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Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between
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 came to be goes a […]
New Sports Books: March 2021
March 2021 looks like it is going to be a fantastic month for new sports books. With baseball season nearing, we have a ton of new releases about that game. Our Team, about the Cleveland Indians’ integration and quest for the World Series, looks like an especially good read. There is also So Many Ways to […]
Inside the NBA Bubble: A Championship Season under Quarantine
Inside the NBA Bubble: A Championship Season under Quarantine is an inside look at the 2020-2021 NBA Champion Lakers from someone who was inside. Jared Dudley wrote this book with Carvell Wallace and it can be read in a single-sitting. View on Amazon Omens in China. The tragic passing of Kobe Bryant and his daughter […]
The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell
The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell by Lonnie Wheeler is the first full biography of the star Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer. View on Amazon James “Cool Papa” Bell (1903-1991) was a black baseball legend, a lightning fast switch hitter was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. Bell’s […]
KG: A to Z: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between
KG: A to Z: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between by Kevin Garnett with David Ritz is the raw and original story of one of the most raw and original stars in the NBA. View on Amazon Kevin Garnett is one of the most dominant players in the basketball game. He […]
Michael Jordan Biography – What to Read
Michael Jordan is one of the most recognizable athletes in the history of sports and his legacy of dominance and winning championships is unmatched in the world of sports. The Last Dance on ESPN showed the world exactly the kind of player he was and the competitor that he still is. In addition to that […]
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth by Mike Tyson is a no-holds-barred accounting of the life of one of the most controversial and infamous American icons. Philosopher, Broadway main event, warrior, criminal—Mike Tyson has challenged generalizations, assumptions, and a great deal of standard way of thinking during his thirty years in the public eye. Tormented as a […]
A Life Well Played: My Stories
A Life Well Played: My Stories by Arnold Palmer is the final word from the man himself, and a great guide for how to conduct yourself in your own life. This book is Palmer’s splitting blessing to the world – a secret stash of engaging accounts and immortal intelligence that perusers, golf players and non-golf […]
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall is the story of one man’s epic adventure to answer the question of why his foot hurts and why others can run so well. Confined by Mexico’s lethal Copper Canyons, the ecstatic Tarahumara Indians have sharpened […]