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Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior
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Include books by the same authorSum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective
Pat Summitt, Sally Jenkins · 554 pages
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Haruki Murakami · 179 pages
The Last Season: A Team In Search of Its Soul
Phil Jackson, Michael Arkush · 304 pages
The Greatest: My Own Story
Richard Durham, Muhammad Ali · 424 pages
Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games
Lopez Lomong · 240 pages
This is a story about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible faith, diligence, and the desire to give back. Lomong chronicles his inspiring ascent from a barefoot lost boy of the Sudanese Civil War to a Nike sponsored athlete on the US Olympic Team. He shares his commitment to keep moving forward and find God in each step.
This Voice in My Heart: A Runner's Memoir of Genocide, Faith, and Forgiveness
Gilbert Tuhabonye, Gary Brozek · 275 pages
Racing Through the Dark
David Millar, Jeremy Whittle · 354 pages
"A vivid portrait of life as a professional cyclist by international champion David Millar, this arrestingly candid memoir follows his rise as a young racing star, his fall to the pervasive influence of performance-enhancing drugs--and his subsequent redemption"--
Every Second Counts
Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins · 246 pages
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner
Dean Karnazes · 295 pages
Ultrarunning legend Dean Karnazes has run 262 miles-the equivalent of ten marathons-without rest. He has run over mountains, across Death Valley, and to the South Pole-and is probably the first person to eat an entire pizza while running. With an insight, candor, and humor rarely seen in sports memoirs (and written without the aid of a ghostwriter or cowriter), Ultramarathon Man has inspired tens
Swing Your Sword: Leading the Charge in Football and Life
Mike Leach, Bruce Feldman, Peter Berg
West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life
Jerry West, Jonathan Coleman · 338 pages
Basketball great Jerry West tells his story--from his tough childhood in West Virginia, to his unbelievable college success at West Virginia University, his 40-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, and his relationships with NBA legends.
Ball Four
Jim Bouton · 472 pages
Twentieth-anniversary edition of a baseball classic, with a new epilogue by Jim Bouton. When first published in 1970, Ball Four stunned the sports world. The commissioner, executives, and players were shocked. Sportswriters called author Jim Bouton a traitor and "social leper." Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn tried to force him to declare the book untrue. Fans, however, loved the book. And seriou
I Think Therefore I Play
Andrea Pirlo, Alessandro Alciato · 200 pages
Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps
Chris Jericho · 464 pages
Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography
Mike Tyson · 580 pages
"A bare-knuckled, tell-all memoir from Mike Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion of the world--and a legend both in and out of the ring"--
Michael Jordan: The Life
Roland Lazenby · 708 pages
Traces the life of one of the most legendary basketball players in the history of the sport, drawing upon interviews with Jordan's friends, family, and teammates, and following his career from college to the NBA.
Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity
Drew Brees · 336 pages
The story of Drew Brees, from his childhood to his devastating shoulder injury that sent him to New Orleans, and his wife, kids, and 2010 Super Bowl win. He proves that when you get knocked to the ground, to come back stronger.
A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex
Chris Jericho, Peter T. Fornatale · 432 pages
Chris Jericho is the first undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the WWE and WCW, and has been called one of the fifty greatest wrestlers of all time. Now retired, he is writing his memoir, telling the story of his journey from wrestling school in Canada to his time in leagues in Mexico and Japan to his big break in the WCW. He'll dish the dirt on how he worked his way through the ranks alongside maj
Stillness and Speed: My Story
Dennis Bergkamp, David Winner · 269 pages
My Personal Best : Life Lessons from an All-American Journey
John Wooden, Steve Jamison · 192 pages
"In this book, basketball coach John Wooden reveals the educational journey he took throughout his legendary life, from his earliest days on a small Indiana farm to the glory of his historic record-setting UCLA dynasty. Throughout My Personal Best, Coach Wooden introduces us to the men and women who shaped him and the many important life lessons they taught along the way."--Jacket.
Letters to a Young Gymnast
Nadia Comaneci · 180 pages
The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods
Hank Haney · 272 pages
Hank Haney's insightful account of th six-year journey with Tiger Woods, during which the amazingly gifted golfer collected six major championships and changed golf history.