Sport: general

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.

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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.

Shortened Seasons recounts the stories of some of the baseball players who never made it back for the next game, who died with the suddenness of a walk-off homerun.

Called the "e;definitive history of the rivalry"e; by the Chicago Tribune, this updated history of the classic tilt is much more than just the recounting of old games.

Share the fascinating stories about those who have brought to Detroit the unvarnished excitement unique to Tiger baseball.

This encyclopedic listing of every man who played on or coached the New York Knicks from the team's inception in 1946 to the present is jam-packed with details on everything from a player's careers statistics to his height, weight, and jersey number.

Both a memoir and a "e;how-to"e; for anyone who aspires to a career in broadcast journalism, particularly sports, this book calls on Mercer's vast experience and name recognition in Texas to give an insider's view of everything from play-by-play to interviewing a celebrity athlete.

This book explores the true meaning of achievement in sports: having fun, developing athletic and social skills, and nurturing a healthy, positive sense of self-esteem.

In this collection of anecdotes from the announcers of pro football, the Voices reminisce about a time before television, when the NFL was just making its floundering start and college ball held all the attraction.

A journey throughout the world to track down former Cubs to update fans on their present-day lives and look back on their playing or managing careers.

Steve Spurrier is the epitome of a national sports figure either loved or hated with enthusiasm by millions.

Edward "e;Moose"e; Krause spent nearly sixty years as a student-athlete, coach, athletic director, and de facto ambassador to the Notre Dame's legions of fans around the world.

Early in the history of America's favorite pastime, trading baseball players was almost as easy as trading baseball cards.

Filled with stories about sports figures like Muhammad Ali, Roberto Clemente, Tony Elliot, Tiger Woods, and Venus and Serena Williams, this new edition describes the changing face of diversity in sport (the growing numbers of Latino and female college and professional athletes).

Bobby Knight spent nearly 30 years as the controversial yet incredibly successful head basketball coach at Indiana University.

Ben Hogan continues to be one of the most admired and contemplated figures in the golf world, even though he passed away in 1997 and played his last competitive round of golf 30 years ago.

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Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is most famous for his role as the first Commissioner ever to rule organized baseball.

Each generation of Pirate fans has been blessed with a pantheon of heroes: Honus Wagner, Pie Traynor, Bill Mazeroski, Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell.

Spanning from the time he talked Babe Ruth into signing his tennis shoe at the age of 12 to his last Tiger broadcast more than 60 years later, this book is a personal scrapbook of Hall-of-Famer Ernie Harwell's life-long love of baseball.

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Bill Yoast is the real-life hero of Remember the Titans, the inspirational hit movie that chronicled the struggles of black and white high school football athletes to create a championship season in racially charged Alexandria, Virginia, in 1972.

The Phillies Fan's Little Book of Wisdom is chock full of quotes, humor, facts, figures, and memories about those fabulous Philadelphia Phillies.

Born out of expansion in 1962, the New York Mets have more than filled the void left by the departure of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants.

The winningest coach in all NCAA Collegiate Volleyball history at all levels, Teri Clemens and award-winning sportswriter Tom Wheatley offer insight and instruction to young women ages 14-21 on how to be an effective competitor in all aspects of life.

Author Tom Hedrick has elicited and gathered strategic and tactical advice from the top professionals in sporstcasting.

When Harvard came back from a 16-point deficit with less than a minute to go to tie Yale in their now-famous 1968 gridiron tilt, the headline in the Harvard Crimson the following Monda proudly boasted, "e;Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29.

Combining the content of two of Frommer's previous books, Sports Roots and Sports Lingo, this book not only explains how nicknames, namesakes, trophies, competitions, and expressions in the world of sports came to be, but also serves as a useful dictionary of the language of sports-both technical and slang.

The authors combine to produce a work that addresses some of the most pressing issues in athletics today.

Home of the Game celebrates the unique position Camden Yards holds as a symbol of the modern game and a prototype for new ballparks across the country.

Richard Bachs first book, Stranger to the Ground is above all else an insight into the character of a man whose great compulsion is to measure himself against storm and night and fear.

A unique and refreshing ode to the little things that represent baseballs heartbeatthe player who, in countless ways, makes other players better.

Unlock the keys to happiness and freedom, fuel performance, and achieve excellence in sports and in life with the clarity of stillpowerfinding the ultimate zone within.

Swim betterand enjoy every lapwith Total Immersion, a guide to improving your swimming from an expert with more than thirty years of experience in the water.

Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.