Category - Sports & Recreation
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Twin Cities: My Life as a Black Cop and a Championship Coach
HardcoverOriginal price $29.00Original price $29.00 - Original price $29.00Original price $29.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /A Black Minneapolis cop and inner-city football coach faces racial reckoning after the murder of George Floyd inflames his city and forces him to e...
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The Yards Between Us: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Football
HardcoverOriginal price $26.99Original price $26.99 - Original price $26.99Original price $26.99Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /A groundbreaking memoir from professional NFL player, writer, and advocate R.K. Russell, who made history by becoming the first out active NFL play...
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The NBA in Black and White: The Memoir of a Trailblazing NBA Player and Coach
HardcoverOriginal price $25.95Original price $25.95 - Original price $25.95Original price $25.95Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /A memoir of hard lessons learned in the racially segregated and sometimes outright racist NBA of the early '60s by celebrated NBA player and the fi...
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Lebron
HardcoverOriginal price $32.00Original price $32.00 - Original price $32.00Original price $32.00Current price $27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the #1 bestselling author of The Dynasty and Tiger Woods--the "definitive...fantastic" (Sports Illustrated) biogra...
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Kicking Up Dirt: A True Story of Determination, Deafness, and Daring
PaperbackOriginal price $13.99 - Original price $13.99Original price $13.99$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /“Ashley Fiolek’s incredible story perfectly embodies the adage ‘the only thing that deaf people can’t do is hear.’ Fiolek is an inspiration to an...
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Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Former NBA star and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship with Coach John Wooden, one of th...
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Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Notes From Black ReadsAmerica’s most popular and polarizing player in sports commentary tells his story for the first time, diving deep into his...
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Willie Horton: 23: Detroit's Own Willie the Wonder, the Tigers' First Black Great
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /A compelling autobiography from one of Detroit's favorite sons At 15, Willie Horton received his first contract offer to become a professional ba...
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Undisputed Truth
PaperbackOriginal price $22.00Original price $22.00 - Original price $22.00Original price $22.00Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /Be sure to check out IRON AMBITION: My Life with Cus D’Amato by Mike Tyson“Raw, powerful and disturbing—a head-spinning take on Mr. Tyson's life....
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True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Notes From Black ReadsJackie Robinson is an iconic figure in sports and civil rights and has been written about many times before, but this new ...
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The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality
HardcoverOriginal price $29.99Original price $29.99 - Original price $29.99Original price $29.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Notes From Black ReadsA compelling story about Kobe Bryant before he was the Black Mamba. Sielski does a wonderful job walking readers through B...
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The Pussycat of Prizefighting: Tiger Flowers and the Politics of Black Celebrity
PaperbackOriginal price $28.95 - Original price $28.95Original price $28.95$39.99$39.99 - $39.99Current price $39.99| /In 1926 Theodore “Tiger” Flowers became the first African American boxer to win the world middleweight title. The next year he was dead, the vict...
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The Mamba Mentality: How I Play
HardcoverOriginal price $40.00Original price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00Current price $36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /Notes From Black ReadsA magnificent look into basketball and the “Mamba mentality” of the late, great Kobe Bryant. Through his own prowess on th...
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The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
HardcoverOriginal price $29.99Original price $29.99 - Original price $29.99Original price $29.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /New York Times Bestseller • The ultimate gift for sports lovers By the author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definitive biogra...
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Strength for the Fight: The Life and Faith of Jackie Robinson
HardcoverOriginal price $24.99Original price $24.99 - Original price $24.99Original price $24.99Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /How faith sustained Jackie Robinson--both as an athlete and as an activist. The integration of Major League Baseball in 1947 was a triumph. But it ...
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Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes
HardcoverOriginal price $28.99Original price $28.99 - Original price $28.99Original price $28.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Notes From Black ReadsAmerica’s most popular and polarizing player in sports commentary tells his story for the first time, diving deep into his...
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Sports Illustrated Kobe Bryant: A Tribute to a Basketball Legend
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /In 20 seasons in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform, Kobe Bryant ascended from teenaged rookie to 18-time All-Star and five-time NBA champion. The supe...
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Sports Illustrated Derek Jeter: A Celebration of the Yankee Captain
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Celebrating a New York icon and one of baseball's most beloved superstars Derek Jeter made his major-league debut at age 20 in 1995. The followin...
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Sparring with Smokin' Joe: Joe Frazier's Epic Battles and Rivalry with Ali
HardcoverOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /"This Maileresque combination of personal reflection, boxing analysis, and sports biography is a must read for fight fans...." Booklist, Starred ...
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Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original
HardcoverOriginal price $29.99Original price $29.99 - Original price $29.99Original price $29.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /“Seldom does a sports biography—especially a page-turner—so comprehensively explain the forces that made an icon the way they are.” – Sports Illu...
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Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds
HardcoverOriginal price $28.00Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00Original price $28.00Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /In theory, someone like me was never supposed to get the opportunity to be in my position. I spent the early years of my life sleeping on floors an...
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Jumpman: The Making and Meaning of Michael Jordan
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /How Michael Jordan's path to greatness was shaped by race, politics, and the consequences of fame To become the most revered basketball player in ...
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I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /The bestselling autobiography of American baseball and civil rights legend Jackie Robinson Before Reggie Jackson, before Hank Aaron, baseball's s...
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I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond
PaperbackOriginal price $17.00Original price $17.00 - Original price $17.00Original price $17.00Current price $16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /The football star made famous in the hit film (and book) The Blind Side reflects on how far he has come from the circumstances of his youth. Mich...
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