Sports

A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team (Hardcover)

By Arshay Cooper

$27.99

ISBN: 9781250754769

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Published: Flatiron Books - June 30th, 2020

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Inspiring true story from Chicago's West Side in the turbulent 1990s. A group of young Black men from Manley High form the first black rowing team to save themselves. They are utterly transformed by the experience. Survivors, they reunite 20 years later to make a difference by offering the same opportunity to young black kids in their hometown. They also invite white members of the Chicago Police Department to join them in bringing people together to make a difference one stroke at a time. You will be moved to tears. Now available as a documentary on Peacock TV.

Ellen

The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse (Paperback)

By Tom Verducci

$17.00

ISBN: 9780804190039

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Published: Crown - April 3rd, 2018

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Baseball is finally back! Gear up for the 2020 season with this fantastic look at the making of a championship (and curse-breaking) team; don't worry, there are no trash cans in this one. 

 

Caleb

The Arena: Inside the Tailgating, Ticket-Scalping, Mascot-Racing, Dubiously Funded, and Possibly Haunted Monuments of American Sport (Paperback)

By Rafi Kohan

$17.95
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ISBN: 9781631495137

Published: Liveright - September 4th, 2018

 

They're the modern day coliseums. The hold thousands, staff hundreds, and won’t be paid off until well after they've been demolished.  

John

Ali: A Life (Hardcover)

By Jonathan Eig

$30.00
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ISBN: 9780544435247

Published: Mariner Books - October 3rd, 2017

This is not a book about boxing, although if you are not a boxing enthusiast you will certainly learn a lot about the sport. It is much more a book about one of the most outsized personalities of the 60s,about race relations and politics and Vietnam, and about how Cassius Clay went from being a poor kid in Louisville to "The Champ" and "The Greatest". A very compelling read, and worth all the pages.

David

Game Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History (Hardcover)

By Molly Schiot

$25.00
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ISBN: 9781501137099

Published: Simon & Schuster - October 18th, 2016

Hundreds of stories of trailblazing female athletes, accompanied by iconic photos. Perfect for the feminist sports fan in your life.

Sarah

Seabiscuit: An American Legend (Paperback)

By Laura Hillenbrand

$18.00

ISBN: 9780449005613

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Published: Ballantine Books - March 26th, 2002

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I don't particularly care about horses or horse racing, but this book had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. Every race had my heart pounding as I turned the pages, and there were definitely moments when I teared up. A brilliant tale of the underdog from the author of UNBROKEN .

Rebecca

Thrown (Paperback)

By Kerry Howley

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ISBN: 9781936747924

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Published: Sarabande Books - October 14th, 2014

Unlike anything you've ever read, THROWN is a philosophical exploration of what it means to be alive through the lens of Mixed Martial Arts. The work of an intense intellect, THROWN uses the lives of two fighters to struggle with the biggest questions of experience, very directly fighting for meaning and significance in our chaotic and confusing world. A major work by a major mind.

Josh

Thrown (Paperback)

By Kerry Howley

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ISBN: 9781936747924

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Published: Sarabande Books - October 14th, 2014

Unlike anything you've ever read, Thrown is a philosophical exploration of what it means to be alive through the lens of Mixed Martial Arts. The work of an intense intellect, Thrown uses the lives of two fighters to struggle with the biggest questions of experience, very directly  fighting for meaning and significance in our chaotic and confusing world. A major work by a major mind.

Josh

Red or Dead: A Novel (Hardcover)

By David Peace

$30.00
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ISBN: 9781612193687

Published: Melville House - May 27th, 2014

A towering novel about a towering figure, the legendary Liverpool soccer coach Bill Shankly. The rhythm and relentlessness of the prose captures as closely as I’ve ever read the feel and intensity of soccer, making this one of the greatest works sports fiction I’ve ever read. A city. A soccer team. A coach. A hero. A major achievement.

Josh