Biographie & Autobiographie / Sportifs

Remember Why You Play: Faith, Football, and a Season to Believe

de David Thomas & Kris Hogan

If you enjoyed Friday Night Lights, this book is a must-read. Remember Why You Play documents the lives, struggles, and triumphs of the players and coaches of Faith Christian School in Grapevine, Texas. Sports...

Lombardi - An Illustrated Life

de Chris Havel

“The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.”

-Vince Lombardi

The son of an immigrant Italian butcher, Vince Lombardi rose from the humblest of beginnings to become the most famous coach in...

Wilt, 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era

de Gary M. Pomerantz

On the night of March 2, 1962, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, right up the street from the chocolate factory, Wilt Chamberlain, a young and striking athlete celebrated as the Big Dipper, scored one hundred points...

Reed All about It

de Tyrel Reed

Of all the wonderful players who have worn the crimson and blue for the University of Kansas basketball program through the years, only one can claim to ge the "winningest" Jayhawk of all-Tyrel Reed. Reed, who...

Boys Will Be Boys

de 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...

Beckham

de David Beckham & Tom Watt

In England, where he spent ten seasons leading his storied club Manchester United and his nation to soccer glory, he is so wildly popular that his countrymen voted him the face they'd most want to see imprinted...

I'm Here To Win (Enhanced Edition): A World Champion's Advice for Peak Performance

de Chris McCormack & Tim Vandehey

In I'M HERE TO WIN, Chris "Macca" McCormack opens his playbook and reveals everything it takes-mind, body, and spirit-to become a champion. Now he shares the story of his triumphs and the never-say-die dedication...

Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps

de Chris Jericho

The eagerly awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling A Lion's Tale documents Chris Jericho's meteoric rise to wrestling glory in the WWE.

A Lion's Tale gave readers a portrait of Jericho as a young...

A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex

de Chris Jericho & Pete Fornatale

Chris Jericho is the first undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the WWE and WCW, and has been called one of the fifty greatest wrestlers of all time. Now retired, he is writing his memoir, telling the story of...

Unscripted

de Ken Leiker & Mark Vancil

The fans in their seats are barely able to contain themselves. The buzz of the crowd rises higher and higher until that first Superstar walks onto the stage and into the ring. It doesn't matter where you are...

Luckiest Man

de Jonathan Eig

Lou Gehrig was a baseball legend -- the Iron Horse, the stoic New York Yankee who was the greatest first baseman in history, a man whose consecutive-games streak was ended by a horrible disease that now bears...

Ric Flair: To Be the Man

de Ric Flair, Keith Elliot Greenberg & Mark Madden

Throughout the years, there may have been equally charismatic performers, comparable athletes, and even better interviews, but none were blessed with the same combination of talents to manage to stay on top...

Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story

de Eddie Guerrero & Michael Krugman

One of the most inspiring stories in wrestling history, Cheating Death, Stealing Life sees Eddie Guerrero recount his saga in remarkably candid fashion, chronicling a life of heartbreaks and painful personal...

Stan Musial: An American Life

de George Vecsey

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Veteran sports journalist George Vecsey finally gives this twenty-time All-Star and St. Louis Cardinals icon the biographical treatment he deserves. Stan Musial is the definitive portrait...

Each Branch, Each Needle: An Anecdotal Memoir

de H.A. Dorfman

This book is the story of Harvey Dorfman, who rose from a childhood sickbed to experience numerous successes in the world of sports. Dorfman has been a teacher, coach, counselor, and a consultant in sport psychology....

Evel: The High-Flying Life of Evel Knievel: American Showman, Daredevil, and Legend

de Leigh Montville

From New York Times bestselling author Leigh Montville, this riveting and definitive new biography pulls back the red, white, and blue cape on a cultural icon—and reveals the unknown, complex, and controversial...

ATHLETES ONCE: 100 Famous People with Sports Backgrounds

de Jr., E. W. Smith

It has long been thought that there was a connection between athletics and success in later life. But nowhere is that connection brought home more dramatically than in this book. Presented are 100 people who...

THE SOUL OF ST. ANDREWS: The Life of Old Tom Morris

de W.W. Tullock

"If you only ever read one book in your lifetime about the legendary Old Tom Morris-THIS is the one to read!" Written during Old Toms' lifetime by a longtime friend of his-William Tulloch-it is the only biography...

To Win and Die in Dixie: The Birth of the Modern Golf Swing and the Mysterious Death of Its Creator

de Steve Eubanks

A fascinating biography of a forgotten golf legend, a riveting whodunit of a covered-up killing, a scalding exposé of a closed society—in To Win and Die in Dixie, award-winning writer Steve Eubanks weaves...

Pretty Good for a Girl: The Autobiography of a Snowboarding Pioneer

de Tina Basich & Kathleen Gasperini

When Tina Basich grabbed her rented snowboard and headed to the mountains in Lake Tahoe, snowboarding wasn't even considered a sport . . . yet. It was the beginning, and could have easily gone the way of many...