Biography & Autobiography - Sports

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It's Not About the Bike: My Journey B...

Lance Armstrong

People around the world have found inspiration in the story of Lance Armstrong--a world-class athlete nearly struck down by cancer, only to recover and win the Tour de France, the multiday bicycle race famous for its grueling intensit...

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Published: Jan 2001

Jackie Robinson and the Integration o...

Scott Simon

Biography/Sports 'An extraordinary book . . . invitingly written and brisk.' —Chicago Tribune 'Perhaps no one has ever told the tale [of Robinson's arrival in the major leagues] so well as [Simon] does in this...

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Published: Mar 2007

Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of ...

Walter Payton

This sports autobiography chronicles the life on and off the field of Walter Payton the NFL leading rusher who died in 1999 from liver cancer. Payton's athletic success was matched by the kindness of his heart; he used his fame in po...

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Published: Sep 2001

The Last Coach: A Life of Paul 'Bear'...

Allen Barra

The explosive biography of the greatest college football coach in history.When Paul William 'Bear' Bryant died on January 26, 1983, it was the lead story on the all three networks' evening news. New York City newspapers reported his d...

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Published: Sep 2006

Quiet Strength: The Principles, Pract...

Tony Dungy

Tony Dungy's words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victory in Super Bowl XLI, the first for an African American coach. How is it possible for a coach--especially a football coach--to win the r...

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Published: May 2008

The Keeper: A Life of Saving Goals an...

Tim Howard

In this inspiring, down-to-earth memoir the revered goalkeeper and American icon  idolized by millions worldwide for his dependability, daring, and humility recounts his rise to stardom at the 2014 World Cup, the psychological and pr...

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Published: May 2015

Go Long!: My Journey Beyond the Game ...

Jerry Rice

In Go Long! Jerry Rice shares the inspirational lessons and empowering practices that have helped him attain success, both on the football field and off. Through the ups and downs of Rice’s life and incomparable career, we disco...

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Published: Jan 2008

Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eigh...

Pat Head Summitt

Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down h...

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Published: Mar 2014

My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, ...

Bart Yasso

Bart Yasso, an icon of one of the most enduringly popular recreational sports in the United States, offers a touching and humorous memoir about the rewards and challenges of running. Recounting his adventures in locales like Antarctic...

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Published: May 2009

Big Papi: My Story of Big Dreams and ...

David Ortiz

Feared by pitchers and loved by baseball fans of all stripes, David “Big Papi” Ortiz wields a big bat, a huge smile, and an even bigger heart. In this blockbuster biography, Ortiz tells his tale: Growing up poor in the Dom...

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Published: Apr 2008

Open: An Autobiography

Andre Agassi

From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.Agassi's incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. ...

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Published: Aug 2010

Breaking Free: My Life with Dissociat...

Herschel Walker

The NFL legend and Heisman Trophy winner shares the inspiring story of his life and diagnosis with dissociative identity disorder.Herschel Walker is widely regarded as one of football's greatest running backs. He led the University of...

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Published: Jan 2009

The Extra Mile: One Woman's Personal ...

Pam Reed

One year after her astonishing victory at the Badwater Ultramarathon, Pam Reed again made distance running history when she braved the hottest weather in years—135 degrees—to successfully defend her title. How does this 100-pound ...

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Published: Sep 2007

Chalked Up: My Life in Elite Gymnasti...

Jennifer Sey

The true story of the 1986 U.S. National Gymnastics champion whose lifelong dream was to compete in the Olympics, until anorexia, injuries, and coaching abuses nearly destroyed her Fanciful dreams of gold medals and Nadia Comaneci le...

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Published: May 2009

Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of L...

Jonathan Eig

A baseball icon, as never before portrayed....Yes, Gehrig is depicted as a man who faced death without complaint, but he’s also outstandingly portrayed as a fallible man with faults and peccadilloes. Eig’s highly readable ...

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Published: Jan 2005

Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, S...

Jose Canseco

When Jose Canseco burst into the Major Leagues in the 1980s, he changed the sport -- in more ways than one. No player before him possessed his mixture of speed and power, which allowed him to become the first man in history to belt m...

