Doubleday, May 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. A revealing, humorous, behind-the-scenes memoir from Kenny "The Jet" Smith--superstar basketball commentator, host of the top-rated show, Inside the NBA, and two-time NBA champion. Smith reveals memorable inside stories of his playing and broadcasting careers, focusing on the star players, coaches, and mentors who..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, June 2023. Hardcover. In the last two decades, innovation, data analysis, and technology have driven a tectonic shift in the sports business. Game of Edges is the story of how sports franchises evolved, on and off the field, from raggedly run small businesses into some..... More
Simon & Schuster, June 2023. Paper Back. A biography of America's greatest all-around athlete that "goes beyond the myth and into the guts of Thorpe's life, using extensive research, historical nuance, and bittersweet honesty" (Los Angeles Times), by the bestselling author of the classic biography When Pride Still Mattered. Jim..... More
Harper Perennial, March 2012. Trade Paperback. "Bottom of the 33rd is chaw-chewing, sunflower-spitting, pine tar proof that too much baseball is never enough." --Jane Leavy, author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax From Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Dan Barry comes the beautifully recounted story of the longest..... More
MacMillan Publishing Company, May 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. James takes a hard look at the Hall of Fame--not just the traditional questions of who is in and who is out and why, but the Hall of Fame itself--how it operates, who operates it, how they make decisions, and why those..... More
Penguin Books, March 2021. Trade Paperback. "This cultural and personal history of crosswords and their fans, written by an aficionado, is diverting, informative, and discursive." --The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice A delightful, erudite, and immersive exploration of the crossword puzzle and its fascinating history Almost as soon..... More
N/A, August 2002. Trade Paperback. Scrabble may be truly called America's game. But for every group of living-room players there is someone who is at one with the board. In Word Freak, Stefan Fatsis introduces readers to those few, exploring the underground world of colorful characters for which the Scrabble..... More
Simon & Schuster, September 2000. Trade Paperback. In this groundbreaking biography, David Maraniss captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the myth, the man, his game, and his God. More than any other sports figure, Vince Lombardi transformed football into a metaphor of the American experience. The son of an..... More
Free Press, February 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell were must-see TV long before that phrase became ubiquitous. Individually interesting, together they were mesmerizing. They were profoundly different -- young and old, black and white, a Muslim and a Jew, Ali barely literate and Cosell an editor..... More
LA Siesta Press, 1982. Stapled Pamphlet. {5 & 1/2' x 8 & 1/2'} Stapled pamplet. [36 pages]. More
Dutton, May 2023. Hardcover. The Savannah Bananas have peeled back the game of baseball and made it fun again. This is their story. For his entire childhood, Jesse Cole dreamed of pitching in the Majors. Now, he has a life in baseball that he could have only imagined: he met..... More
Gingko Press, December 2021. Hardcover. The dynamic images from the analog era found in PUSH demonstrate why Grant Brittain has become one of the most widely-recognized skateboard photographers on the planet. Brittain has been at the epicenter of California skateboarding since landing a job at Del Mar Skate Ranch in..... More
Twelve, May 2023. Hardcover. "The 1998 Yankees were a perfectly constructed team. Jack Curry does an amazing job of telling the tales of that phenomenal group." --David Cone Discover the inside story of the Yankees' unprecedented talent with this gripping account from a reporter who was there for the team's..... More
William Morrow & Co, June 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first. Octavo. In mildly edgeworn jacket. Slate gray cloth covered spine with stamped silver letterong & beige paper covered boards. Matching beige end papers with previous dealer's name & a date written in ink upper edge of ffep. Stated, First Edition..... More
Random House, 1975. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy pictoral boards; Pages free of markings; An excellent copy. More
Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, April 2023. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the #1 bestselling author of The Dynasty and Tiger Woods comes the definitive biography of basketball superstar LeBron James, based on three years of exhaustive research and more than 250 interviews. LeBron James is..... More
Bold Type Books, March 2023. Hardcover. A vital narrative history of 1970s pro basketball, and the Black players who shaped the NBA Against a backdrop of ongoing resistance to racial desegregation and strident calls for Black Power, the NBA in the 1970s embodied the nation's imagined descent into disorder. A...... More
Harpercollins, February 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Henry Aaron left his mark on the world by breaking Babe Ruth's record for home runs. But the world has also left its mark on him. "Hammering Hank" Aaron's story is one that tells us much about baseball, naturally, but also about our times..... More
W.W. Norton & Co., October 2009. Trade Paperback. When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read and write. He takes up football, and school, after..... More
Belt Publishing, March 2023. Hardcover. The true story of Marshall "Major" Taylor, who overcame racial prejudice to become one of the most dominant cyclists in history. Part of Belt's Revival series and with an introduction by Zito Madu. The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World, which Taylor self-published in 1928..... More
Bloomsbury Publishing, January 2022. Hardcover. A New Yorker Best Book of the year An Esquire Best Nonfiction Book of 2022 A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2022 From Insomniac City author Bill Hayes, "who can tackle just about any subject in book form, and make you glad he did"..... More
Chronicle Books, August 2002. Hardcover. Bowled Over harks back to an earlier era when folks swarmed to gleaming bowling emporiums for fine cuisine, fancy cocktails, and stiff competition. Positively packed with bowling memorabilia and anecdotes, Bowled Over covers bowlings history, fashion, champs, surly pinboys, lady bowlerettes, and alley architecture along..... More
Harper & Row, January 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first. Octavo. In jacket with much wear & tear & clear tape 'repairs'. Long tear along front fold is not taped-up. Front flap not clipped. One large (one inch sized) chip at head of spine. Brown cloth covered spine and orange paper..... More
Nan A. Talese, October 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A deeply affecting coming-of-age memoir about family, love, loss, basketball--and life itself--by the beloved author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini During one unforgettable season as a Citadel cadet, Pat Conroy becomes part of..... More
