Vanderbilt University Press, December 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. New York Times Best Seller 2015 RFK Book Awards Special Recognition 2015 Lillian Smith Book Award 2015 AAUP Books Committee "Outstanding" Title Based on more than eighty interviews, this fast-paced, richly detailed biography of Perry Wallace, the first African American basketball player..... More
Howard Books, August 2010. Hardcover. Coach Bobby Bowden is an icon of college football who ran his legendary, top-ranking program with a trademark southern charm. With his recent retirement, Bowden is ready to give fans and readers the behind-the-scenes story of his 55-year career and the path that helped him..... More
Golden Coast Publishing Company, July 1988. Cloth. Signed by Wilkinson on title page. More
William Morrow, March 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. The author chronicles the story of his life and sports career, resetting industry standards on baseball antics, locker room humor, the charms of the game, and the real world of major league baseball. Signed by David Wells on the title page. Very minor..... More
Sports Publishing, September 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Donnie Allison was always the "other" brother of the famous NASCAR racing duo. Overshadowed throughout his career by Bobby Allison, his older brother and the third-winningest driver in NASCAR history, Donnie often did not get his due for being an outstanding racer in..... More
St Martins Pr, December 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. A fascinating perspective on the sport of racing-a rare firsthand view from the pit, where races are won and lost, by the most successful crew chief in NASCAR(R) history. With an astonishing 43 checkered flags and three Winston Cup championships, Jeff Hammond..... More
Thomas Dunne Books, March 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Bob Knight was a head coach in college basketball at twenty-four, coach of an unbeaten NCAA champion at thirty-five, coach of the last amateur team to win the Olympic men's basketball gold medal at forty-three, and out of a job at not..... More
Simon & Schuster, June 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. What began fifty years ago as a deadly cat-and-mouse game between wild-hare moonshine runners and grim old sheriffs on the twisting back roads of the southern Appalachians has evolved into the hottest sport in America: NASCAR's Winston Cup Series. The drivers aren't..... More
Dodd, Mead, 1962. Hardcover. Presentation copy inscribed by Paul Runyan on the front free endpaper. Jacket price-clipped and a bit chipped and spine-sunned. More
Wiley, August 2002. Hardcover. 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 extended essay."" --The Washington Post Book World ""Scott Simon tells a compelling..... More
Whitman Publishing, August 2008. Hardcover. Elaborately produced hardcover in slipcase with numerous replicas of football memorabilia inserted throughout in pockets, etc. Signed by Jack Wilkinson. (This book is printed in Asia and most copies when received here have some evidence of bumping from the shipping. This affects the slipcase but..... More