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Published: Mar 2006

The Right Steph: How Stephen Curry Is...

Mike Yorkey

In the last couple of years, Stephen Curry has reshaped the way basketball is played, been proclaimed the best shooter in basketball history (with the stats to back him up), morphed into the baby-faced face of the NBA, and has been la...

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Published: Nov 2016

The Last Season

Eric Blehm

Destined to become a classic of adventure literature, The Last Season examines the extraordinary life of legendary backcountry ranger Randy Morgenson and his mysterious disappearance in California's unforgiving Sierra Nevada—mounta...

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Published: Feb 2007

My Greatest Day in Baseball: Forty-Se...

John P. Carmichael

My Greatest Day in Baseball, one of the earliest collections of the game's oral histories, presents forty-seven famous stars from the golden age of baseball relating their most unforgettable moments in the sport. Ty Cobb vividly recre...

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Published: Jan 1996

The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friend...

David Halberstam

As baseball legend Ted Williams lay dying in Florida, his old Boston Red Sox teammates Johnny Pesky and Dom DMaggio piled into a car and drove 1,300 miles to see their friend. Another member of the close-knit group, Bobby Doerr, remai...

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Published: May 2004

Pep Guardiola

Guillem Balague

This fully updated edition of the international bestseller includes Pep Guardiola's Bayern years and his decision to join Manchester CityPep Guardiola is the most successful and sought after football coach in the world. After being ap...

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Published: May 2017

Atlas: From the Streets to the Ring: ...

Teddy Atlas

'Of all the people who have affected by my life and influence the choices I've made, none has been more important than my father.' So begins the autobiography of legendary boxing trainer and commentator Teddy Atlas, who grew from...

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Published: May 2007

Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Der...

John Branch

"Shows us, in tender detail, a life consumed by our unholy appetites."―Steve Almond, New York Times Book Review The tragic death of hockey star Derek Boogaard at twenty-eight was front-page news across the country in 2011 ...

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Published: Oct 2015

Standing Tall: The Kevin Everett Stor...

Sam Carchidi

In a matter of a few seconds, a strong, promising young Buffalo Bills player lay paralyzed and very mortal after a violent collision on the second-half kickoff return during the opening weekend of the 2007 NFL season. Kevin Everett, s...

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Published: Feb 2008

Eye of the Hurricane: My Path from Da...

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

Eye of the Hurricane: My Path from Darkness to Freedom is a self-portrait of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a twentieth-century icon and controversial victim of the U.S. justice system turned spokesperson for the wrongfully convi...

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Published: Aug 2013

Lance Armstrong's War: One Man's Batt...

Daniel Coyle

Lance Armstrong's War is the extraordinary story of greatness pushed to its limits; a vivid, behind-the-scenes portrait of perhaps the most accomplished athlete of our time as he vies for a historic sixth straight victory in the tough...

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Published: Apr 2010

Managing My Life: My Autobiography

Alex Ferguson

This book is about the beginning of Sir Alex's football career, until the year 2000.1999 was an outstanding year for Alex Ferguson - not only did he lead Manchester United, the most glamorous club in the world, to a unique and outstan...

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Published: Oct 2017

Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of F...

Franklin Foer

2012 National Jewish Book Award WinnerJEWISH JOCKS: AN UNORTHODOX HALL OF FAME is a timeless collection of biographical musings, sociological riffs about assimilation, first-person reflections, and, above all, great writing on some of...

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Published: Oct 2013

My Year of Running Dangerously: A Dad...

Tom Foreman

CNN correspondent Tom Foreman's remarkable journey from half-hearted couch potato to ultra-marathon runner, with four half-marathons, three marathons, and 2,000 miles of training in between; a poignant and warm-hearted tale of parenti...

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Published: Jun 2016

One Second to Glory: The Alaska Adven...

Lew Freedman

Dick Mackey, one of Alaska's great storytellers and one of its toughest men, approaches life in the North as one continuous adventure. It seems as if he has been everywhere and done everything in Alaska, soaking up more adventure and ...

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Published: Nov 2001
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