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Last Dance: Behind the Scenes at the ...

John Feinstein

An in-depth portrait of the NCAA Final Four competition is presented from the perspectives of schools, coaches, and players who have made it to college basketball's final weekend, in a collection of dramatic and inspiring stories that...

Abridged CD
Published: Feb 2006

Golf (Ideas)

Paul Kennedy

Book annotation not available for this title.Title: GolfAuthor: Kennedy, PaulPublisher: Cbc Radio CanadaPublication Date: 2003/01/01Number of Pages: Binding Type: CD/SPOKEN WORDLibrary of Congress:

Unabridged CD
Published: Jan 2003

Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robi...

Jonathan Eig

April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history. When Jackie Robinson stepped onto the diamond that afternoon at Ebbets Field, he became the first black man to break into major-league baseball in the twentiet...

Unabridged CD
Published: Apr 2007

The Last Season: A Team in Search of ...

Phil Jackson

Nine-time NBA Champion coach Phil Jackson knows all about being in the spotlight-about high-profile, high-pressure seasons coaching gigantic personalities through adversity and controversy in the middle of a media hothouse in which ev...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2004

The Blind Side: The Evolution of a Ga...

Michael Lewis

In football, as in life, the value we place on people changes with the rules of the games they play.When we first meet the young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addi...

Abridged CD
Published: Oct 2009

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superath...

Christopher McDougall

An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a ri...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2009

Outcasts United

Warren St John

Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American home for scores of families in flight from the world's war zones.  Suddenly its streets we...

Abridged CD
Published: Apr 2009

Epic: Stories of Survival From The Wo...

Various

Epic a mountaineering term that evokes a sense of treacherous disaster. The climb that went wrong: fighting blinding snowstorms and horrific avalanches; days spent tentbound running low on food, water and oxygen; surviving broken bone...

Unabridged CD
Published: Jun 2009

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

Michael Cannell

The true story of Phil Hill, a lowly California mechanic who, defying all expectations, became the first American to win the Grand Prix championship. In the tradition of Seabiscuit and The Right Stuff, Cannell's high-octane narrative ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2011

Hell or High Water: Surviving Tibet's...

Peter Heller

The Tsangpo Gorge in southeastern Tibet has lured explorers and adventurers since its discovery. Sacred to the Buddhists, the inspiration for Shangri La, the Gorge is as steeped in legend and mystery as any spot on earth. As a river-r...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2004

The Champion's Mind: How Great Athlet...

Jim Afremow

Even amongst the most elite performers, certain athletes stand out as a cut above the rest, able to outperform in clutch, game-deciding moments. These athletes prove that raw athletic ability doesn't necessarily translate to a superio...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Jun 2014

The System: The Glory and Scandal of ...

Jeff Benedict

AN EXPLOSIVE AND REVELATORY PORTRAIT REPORTED FROM DEEP BEHIND THE SCENES OF BIG-TIME NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: THE PASSION, THE THRILLING ACTION—AND THE SHOCKING REALITIES THAT LIE BENEATH THIS COLOSSAL, MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Sep 2013

Ball Four: The Final Pitch

Jim Bouton

When first published in 1970, Ball Four stunned the sports world. The commissioner, executives, and players were shocked. Sportswriters called author Jim Bouton a traitor and "social leper." Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Apr 2013

The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts,...

Mark Bowden

On December 28, 1958, the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts met under the lights of Yankee Stadium for that season's NFL Championship game. Football, growing in popularity amid America's post-war economic boom, was still greatly ove...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2008

The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts,...

Mark Bowden

On December 28, 1958, the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts met under the lights of Yankee Stadium for that season's NFL Championship game. Football, growing in popularity amid America's post-war economic boom, was still greatly ove...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: May 2008

The Boys of Dunbar: A Story of Love, ...

