spirit, Lefty Gomez was one of a kind. Told for the first time, this is his remarkable story.
Born to a small-town California ranching family, the youngest of eight, Vernon “Lefty” Gomez rode his powerful arm and jocular... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Lefty
An American Odyssey
Written by Vernona Gomez and Lawrence Goldstone
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $11.99
“An intimate portrait of a man whose life off the field was equally as captivating as his unparalleled baseball career.”—Yankees Magazine
Born into a small-town California ranching family, Vernon “Lefty” Gomez rode his powerful arm and jocular personality across America to the dugout of the New York Yankees. Lefty... Read more >
An American Odyssey
Written by Vernona Gomez and Lawrence Goldstone
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $11.99
“An intimate portrait of a man whose life off the field was equally as captivating as his unparalleled baseball career.”—Yankees Magazine
Born into a small-town California ranching family, Vernon “Lefty” Gomez rode his powerful arm and jocular personality across America to the dugout of the New York Yankees. Lefty... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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American Triumvirate
Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf
Written by James Dodson
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $28.95
In this celebration of three legendary champions on the centennial of their births in 1912, one of the most accomplished and successful writers about the game explains the circumstances that made each of them so singularly brilliant and how they, in turn, saved not only the professional tour but modern golf... Read more >
Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf
Written by James Dodson
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $28.95
In this celebration of three legendary champions on the centennial of their births in 1912, one of the most accomplished and successful writers about the game explains the circumstances that made each of them so singularly brilliant and how they, in turn, saved not only the professional tour but modern golf... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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American Triumvirate
Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf
Written by James Dodson
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $12.99
In this celebration of three legendary champions on the centennial of their births in 1912, one of the most accomplished and successful writers about the game explains the circumstances that made each of them so singularly brilliant and how they, in turn, saved not only the professional tour but modern golf... Read more >
Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf
Written by James Dodson
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $12.99
In this celebration of three legendary champions on the centennial of their births in 1912, one of the most accomplished and successful writers about the game explains the circumstances that made each of them so singularly brilliant and how they, in turn, saved not only the professional tour but modern golf... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Football
A Short History
Written by Matthew Taylor
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $12.95
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A Short History
Written by Matthew Taylor
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $12.95
Read more >
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Team Talk
Sporting Words and their Origins
Written by Julian Walker
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $14.95
Have you ever wondered why we talk about a handicap in sport, why boxing is so named, or whether a dumbbell ever rang? It was during the nineteenth century that hitherto local games with relaxed and varying rules were formalized. During this process terminologies developed to refer to these new standardized... Read more >
Sporting Words and their Origins
Written by Julian Walker
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $14.95
Have you ever wondered why we talk about a handicap in sport, why boxing is so named, or whether a dumbbell ever rang? It was during the nineteenth century that hitherto local games with relaxed and varying rules were formalized. During this process terminologies developed to refer to these new standardized... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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London Olympics: 1908 and 1948
Written by Jamie Hampton
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $12.95
The fourth Olympic Games of the modern era, in 1908, were set to be held in Rome, but when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 1906, Italy needed all her resources to rebuild Naples. London stepped up to the plate and with only two years to prepare the British Olympic organisers pulled off... Read more >
Written by Jamie Hampton
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $12.95
The fourth Olympic Games of the modern era, in 1908, were set to be held in Rome, but when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 1906, Italy needed all her resources to rebuild Naples. London stepped up to the plate and with only two years to prepare the British Olympic organisers pulled off... Read more >
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Royal and Ancient
Blood, Sweat, and Fear at the British Open
Written by Curt Sampson
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2011
Price: $12.99
For a century and a half, the best golf players in the world have, once a year, attempted to beat the weather, the pressure, and one of the toughest courses in the world at the British Open. In Royal and Ancient, Curt Sampson, the bestselling author of Hogan and The Masters... Read more >
Blood, Sweat, and Fear at the British Open
Written by Curt Sampson
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2011
Price: $12.99
For a century and a half, the best golf players in the world have, once a year, attempted to beat the weather, the pressure, and one of the toughest courses in the world at the British Open. In Royal and Ancient, Curt Sampson, the bestselling author of Hogan and The Masters... Read more >
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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...
Read more >
The Rebel League
The Short and Unruly Life of the World Hockey Association
Written by Ed Willes
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 18, 2011
Price: $13.99
The wildest seven years in the history of hockey
The Rebel League celebrates the good, the bad, and the ugly of the fabled WHA. It is filled with hilarious anecdotes, behind the scenes dealing, and simply great hockey. It tells the story of Bobby Hull’s astonishing million-dollar signing, which helped launch the... Read more >
The Short and Unruly Life of the World Hockey Association
Written by Ed Willes
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 18, 2011
Price: $13.99
The wildest seven years in the history of hockey
The Rebel League celebrates the good, the bad, and the ugly of the fabled WHA. It is filled with hilarious anecdotes, behind the scenes dealing, and simply great hockey. It tells the story of Bobby Hull’s astonishing million-dollar signing, which helped launch the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Book of Basketball
The NBA According to The Sports Guy
Written by Bill Simmons
Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
On Sale: December 7, 2010
Price: $18.00
Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell
Newly updated with fresh takes on LeBron, Kobe, the Celtics & more*
*Including even more footnotes!
