Biography & Autobiography - Sports

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Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an ...

Dean Karnazes

As an athlete, ultrarunning legend (Men's Journal) Dean Karnazes has run 350 miles without rest and is probably the first person to eat an entire pizza while running. As an author, he has inspired countless couch potatoes to get off t...

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Published: Mar 2006

Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the ...

Drew Brees

When a potentially career-ending shoulder injury left quarterback Drew Brees without a team—and facing the daunting task of having to learn to throw a football all over again—coaches around the NFL wondered, Will he ever come back...

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Published: Sep 2011

Tommy's Honor: The Story of Old Tom M...

Kevin Cook

In the tradition of Seabiscuit, the riveting tale of twoproud Scotsmen who beat all comers to become the heroesof a golden age—the dawn of professional golf Bringing to life golf's founding father and son, Tommy's Honor is a stirri...

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Published: Apr 2008

A Son of the Game

James Dodson

James Dodson, author of the bestseller Final Rounds, returns to the world of golf and to the famous courses at Pinehurst, North Carolina, where he began his love affair with the game. Having reached the crossroads commonly known as th...

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Published: Apr 2010

Ben Hogan: An American Life

James Dodson

Authorized, intimate, and definitive, Ben Hogan: A Life is the long-awaited biography of one of golf's greatest, most enigmatic legends, narrated with the unique eloquence that has made author James Dodson a critically acclaimed natio...

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Published: May 2005

Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and ...

Mick Foley

Mick Foley is a nice man, a family man who loves amusement parks and eating ice cream in bed. So how to explain those Japanese death matches in rings with explosives, golden thumbtacks and barbed wire instead of rope? The second-degre...

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Published: Oct 2000

The Yankee Years

Joe Torre

Twelve straight playoff appearances. Six American League pennants. Four World Series titles. This is the definitive story of a dynasty: the Yankee yearsWhen Joe Torre took over as manager of the New York Yankees in 1996, the most stor...

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Published: Mar 2010

No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the...

Ed Viesturs

This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time.For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand at...

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Published: Dec 2007

Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, ...

Mark Fainaru-Wada

The blockbuster New York Times bestseller that caused a media firestorm and stayed in the headlines for weeks at last arrives in paperback—with a new afterword about the Barry Bonds perjury investigation. This is the complete insid...

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Published: Mar 2007

Born to Play: My Life in the Game

Dustin Pedroia

The inspirational story of Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia—a giant talent in a small package—who defied his critics to become one of the greatest players in the game today Dustin Pedroia, at five feet seven inches and...

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Published: Apr 2010

Bat Boy: Coming of Age with the New Y...

Matthew Mcgough

Most of us have dreamed of sitting in the dugout with our favorite baseball team, and at sixteen Matt McGough was no different. A few months after sending a blind application letter to George Steinbrenner, on Opening Day 1992 Matt fou...

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Published: Mar 2007

Paper Tiger: An Obsessed Golfer's Que...

Tom Coyne

"Think country-club clinic meets Navy Seals training. I will pay any price, bear any burden, leave my home to follow the seasons, build my own swing studio in the basement, construct a practice green in my backyard. . . . Everyth...

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Published: May 2007

The Long Run: A New York City Firefig...

Matt Long

A New York City firefighter's emotional and inspiring memoir of learning to run again after a debilitating accident, based on the wildly popular March 2009 piece in Runner's World.On the morning of December 22, 2005, Matt Long was cyc...

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Published: Aug 2011

Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the...

Jeff Pearlman

No player in the history of baseball has left such an indelible mark on the game as San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds. In his twenty-year career, Bonds has amassed an unprecedented seven MVP awards, eight Gold Gloves, and m...

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Published: Mar 2007

Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, F...

Bethany Hamilton

The teenage surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack in 2003 describes how she has coped with this life-altering event, how her faith has inspired her to keep going, how her life has changed, and how her own dreams of surfing success...

