Category - Sports & Recreation
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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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Rocket Men: The Black Quarterbacks Who Revolutionized Pro Football
HardcoverOriginal price $32.00Original price $32.00 - Original price $32.00Original price $32.00Current price $27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /An acclaimed sportswriter offers an inside look at the Black quarterbacks whose skill and grit transformed the NFL In Rocket Men, John Eisenberg o...
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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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Muhammad Ali, Kinshasa 1974
HardcoverOriginal price $29.99Original price $29.99 - Original price $29.99Original price $29.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /"Muhammad Ali as you’ve never seen him...a new graphic novel mixes comic book art and rarely seen photography... powerful combination" - The New ...
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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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Hometown Victory: A Coach's Story of Football, Fate, and Coming Home
HardcoverOriginal price $28.99Original price $28.99 - Original price $28.99Original price $28.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe's Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to coach a team of s...
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Blacks at the Net: Black Achievement in the History of Tennis: Volume 1
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /While much has been written about black triumphs in boxing, baseball, and other sports, little has been said of similar accomplishments in tennis...
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Blacks at the Net: Black Achievement in the History of Tennis, Volume Two
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /While much has been written about black triumphs in boxing, baseball, and other sports, little has been said of similar accomplishments in tennis...
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Beyond Home Plate: Jackie Robinson on Life After Baseball
HardcoverOriginal price $19.95Original price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Jackie Robinson is one of the most revered public figures of the twentieth century. He is remembered for both his athletic prowess and his strong p...
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42 Today: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy
HardcoverOriginal price $45.00 - Original price $45.00Original price $45.00$58.99$58.99 - $58.99Current price $58.99| /Explores Jackie Robinson’s compelling and complicated legacy Before the United States Supreme Court ruled against segregation in public schools, ...
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Game Misconduct: Hockey's Toxic Culture and How to Fix It
HardcoverOriginal price $28.00Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00Original price $28.00Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /A bracing call to arms for hockey fans, players, and coaches everywhere Those who have been lured by the sound of skate blades slicing into fresh...
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Queen of the Mountaineers: The Trailblazing Life of Fanny Bullock Workman
HardcoverOriginal price $28.99Original price $28.99 - Original price $28.99Original price $28.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Fanny Bullock Workman was a complicated and restless woman who defied the rigid Victorian morals she found as restrictive as a corset. With her f...
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Alpine Warriors
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Although Yugoslavia managed to avoid becoming involved in WWII until 1941, German armies invaded in April of that year and the Yugoslavian defens...
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Hockey's Greatest Myths and Legends
HardcoverOriginal price $31.32Original price $31.32 - Original price $31.32Original price $31.32Current price $26.99$26.99 - $26.99Current price $26.99| /Did the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team really win the gold medal by beating the Soviet Union in 1980? Do Detroit Red Wings fans really throw octo...
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The Sports Revolution: How Texas Changed the Culture of American Athletics
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /The story of Texas’s impact on American sports culture during the civil rights and second-wave feminist movements, this book offers a new underst...
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Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever
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 rollicking guided tour of one extraordinary summer, when some of the most pivotal and freakishly coincidental stories all collided and changed ...
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Role of a Lifetime: Larry Farmer and the UCLA Bruins
HardcoverOriginal price $27.95Original price $27.95 - Original price $27.95Original price $27.95Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /Role of a Lifetime is the story of the crucial role Larry Farmer played on teams that won three NCAA titles for UCLA under Coach John Wooden. Far...
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