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Cinderella Man
By Jeremy Schaap
An exceptional tale of perseverance in the face of hardship, Cinderella Man is the riveting chronicle of James J. Braddock, the ultimate white knight in the sport of boxing, whose story was brought to the big screen by the director Ron Howard and starred Russell Crowe. This acclaimed account of Braddock’s achievement against all odds is destined to have a permanent place on the bookshelves of sports and history fans alike.
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Faithful
By Stewart O'Nan and Stephen King
Early in 2004, two writers and Red Sox fans, Stewart O'Nan and Stephen King, decided to chronicle the upcoming season, one of the most hotly anticipated in baseball history. They would sit together at Fenway. They would exchange emails. They would write about the games. And, as it happened, they would witness the greatest comeback ever in sports, and the first Red Sox championship in eighty-six years. What began as a Sox-filled summer like any other is now a fan's notes for the ages.
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The Greatest Game Ever Played
By Mark Frost
This fascinating narrative chronicles the birth of the modern game of golf, told through the story of Harry Vardon and Francis Ouimet. These men, in pursuit of their passion for a sport that had captivated them since childhood, lifted themselves out of their lives of common poverty and broke down rigid social barriers, transforming the game of golf into one of the most widely played sports in the world today.
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The Last Season
By Phil Jackson
One of the most successful coaches in the history of basketball offers his personal account of a season like no other - the extraordinary ride of the 2003-2004 LA Lakers.
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Praying For Gil Hodges
By Thomas Oliphant
Praying for Gil Hodges is built around a detailed reconstruction of the seventh game of the 1955 World Series, which has always been on the short list of great moments in baseball history. Pitch by pitch and inning by inning, Thomas Oliphant re-creates a relentless melodrama that shows this final game in its true glory. As we move through the game, he builds a remarkable history of the hapless “Bums,” exploring the Dodgers' status as a national team, based on their fabled history of near-triumphs and disasters that made them classic underdogs. He weaves into this brilliant recounting a winning memoir of his own family's story and their time together on that fateful day that the final game was played.
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The Rivals
By Johnette Howard
Over sixteen years, Evert and Navratilova met on the tennis court a record eighty times - sixty times in finals. At their first match in Akron, Ohio, in 1973, Chris was an eighteen-year-old star and Martina, two years her junior, was an unknown Czech making her first trip to the United States. It would be two years before Martina finally beat Chris, and another year - after Navratilova had dropped twenty pounds and improved her game—before Evert publicly betrayed her first hint of concern. By then, the women were already friends and sometimes doubles partners, and the colorful story that would captivate the world was under way.
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Sunday Morning Quarterback: Going Deep on the Strategies, Myths, and Mayhem of Football
By Phil Simms
A behind-the-plays and beyond-the-statistics look at football, from CBS’s NFL analyst and former football star, Phil Simms. This should be required reading for anyone who loves football!
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When the Tuna Went Down to Texas: The Story of Bill Parcells and the Dallas Cowboys
By Mike Shropshire
An inside, gonzo look at Bill Parcells’ high profile first season as head coach of Jerry Jones’ Dallas Cowboys.
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