So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets―the Best Worst Team in Sports is a baseball history like no other, covering the team that wins when they should lose and loses when they should win. There is no team quite like the Mets in
With WWE on the “road to WrestleMania”, this is a great time to dig into some books about the world of sports entertainment. 2021 will bring the 37th edition of WrestleMania and the company is riding higher than ever before with television contracts in the billions. There are many great
Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty by Jeff Pearlman is an in-depth look into the 1996-2004 Los Angeles Lakers, an era filled with multiple championships and even more drama. View on Amazon Throughout the entire existence of current game, there have never been
Drew Brees announced his retirement after the 2020 season, ending one of the most incredible quarterback careers in NFL history. What better time to take a look at some books about this great quarterbacks career. Who is Drew Brees? Drew Brees was an American football player best known for his
Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond by Jim Ross is a candid memoir from the voice of a generation of wrestling fans. On the off chance that you’ve gotten a broadcast wrestling match in the previous THIRTY years, you’ve likely heard Jim Ross’ guttural Oklahoma
When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi by David Maraniss is the story of the great coach’s life as he went from Brooklyn to Fordham to Army and then to Green Bay where he became one of the greatest coaches in NFL history. When Pride Still Mattered is
Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success by Phil Jackson is the Zen Master’s tale of how leadership, winning championships and spirituality come together. View on Amazon During his celebrated career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson won more championships than any coach in
March is Women’s History Month and that means a great time to dig in to some excellent women in sports books. This list has a little bit of everything from female athlete autobiographies to coaches to sports media. However, this list shouldn’t be treated as definitive, but more like a
Wait Till Next Year is the story of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Brooklyn immigrant family and the role that baseball played in their lives in the 1940s and 50s, up until the Dodgers left Brooklyn. View on Amazon By the honor winning creator of Team of Rivals and The Bully Pulpit,
Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between by Eric Nusbaum is a story about baseball, family, the American Dream, and the fight to turn Los Angeles into a big league city. View on Amazon Dodger Stadium is an American symbol. The account of how it
