Blending exclusive rare interviews with Rachel Robinson (Jackie's widow), Mack Robinson (Jackie's brother), Hall of Famers Monte Irvin, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella, Ralph Kiner, and others, celebrated author Harvey Frommer evokes the lives of general manager Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson by describing how they worked together to shatter baseballs color line.
Golf for Beginning Players provides solid advice on swing, position and feel that is more sensible that the lions share of gimmickry peddled in contemporary golf literature.
Co-author Swen Nater, one of John Wooden's former basketball players at UCLA, provides insightful first-hand accounts on the many life lessons he learned from Wooden that has applied to his life since becoming a teacher himself.
On New Years Day, 1975, Catfish Hunter left the Oakland As for a $3,000,000 contract with the New York Yankees, becoming, at the time, the highest-paid pitcher in baseball history.
How Manchester United conquered all, by the players who won everything______________________________________________________________With a foreword by Ruud van NistelrooyAn Irish Times BestsellerThe Champions League, the Club World Cup, 6 Premier League Titles, 1 FA Cup, 3 League Cups, 4 Community Shields, 1 legendary manager.
Opening day in Milwaukee is an event like no other in baseball--all the pomp and reverence for the return of the season, with a tailgate party like only Brewers fans know how to throw.
In the 111-year-history of the Boston Red Sox, fans have been treated to countless firsts the first manager of the franchise (Jimmy Collins), the first American League MVP to play for the Sox (Tris Speaker), the first 20-game winner (Bill Dineen), the first to hit 500 home runs (Ted Williams), and the first Red Sox pitcher to win the Cy Young Award (Roger Clemens).
A fascinating look at how MLB teams find diamonds in the roughIn the plainest of terms, baseball scouts are tasked with seeing the future- a distant future, at that.
This book is concerned with the early years of the Football Association Challenge Cup - more commonly known as the FA Cup - examining events from its inception in 1871-2 to the beginning of the Football League in 1888-9.
This book is concerned with the early years of the Football Association Challenge Cup - more commonly known as the FA Cup - examining events from its inception in 1871-2 to the beginning of the Football League in 1888-9.
Celebrate Tom Brady's unparalleled career with this vibrant retrospective With seven Super Bowl rings, five Super Bowl MVP awards, and his name written all over the NFL record books, Tom Brady has established his position as football's GOAT: greatest of all time.
This is the ultimate guide for any football fan who wants to know everything about the "e;beautiful game"e; - from World Cup winners to football skills and techniques.
In this compelling memoir, Roy Massey tells the fascinating story of his 50 years in football as a player, coach and scout, including a long spell at Arsenal during the Wenger glory years.
The 50 Greatest Players in Braves History examines the careers of the 50 men who made the greatest impact on one of Major League Baseball's oldest and most iconic franchises.
Since the day several hundred years ago that a Scottish shepherd first struck a rock with a shillelagh, perhaps no single athletic pursuit has brought man more joy and frustration, more fulfillment and utter despair, than the game of golf.
Sixty Years of the World Cup is a personal, nostalgic, fun and frank reflection on the author's six-decade association with football's biggest showpiece.
Legendary tennis player Billie Jean King details the remarkable history of women's tennis in this stunning edition of Trailblazers: The Unmatched Story of Womens Tennis.
For more than a decade, Tim Raines patrolled left field for the nascent Montreal Expos, igniting the powder keg of what would become one of the most innovative, entertaining, and talented teams of the modern era.
From the controversy that surrounded Aberdeen FC's first cup semi-final, through the triumphant European golden era of the 80s to their long-awaited return to glory with their League Cup win in 2014, here are 50 of the club's most glorious, epochal and thrilling games of all.
