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What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Wa...

Scott Carney

What Doesn't Kill Us, a New York Times bestseller, traces our evolutionary journey back to a time when survival depended on how well we adapted to the environment around us. Our ancestors crossed deserts, mountains, and oceans wit...

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Published: Dec 2018

Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sp...

A fundamental reevaluation of how to be a sports fan by an acclaimed baseball writer. Sports fandom isn’t what it used to be. Owners and executives increasingly count on the blind loyalty of their fans and too often act against...

Paperback
Published: Apr 2022

Sport. Faith. Life. (Calvin Shorts)

Brian R. Bolt

Sport is something we do, an experience that is hard to describe because it captures our whole selves. Sport draws us in and brings us back, day after day, season after season. We love to play--and yes, to win. Sport can train us, edu...

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Published: Sep 2018

The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divid...

Howard Bryant

Following in the footsteps of Robeson, Ali, Robinson and others, today's Black athletes re-engage with social issues and the meaning of American patriotismNamed a best book of 2018 by Library JournalIt used to be that politics and spo...

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Published: Jan 2019

Gaelic Games in Society: Civilising P...

John Connolly

In this book John Connolly and Paddy Dolan illustrate and explain developments in Gaelic games, the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), and Irish society over the course of the last 150 years. The main themes in the book include: a...

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Published: Jan 2021

Norwich: One Tiny Vermont Town's Secr...

Karen Crouse

The extraordinary story of the small Vermont town that has likely produced more Olympians per capita than any other place in the country, Norwich gives “parents of young athletes a great gift—a glimpse at another way to raise acco...

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Published: Jan 2019

Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being...

Julie Dicaro

“Sidelined is the feminist sports book we've all been waiting for.”—Jessica Valenti Shrill meets Brotopia in this personal and researched look at women's rights and issues through the lens of sports, from an award...

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Published: Mar 2022

Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and t...

John Feinstein

Based on dozens of shocking interviews with some of the most influential names in sports, this is the urgent and revelatory examination of racial inequality in professional athletics America has been waiting forCommentators, coaches, ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2021

SprawlBall: A Visual Tour of the New ...

Kirk Goldsberry

“Beautifully illustrated and sharply written, SprawlBall is both a celebration and a critique of the three-point shot. If you want to understand how the modern NBA came to be, you’ll need to read this book.”—Na...

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Published: Apr 2020

The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fi...

Jonathan Gottschall

An English professor starts training in mixed martial arts, exploring the science and history behind the violence of men  When a mixed martial arts (MMA) gym opens across the street from his office, Jonathan Gottschall sees a challen...

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Published: Mar 2016

Is There Life After Football?: Surviv...

James A. Holstein

Is There Life After Football? draws upon the experiences of hundreds of former players as they describe their lives playing the sport and after their football days are over. The "bubble"-like conditions of privilege that NF...

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Published: Aug 2016

Until It Hurts: America's Obsession w...

Mark Hyman

Every year, more than 3.5 million children under age fifteen require medical treatment for sports injuries, nearly half of which are the result of simple overuse. Journalist Mark Hyman investigates the evolution of youth sports from m...

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Published: Mar 2010

The Game is Not a Game: The Power, Pr...

Robert Scoop Jackson

Part play-by-play, part op-ed, The Game Is Not a Game is an illuminating and unflinching examination of the good and evil in the sports industry. Liberating and provocative, with sharp wit and generous humor, Jackson's essays explore ...

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Published: Mar 2020

You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot...

Don McPherson

"A crucial read for anyone interested in learning more about how sports culture informs limited definitions of masculinity, and how such definitions are destructive for boys and men, and dangerous to girls and women. Don McPherso...

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Published: Sep 2019

Indentured: The Battle to End the Exp...

Joe Nocera

 “How can the NCAA blithely wreck careers without regard to due process or common fairness? How can it act so ruthlessly to enforce rules that are so petty? Why won’t anybody stand up to these outrageous violations of American va...

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Published: Feb 2018

Upon Further Review: The Greatest Wha...

Mike Pesca

The New York Times bestseller, now in paperback!"Intriguing...thought provoking...delightful." --The Washington PostFrom Mike Pesca, host of the popular Slate podcast The Gist, comes the greatest sports minds imagining how t...

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Published: Mar 2019

Run Like a Girl: How Strong Women Mak...

Mina Samuels

Run Like A Girl is about the impact that participating in sports has on women—how the confidence and strength that it helps to build spills over into all of our experiences, making us stronger and better prepared for life’s...

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Published: May 2011

Freezing Cold Takes: NFL: Football Me...

Fred Segal

Sports fans love holding media "experts" accountable for bad predictions.Since 2015, Fred Segal has chronicled “unprophetic” sports predictions on the internet. His Freezing Cold Takes social media pages feature ...

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Published: Sep 2021

We Matter: Athletes and Activism

Etan Thomas

"Before Kaepernick, there was Etan Thomas."--New York Times"In his new book, We Matter: Athletes and Activism, Thomas tirelessly interviews a range of people from NBA icons to the families of crime victims to illustrate the importance...

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Published: Feb 2018

Ordinary Games: Miraculous Moments in...

Kirk Westphal

A young boy nearly paralyzed in a car accident runs for the first time in his life during a baseball game. A refugee family from despoiled East Africa plays soccer in my suburban backyard on Thanksgiving Day. A group of college boys i...

Paperback
Published: Jun 2015
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