Sport: general

For all the glamour and new-found wealth that has come to cricket thanks to the IPL, the sport has rarely faced such an uncertain future.

Football is all about opinions, and few people hold more opinions about more topics than talkSPORT's host of the Drive show, Adrian Durham.

Chris Eubank, with his jodhpurs and gold-topped cane, who lisped in his posh accent about his distaste for the business of 'pugilism', could not have appeared more different from Nigel Benn, 'The Dark Destroyer', the Essex boy who had battled with his demons to reach the top of the boxing world.

Geoffrey Wheatcroft's hugely entertaining and well researched history of the Tour de France is already established as the definitive account of cycling's greatest event.

In his almost 20 years in the sport, Will Greenwood has achieved just about everything a professional rugby player could ever aspire to, playing an integral role in the World Cup-winning campaign of 2003, and achieving great things with England beyond that at the Six Nations and on tour with the Lions.

Since he took over the gloves in the England side in 2007, Matt Prior has become a vital part of England's subsequent success and strategy.

When Katie Taylor was chosen to bear the Irish flag at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, the pressure was on for her to deliver gold for Ireland when she stepped into the boxing ring.

Colin Ward spent much of the 1970s and 1980s on the terraces of football grounds around the country, and following England across the continent.

El Rayo y Vallecas.

Daniel Tzvetkoff was just another Brisbane teenager working for peanuts at Pizza Hut and spending much of his spare time glued to his computer.

Sam Warbuton has had an incredible year.

When the British and Irish Lions set out for Australia in late May, they knew they faced a daunting task.

';They're all scared.

There is an old joke among skiers, usually put to other fans of the sport as a question: what's better, sex or skiing?

It's 1999 and although Rich Beem has just been nominated for Rookie of the Year following his first ever victory, he's still just another golfer on the PGA Tour desperately trying to break out from Tiger's shadow.

Ultimate fighting -- mixed martial arts competition between professional fighters which includes ju-jitsu, judo, boxing, kick0boxing and wrestling techniques -- is among the fastest-growing sports in the world today, outselling and outperforming boxing and indeed any other ring or combat sport.

As one of the greatest, most celebrated athletes in history, Michael Jordan conquered professional basketball as no one before.

Nick Faldo is considered one of the world's most complete golfers.

Ian Thorpe's achievements in the water are nothing short of phenomenal.

A superb portrait of the most brilliant cricketer of his generation Mike AthertonShane Warne dominated cricket on the field and off for almost thirty years - his skill, his fame, his personality, his misadventures.

John 'The Bull' Hayes is an Irish rugby legend.

Eight men.

Boff Whalley just likes running - the places it takes him, the moments of exhilaration and snapshots of natural beauty that he adds to his mental album.

Dr Bob Rotella is one of the hottest golfing performance consultants in the world today.

Dr Bob Rotella, author of half a dozen bestselling books on golf, including Golf is Not a Game of Perfect, brings together his skills and years of experience as a golf psychologist to give readers the insight they need to improve their game -- before they ever step up to the tee.

Golfers everywhere, from professionals like Darren Clarke and Padraig Harrington to the humblest amateur on the driving range, are familiar with the sport's 'Rotella Rules', which reinforce the attitude needed to maximize a player's performance.

From the author of the bestselling Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect comes a masterly illumination of golfs mental game.

The photograph was splashed all over the front pages of the newspapers: Stuart Broads astonished face after a brilliant catch in the slips helped him towards a remarkable spell of eight for 15 that as good as won the Ashes for England.

One fall night in TK, Steve Sabol of NFL Films answered the door to see his friend, Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Tim ';Rosso' Rossovich, standing there literally on fire.

Thanks to The Complete Book of Golf Games, if you can't make par, you can at least make a few bucks!

Incredible but True Stories of Confronting Death and Emerging VictoriousThe rock climber who cut off his own arm with a penknife.

This book is geared toward all ages and gives step-by-step instructions on scores of crafts and outdoor skills cultivated by various Native American tribes over the centuries.

Told through the eyes of a longtime Montana fishing guide and itinerant fishing bum, A Good Life Wasted offers a unique perspective on an implausible period in the recent history of human civilization.

Vince Lombardi was notorious for his inability to throw anything away.

When the Boston Red Sox faced the New York Yankees in the historic 2003 American League Championship Series, the meeting seemed to serve as the climax to perhaps the greatest rivalry in professional sports.

Sweet Lou and the Cubs chronicles from the inside-out Lou Piniella's stirring and celebrated quest to reverse the team's fortunes after a record 100 years without a World Series championship.

This detailed guide provides everything a first-time coach needs to teach basic baseball skills--and have fun at the same time.

In the 1960s, college sports required more than athletic prowess from its African American players.

Steroids have been made out to be the modern plague of the day.

Why I Hate the Yankees offers a humorous take on the most beloved--and at the same time, most reviled--franchise in American professional sports.

In 1975, a group of amazing women rowed their way to international success and glory, battling sexual prejudice, bureaucracy, and male domination in one of the most grueling and competitive sports around.

The American Darts Organization Book of Darts has been thoroughly updated and revised for the benefit of the growing ranks of dart players.

Within the past decade, lacrosse has seen explosive growth on the elementary, junior and high school, and college levels, rapidly becoming one of America's most popular playing sports.

One fall night in TK, Steve Sabol of NFL Films answered the door to see his friend, Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Tim ';Rosso' Rossovich, standing there literally on fire.

The Boston Globe's number-one bestseller is back, revised and updated for the 2008 seasonand presented in a new trim size.

In the 1977 movie Oh, God!

The Best Game Ever is a revealing look at the University of North Carolina Tar Heels' 195657 season, one of the most storied in college basketball history.

BASIC ILLUSTRATED GUIDESA new series of full-color how-to guides, the BASIC ILLUSTRATED guides are written by experts and aimed for beginners, but even veterans will use these books as basic reference tools.

Distantly related to a Confederate general, Ty Cobb was a strapping Augusta youth who became a star for the Detroit Tigers.