Category - Sports & Recreation
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Hoops: A Cultural History of Basketball in America
HardcoverOriginal price $34.00 - Original price $34.00Original price $34.00$48.99$48.99 - $48.99Current price $48.99| /From its 19th-century roots to its position today as a global symbol of American culture, basketball has been a force in American society. This boo...
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When Your Back's Against the Wall: Fame, Football, and Lessons Learned Through a Lifetime of Adversity
HardcoverOriginal price $28.00Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00Original price $28.00Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /The NFL champion whose life inspired the hit movie The Blind Side is back with an inspiring and motivating book on overcoming any obstacle, no matt...
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Fists Raised: 10 Stories of Sports Star Activists
HardcoverOriginal price $26.99Original price $26.99 - Original price $26.99Original price $26.99Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /What does Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer of all time, have in common with Megan Rapinoe, the badass pink-haired female soccer player? They achiev...
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Barkley: A Biography
HardcoverOriginal price $29.99Original price $29.99 - Original price $29.99Original price $29.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /*A Good Morning America Buzz Book**A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2022*The definitive biography of Charles Barkley, exploring his early childhoo...
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The Book of James: The Power, Politics, and Passion of Lebron
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /The unique social, cultural, and political life of the incomparable LeBron James LeBron James is the hero in two very American tales: one, a succe...
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Melanin Base Camp: Real-Life Adventurers Building a More Inclusive Outdoors
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Beautiful, empowering, and exhilarating, Melanin Base Camp is a celebration of underrepresented BIPOC adventurers that will challenge you to rethin...
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The Ultimate Guide to Sports Marketing
HardcoverOriginal price $38.00Original price $38.00 - Original price $38.00Original price $38.00Current price $35.99$35.99 - $35.99Current price $35.99| /Sports marketing is heralded as one of the most prestigious, exciting, and popular fields in contemporary marketing. The number of related programs...
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The Black Athlete Revolt: The Sport Justice Movement in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter
HardcoverOriginal price $34.00 - Original price $34.00Original price $34.00$48.99$48.99 - $48.99Current price $48.99| /A timely and significant examination of how Black athletes have used their influence to create meaningful change and reform for Black Americans. In...
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Black Mercuries: African American Athletes, Race, and the Modern Olympic Games
HardcoverOriginal price $38.00 - Original price $38.00Original price $38.00$50.99$50.99 - $50.99Current price $50.99| /"An essential source on African American athletes and Olympic history." --Booklist, Starred Review This book chronicles the struggles and triumphs ...
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Remember Their Sacrifice: Stories of Unheralded Athletes of Color
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00$49.99$49.99 - $49.99Current price $49.99| /An invaluable and inspiring compilation that shines a light on unsung athletes of color. Sports have long been used as a vehicle for change, as a w...
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Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson
HardcoverOriginal price $32.00Original price $32.00 - Original price $32.00Original price $32.00Current price $27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /"A captivating book that brilliantly reveals an American sports legend long overlooked. Sally Jacobs tells the riveting story of Althea Gibson, my ...
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Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us
HardcoverOriginal price $27.00Original price $27.00 - Original price $27.00Original price $27.00Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /A searing exposé on the whiteness of running, a supposedly egalitarian sport, and a call to reimagine the industry "Runners know that running brin...
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Talk of Champions: Stories of the People Who Made Me: A Memoir
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 revealing, humorous, behind-the-scenes memoir from Kenny "The Jet" Smith--superstar basketball commentator, host of the top-rated show, Inside th...
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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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We Matter: Athletes and Activism
HardcoverOriginal price $42.95Original price $42.95 - Original price $42.95Original price $42.95Current price $38.99$38.99 - $38.99Current price $38.99| /"In We Matter, Thomas strives to show the influence professional athletes can have when they join the conversation on race, politics, and civil rig...
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Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA
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 vital narrative history of 1970s pro basketball, and the Black players who shaped the NBA Against a backdrop of ongoing resistance to racial de...
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The Stack and Tilt Swing: The Definitive Guide to the Swing That Is Remaking Golf
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /An in-depth, full-color, step-by-step guide to the new golf swing that has taken the PGA Tour by stormThe traditional golf swing requires a level...
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Shaq's Family Style: Championship Recipes for Feeding Family and Friends [A Cookbook]
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 ReadsWe can't believe this is Shaquille O'Neal's first cookbook. He's already a fixture in the food world: He has launched rest...
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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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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 Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa
HardcoverOriginal price $28.95Original price $28.95 - Original price $28.95Original price $28.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Neil Peart’s travel memoir of thoughts, observations, and experiences as he cycles through West Africa reveals the subtle, yet powerful writing s...
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