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Published: Jun 2006

On the Edge: My Story

Richard Hammond

In September 2006, Richard Hammond suffered a serious brain injury following a high-speed car crash. Here is his compelling account of life before and after the accident and an honest description of his recovery, full of drama and inc...

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Published: Sep 2008

Off Balance: A Memoir

Dominique Moceanu

AT FOURTEEN YEARS OLD, DOMINIQUE MOCEANU was the youngest member of the 1996 U.S. Women's Olympic Gymnastics team, the first American women's team to take gold at the Olympics. But behind the fame, the flawless floor routines, and the...

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Published: Jun 2013

The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961...

Michael Cannell

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Published: Dec 2012

14 Minutes: A Running Legend's Life a...

Alberto Salazar

In 2007, after collapsing on a practice field at the Nike campus, champion marathoner Alberto Salazar's heart stopped beating for 14 minutes. Over the crucial moments that followed, rescuers administered CPR to feed oxygen to his brai...

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Published: Apr 2013

Bruce Lee: Sifu, Friend and Big Broth...

Palmer, a long-time friend of Bruce Lee and one of his youngest martial arts students, recounts Lee’s early years, when he would train a multicultural group of local toughs in empty parking lots and backyards around Seattle. Pal...

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Published: May 2020

Optic Gaming: The True Story of the M...

OpTic Gaming, the four-time Call of Duty Major League Gaming Champions and one of the top eSports teams in the world, now takes fans behind the controller—into the game and the minds of the greatest gamers in the world—in this fas...

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Published: Mar 2016

Sober: Football. My Story. My Life.

Tony Adams

THE BRILLIANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.  Being Addicted was only half the story, now comes the stunning new autobiography from Tony Adams, Sober.      Tony Adams was a charismatic figure on the football field, a true leader for Ars...

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Published: Feb 2019

Playing for Overtime: The David Lee H...

Al Ainsworth

Discover how a hall-of-fame high school football coach made international news and became a local legend.As a young man, David Lee Herbert had it all: loving marriage, four children he adored, and a new head football coaching job. On ...

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Published: Aug 2019

Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour d...

Reed Albergotti

The sensational New York Times bestselling in-depth look at Lance Armstrong's doping scandal, the phenomenal business success built on the back of fraud, and the greatest conspiracy in the history of sports. Now with a new afterword. ...

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Published: Jul 2014

A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Surviv...

John Aldridge

The harrowing adventure-at-sea memoir recounting the heroic search-and-rescue mission for lost Montauk fisherman John Aldridge, which Daniel James Brown calls "A terrific read."I am floating in the middle of the night, and n...

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Published: May 2018

Reach! Finding Strength, Spirit and P...

Laila Ali

Combining a gripping personal story with practical advice on such subjects as diet, training, family, romance, and much more, Laila Ali shows readers of all ages and backgrounds how to transform the demons of self-doubt and stagnation...

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Published: Mar 2017

The Greatest: My Own Story

Muhammad Ali

In his own words, the heavyweight champion of the world pulls no punches as he chronicles the battles he faced in and out of the ring in this fascinating memoir edited by Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Toni Morrison. Growing up in the...

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Published: Aug 2015

The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, a...

Rick Ankiel

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERRick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, one day, he lost it.The Phenomenon is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to p...

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Published: Apr 2018

Munson: The Life and Death of a Yanke...

Marty Appel

Our captain and leader has not left us, today, tomorrow, this year, next … Our endeavors will reflect our love and admiration for him."—Honorary plaque to Munson in Yankee StadiumThurman Munson is remembered by fans as the fi...

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Published: Jun 2010

Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Gui...

Harvey Araton

"Funny, revealing, and surprising . . . anything that brings new Yogi Berra stories is a good book." —MLB.comDriving Mr. Yogi is the story of how a unique friendship between a pitcher and catcher is renewed every year. I...

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Published: Mar 2013
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