Sport: general

As a serious player, a high handicapper, or simply a baffled onlooker to the awesome nonsense that is golf, have you ever wondered why, say, the golf balls have dimples, and the tee is both the thing you stick in the ground and the place you hit from, and the hole is so small, and the courses have all these big pits full of sand where any sane person would put grass?

An unprecedented look behind the scenes at one of the most intriguing controversies in golf history, when a fascinating clash of values, tactics, and political power comes to a head during a fight over Augusta National.

When Bill James published his original Historical Baseball Abstract in 1985, he produced an immediate classic, hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the holy book of baseball.

Named one of Financial Times's Best Books of 2025 The inside story of the crisis within the country's most classic sporthorseracingand why money is killing thoroughbreds at the top of their game.

The true story of one football club's astonishing return to the topFeaturing exclusive interviews with Jack Grealish, John McGinn, Ollie Watkins, Tyrone Mings and Ezri Konsa, along with many other key figuresAston Villa are Europa League champions and cementing their place among England's elite - a club utterly transformed, and still rising.

In the 1940s, before March Madness, the frenzy of the NBA draft, and multi-million dollar professional contracts, college basketball players played simply because they loved the game.

Baseball has earned the title of "e;America's favorite pastime,"e; and softball is even more popular with amateur players.

Basketball is the only major American team sport that did not grow out of older European games.

Cheerleading is a sport that brings to mind young girls and women wearing shiny outfits, waving pom-poms, performing intricate dance routines, and leading the crowds in cheers.

Football is America's most spectacular team sport, which is why the gridiron attracts so many athletes.

Over half a million people in the United States participate in gymnastics, making it an extremely popular sport.

Hockey is one of the fastest and most exciting team sports in the world, but the speed and hard-hitting contact so important to the game can lead to several different types of injuries.

Lacrosse, often called "e;the fastest sport on two feet,"e; is also one of the oldest games on the North American continent.

Though humans have practiced martial arts for thousands of years, many scientists believe that fighting for recreation, without the intent to hurt, began with chimpanzees, far before humans made it into a sport.

From the back streets of poor neighborhoods to the playing fields of the wealthy, soccer is the world's most popular team sport.

Track and field events demand a high degree of strength, stamina, and flexibility.

Find out what it takes to make this demanding sport rewarding, enjoyable, and safe for the 800 million people around the world who play it every year.

Weight training is one of the world's most popular sporting activities.

This book is a practical guide for wrestlers.

Vince Dooley.

For more than three decades, countless millions of sports fans have welcomed him into their living rooms.

True Wolverine fans can tell you where they were when championships were won, heartbreakers were lost, records were broken, and heroes were made.

True Crimson Tide fans can tell you where they were when championships were won, heartbreakers were lost, records were broken, and heroes were made.

It's Never Too Late to Tackle Your Dreams!

Millions play the sport and even more watch it on television, yet tennis remains a new and intriguing adventure for the hundreds of thousands each year who grab a racquet for the first time.

Originally published in London in 1892, Golf in the Year 2000 is the story of Alexander John Gibson, a golf afficionado who "e;fell into a trance on the night of Thursday, March 24, 1892"e; and awoke 108 years later on March 25 in the year 2000.

Author Michael O'Brien authoritatively paints the consummate Paterno portrait, the result of more than ten years of work that included 137 interviews and study of 150 previously published works.

True Volunteer fans can tell you where they were when championships were won, heartbreakers were lost, records were broken, and heroes were made.

Hard-hitting, nonstop action (and that's just what happens off the ice).

The Ultimate Golf Trivia Book is interactive in that each of the eighteen chapters is assigned a par of three, four, or five.

This updated edition of a NEW YORK TIMES best seller includes a final chapter, which chronicles the last years of his life and examines his enduring legacy.

From a sports journalist, the biography of the legendary head coach of the Dallas Cowboys from 1966 to 1985.

BLOOPER: BALL SQUIRTS THROUGH BILLY BUCKNER'S LEGS.

The Ohio State Buckeyes, one of the most storied college football programs in the nation, have a rich and colorful history that spans more than a century.

For more than a century, no Number 1 and Number 2 high schoolfootball team had ever met -- until October 6, 2001 One Great Game This is the story of two teams -- Concord De La Salle, a private Catholic school in an upscale Northern California suburb, and Long Beach Poly, a proud public institution from a blue-collar SoCal seaport -- striving to achieve the same goal: the all-American dream.

COACHES AND PARENTS OF SOCCER PLAYERS OF ALL LEVELS, THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU!

Everyone's got a price.

The latest and greatest in ESPN.

Independent wrestling promotions were once the norm all across the country.

Former Major League Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent brings together a stellar roster of ballplayers from the 1950s and 1960s in this wonderful new history of the game.

HALL OF FAMER DAVE WINFIELD: "e;THE GAME I LOVE IS HURTING.

A one-stop guide for any aspiring runner including everything you need to know, whether you're doing your first run or your first marathon.

A complete history of White Hart Lane, the home of Tottenham Hotspur from 1899 to 2017 and the setting for some of their greatest successes.

BBC sports presenter Mark Chapman is no longer in his physical prime.

The Sunday Times BestsellerThe exclusive behind-the-scenes story of the Mauricio Pochettino revolution at Spurs, told in his own wordsSince joining the club in 2014, Mauricio Pochettino has transformed Tottenham from underachievers into genuine title contenders.

Praise for Jonathan WIlson:'SUPERB' The Observer'EXCELLENT' ESPN'INSIGHTFUL' When Saturday Comes'EPIC' Evening Standard'FASCINATING' IndependentA definitive history of Manchester United told through the 10 key football matches that have shaped the clubAward-winning football writer Jonathan Wilson has crafted a compelling analysis of Manchester United's history through the ten landmark games that have shaped the club's fortunes - from the first time they lifted the FA Cup in 1909, beating Bristol City, to the FA Cup victory of 2016 that proved to be Louis van Gaal's last match in charge.

'INSIGHTFUL' When Saturday Comes'EXCELLENT' ESPN'SUPERB' The ObserverA definitive history of Liverpool FC told through the 10 key football matches that have shaped the clubJonathan Wilson has crafted a compellingly forensic analysis of Liverpool's history through the ten key matches that have shaped the club's fortunes - from the long-lost triumphs of manager Tom Watson and the 1977 European Cup triumph over Borussia M nchengladbach, to the astonishing Champions League Final comeback against AC Milan, 'The Miracle of Istanbul', in 2005.

'Football history at its best' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY'Hugely moving.

'GREAT' Independent'TERRIFIC' Guardian'WONDERFUL' Time Out'QUALITY' Mail on Sunday'DEFINITIVE' FourFourTwoWinner of the William Hill Sports Book AwardFeatured in FourFourTwo's list of 'The 10 Best Football Books Ever'Featured in Esquire's 'Best Sports Books Ever Written'Throughout the world, football is a potent force in the lives of billions of people.

Bradley Wiggins is a British sporting legend.