Books: Sports
Currently listing articles 134-101:
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Book Review: The Chicago Cubs: Our Team, Our Dream: A Cub's Fan's Journey into Baseball's Greatest Romance by Tammy Lechner— Cub fans have uttered "wait 'til next year" every baseball season since 1945. Despite this, they remain loyal to their North Side heroes through thick
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Book Review: Explorers of the Infinite by Maria Coffey— Coffey reveals the spiritual and paranormal experiences of extreme athletes.
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Book Review: Netherland by Joseph O'Neill— A Field of Dreams cricket novel turns into a enigmatic crime story in Joseph O'Neill's Netherland
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Book Review: Near Death On The High Seas Edited by Cecil Kuhne— “...she is merely there, immense, powerful, and indifferent.”
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Book Review: Arnie & Jack - Palmer, Nicklaus, and Golf's Greatest Rivalry by Ian O'Connor— A new book about two legends of golf tries to show what made their rivalry so great - but for one reviewer misses the mark.
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Book Review: The Echoing Green - The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca, and The Shot Heard Round The World by Joshua Prager— A detailed look at the secrets behind the most famous home run in the history of baseball.
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Interview with Mark Frost, Author of The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever— About a simple golf match that becomes one of the most pivotal moments in the history of the game.
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Baseball, Poetry, and Nicaragua— They are all the same.
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How the Patriots Embody Christopher Price's Blueprint— "Remember that it's not about collecting talent, it's about assembling a team."
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Book Review: The Sport of Schutzhund - A Photographic Essay by B.J. and Peter Spanos— Move over, Underdog - here comes Schutzhund!
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Book Review - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments in Denver Broncos History by Adrian Dater— A life-long Broncos' fan reviews the latest book to discuss the team's history.
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Book Review: St. John of the Midfield by Gerasamo Maccagnone— A first-time novelist's valiant attempt at marrying the beauty of soccer with the beast of the Italian Mob.
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Book Review: Brutus' Journey Through The Buckeye State by Aimee Aryal— The perfect present for Ohio State fans.
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Book Review: Steroid Nation by Shaun Assael— The scandal started 30 years ago and has been growing the whole time.
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Book Review: Sonny Liston Was A Friend Of Mine by Thom Jones— The author tries to prove that even janitors can be artists. The operative word here is 'tries'!
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Book Review: Sudden Death by Michael Balkind— An interesting detour into a pro-sports world rarely captured in fiction.
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Book Review: Hurricane Season - A Coach, His Team, and Their Triumph in the Time of Katrina by Neal Thompson— How football helped a small school overcome one of the worst disasters in American history.
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Book Review: Roller Derby - The History and All-Girl Revival of the Greatest Sport on Wheels by Catherine Mabe— Rocky Mountain Rollergirl Catherine "Jayne Manslaughter" Mabe celebrates the past, present and future of the sport she loves.
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Book Review: The Bronx is Burning - 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City by Jonathan Mahler— Finally, a book about the Yankees that doesn't make one reader cringe.
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An Interview With Jeff Galloway, Olympic Athlete and Author— The best-selling author, Olympic athlete, Runners World columnist, and creator of the Galloway RUN-WALK Method has a brand new book: 'Galloway’s 5K/10K Running'.
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Book Review: Life's a Ball with Billy the Baseball by Mark Cervasio— A fun-filled book for young readers and older fans who want to share their love of America's greatest sport.
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Book Review: Sports Illustrated - Great Football Writing, edited by Rob Fleder— The venerable sporting magazine compiles some of its best work about the sport which has overtaken baseball as America's national pastime.
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Sammy Sosa is the Second Greatest Home Run Hitter of the Steroid Era— Baseball, steroids and home runs are forever tied together. It’s time to deal with it.
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Interview: Fox and Friends' Brian Kilmeade— I just said: How did you learn how to play, how did you learn how to act, how did you learn how to coach?
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Interview: Outside the Ring With Boxer Maureen Shea— She’s a poet, a musician, a girly-girl, and a vegetarian.
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Book Review: LeBron James - The Rise of a Star by David Lee Morgan, Jr.— Think you know NBA Superstar LeBron James? This will make you appreciate what "the Chosen One" can do even more.
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Book Review: Hate Mail From Cheerleaders by Rick Reilly— The Sports Illustrated columnist offers his funniest and most poignant columns from the past seven years.
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Q: What’s the Most Expensive Book at Amazon.com?— mental_floss question of the day.
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Interview with Scott Tinley, Author of Things To Be Survived (Part Two)— "To think about resistance is to think about acceptance. Not for sale or selling out."
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Book Review The Flying Scotsman by Graeme Obree— The true story of Graeme Obree's cycling career, including the setting of a new world hour record.
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Book Review: Mondo Lucha A Go Go by Dan Madigan— Dan Madigan takes you deep into the wild world of Mexican wrestling in this info-packed book filled with photos, bios, memorabilia and history.
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Book Review: Coach: Lessons On the Game of Life by Michael Lewis— The coach can only teach you if your Dad is willing to let you learn...
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Foulke Heroism— A Red Sox World Series hero retires with an angry elbow. The elbow has a right to be mad.
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An NBA Fairy Tale— I know this great joke. A man walks onto a basketball court... and the players turn against him.
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