Bill Simmons, the wildly opinionated and thoroughly entertaining hoops addict known to millions as ESPN.com’s Sports Guy, has written the definitive book on the past, present, and future of the... Read more >
The NBA According to The Sports Guy
Written by Bill Simmons
Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
On Sale: December 7, 2010
Price: $18.00
Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell
Newly updated with fresh takes on LeBron, Kobe, the Celtics & more*
*Including even more footnotes!
Bill Simmons, the wildly opinionated and thoroughly entertaining hoops addict known to millions as ESPN.com’s Sports Guy, has written the definitive book on the past, present, and future of the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Masters
Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia
Written by Curt Sampson
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 10, 2010
Price: $13.99
The Masters golf tournament weaves a hypnotic spell. It is the toughest ticket in sports, with black-market tickets selling for $10,000 and more. Success at Augusta National breeds legends, while failure can overshadow even the most brilliant of careers. But as Curt Sampson, author of the bestselling Hogan, reveals in The... Read more >
Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia
Written by Curt Sampson
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 10, 2010
Price: $13.99
The Masters golf tournament weaves a hypnotic spell. It is the toughest ticket in sports, with black-market tickets selling for $10,000 and more. Success at Augusta National breeds legends, while failure can overshadow even the most brilliant of careers. But as Curt Sampson, author of the bestselling Hogan, reveals in The... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Catch
One Play, Two Dynasties, and the Game That Changed the NFL
Written by Gary Myers
Foreword by Joe Montana
Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $15.99
How many great catches have there been in the history of the NFL? Hundreds? Thousands? Mention "The Catch,"though, and fans will think of only one: Joe Montana to Dwight Clark, the NFC Championship game, the Dallas Cowboys vs. the San Francisco 49ers, January 10, 1982. It changed the game and The... Read more >
One Play, Two Dynasties, and the Game That Changed the NFL
Written by Gary Myers
Foreword by Joe Montana
Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $15.99
How many great catches have there been in the history of the NFL? Hundreds? Thousands? Mention "The Catch,"though, and fans will think of only one: Joe Montana to Dwight Clark, the NFC Championship game, the Dallas Cowboys vs. the San Francisco 49ers, January 10, 1982. It changed the game and The... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Perfect Rivals
Written by Jeff Carroll
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2010
Price: $14.99
College football is a sport of rivalries—and no two teams were ever more perfectly matched than the Miami Hurricanes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In Perfect Rivals, award-winning sportswriter Jeff Carroll takes us inside the locker rooms and onto the gridiron, as two storied programs with very different cultures battle... Read more >
Written by Jeff Carroll
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2010
Price: $14.99
College football is a sport of rivalries—and no two teams were ever more perfectly matched than the Miami Hurricanes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In Perfect Rivals, award-winning sportswriter Jeff Carroll takes us inside the locker rooms and onto the gridiron, as two storied programs with very different cultures battle... 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 >
Also available as an
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.
Jerry West
The Life and Legend of a Basketball Icon
Written by Roland Lazenby
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: February 23, 2010
Price: $16.99
When in 1969 the NBA sought an emblem for the league, one man was chosen above all as the icon of his sport: Jerry West. Silhouetted in white against a red-and-blue backdrop, West’s signature gait and left-handed dribble are still the NBA logo, seen on merchandise around the world.
In this... Read more >
The Life and Legend of a Basketball Icon
Written by Roland Lazenby
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: February 23, 2010
Price: $16.99
When in 1969 the NBA sought an emblem for the league, one man was chosen above all as the icon of his sport: Jerry West. Silhouetted in white against a red-and-blue backdrop, West’s signature gait and left-handed dribble are still the NBA logo, seen on merchandise around the world.
In this... Read more >
The First Star
Red Grange and the Barnstorming Tour That Launched the NFL
Written by Lars Anderson
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $14.99
In The First Star, acclaimed sports writer Lars Anderson recounts the thrilling story of Harold "Red" Grange, the Galloping Ghost of the gridiron, and the wild barnstorming tour that earned professional football a place in the American sporting firmament.
Red Grange's on-field exploits at the University of Illinois, so vividly depicted in... Read more >
Red Grange and the Barnstorming Tour That Launched the NFL
Written by Lars Anderson
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $14.99
In The First Star, acclaimed sports writer Lars Anderson recounts the thrilling story of Harold "Red" Grange, the Galloping Ghost of the gridiron, and the wild barnstorming tour that earned professional football a place in the American sporting firmament.
Red Grange's on-field exploits at the University of Illinois, so vividly depicted in... Read more >
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The Book of Basketball
The NBA According to The Sports Guy
Written by Bill Simmons
Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $13.99
The NBA According to The Sports Guy
Written by Bill Simmons
Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $13.99
Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell
Newly updated with fresh takes on LeBron, Kobe, the Celtics & more*
*Including even more footnotes!
Bill Simmons, the wildly opinionated and thoroughly entertaining hoops addict known to millions as ESPN.com’s Sports Guy, has written the definitive book on the past, present, and future...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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