Alejandro Danois

As the crack epidemic swept across inner-city America in the early 1980s, the streets of Baltimore were crime ridden. For poor kids from the housing projects, the future looked bleak. But basketball could provide the quickest ticket o...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Sep 2016

ChiRunning

Danny Dreyer

Imagine running like a child once again?effortless, free, boundlessly energetic, without injury or soreness. Ultramarathoner Danny Dreyer combines the wisdom of T?ai Chi with the insights of a champion runner to present ChRunning, a s...

Abridged CD
Published: Dec 2008

Moment of Glory: The Year Underdogs R...

John Feinstein

In 2003, after winning six of the twelve majors from 2000 to 2002, Tiger Woods struggled with his swing, leaving him lagging behind the field at both the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship. With Woods out of the picture, the stage wa...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2010

The Legends Club: Dean Smith, Mike Kr...

John Feinstein

The riveting inside story of college basketball's fiercest rivalry among three coaching legends—University of North Carolina's Dean Smith, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, and North Carolina State's Jim Valvano—by the king of college baske...

Unabridged CD
Published: Mar 2016

Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life In...

John Feinstein

From the acclaimed #1 bestselling author . . . a riveting journey through the world of minor-league baseball"No one grows up playing baseball pretending that they're pitching or hitting in Triple-A." —Chris Schwinden, Tr...

Unabridged CD
Published: Mar 2014

Francona: The Red Sox Years

Terry Francona

From famed manager Terry Francona, a lively, unvarnished narrative of his tenure withthe storied Boston Red Sox From 2004 to 2011, Terry Francona managed the Boston Red Sox, the most talked about, scrutinized team in all of sports. In...

Unabridged CD
Published: Jan 2013

Drama in the Bahamas: Muhammad Ali's ...

Dave Hannigan

On December 11, 1981, Muhammad Ali slumped on a chair in the cramped, windowless locker room of a municipal baseball field outside Nassau. A phalanx of sportswriters had pushed and shoved their way into this tiny, breeze-blocked space...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Aug 2016

Hell or High Water: Surviving Tibet's...

Peter Heller

Tibet’s Tsangpo Gorge, inspiration for Shangri La and one of the world’s most insurmountable stretches of river, remained unconquered until a team of seven world-class kayakers rose to the challenge, a journey chronicled i...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Oct 2004

I'm Keith Hernandez

Keith Hernandez

A no-holds-barred memoir from the most legendary first baseman to ever play the game As a champion St. Louis Cardinal and New York Met, Keith Hernandez revolutionized the role of first baseman, partying hard and playing harder. A five...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2017

Breakthrough Training in the Zone

Kelly Howell

Pump up your performance Increase energy and motivation Boost Beta-endorphin production Burn fat Look forward to exercise You know aerobic exercise is important for your health and weight, but you dread getting on the treadmil...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2004

Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fam...

Reggie Jackson

Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspective./Legendary. Insightful. Uncompromising. Candid. Uncensored. Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortu...

Abridged CD
Published: Sep 2009

The Road to Sparta: Reliving the Anci...

Dean Karnazes

The Road to Sparta is the story of the 153-mile run from Athens to Sparta that inspired the marathon and saved democracy, as told-and experienced-by ultramarathoner and New York Times bestselling author Dean Karnazes. In 490 BCE, P...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Oct 2016

Pitching in a Pinch: Baseball from th...

Christy Mathewson

This insiders account blends anecdote, biography, instruction, and social history to celebrate baseball as it was played by its early heroes. Matty makes us feel that tense moment when a player in a pinch must use his head.

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Mar 2008

Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and...

Jeff Pearlman

They were America's Team-the high-priced, high-glamour, high-flying Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s, who won three Super Bowls and made as many headlines off the field as on it. Led by Emmitt Smith, the charismatic Deion "Prime Time&...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Dec 2008

Paterno

Joe Posnanski

Joe Posnanski's biography of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno follows in the tradition of works by Richard Ben Cramer on Joe DMaggio and David Maraniss on Vince Lombardi. Having gained unprecedented access to Paterno, as...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2012
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