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Fantasy Life: The Outrageous, Uplifting, and Heartbreaking World of Fantasy Sports from the Guy Who's Lived It
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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
Got To Give the People What They Want: True Stories and Flagrant Opinions from Center Court
Jalen Rose · 268 pages
"One of the most outspoken and original voices in sports sounds off while revealing his incredible life story"--
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
Out of My League: A Rookie's Survival in the Bigs
Dirk Hayhurst · 406 pages
In a follow up to "The Bullpen Gospels," the author details his major league rookie season, revealing that for him, it isn't just about the game, but about the people and events in it.
Odd Man Out: A Year on the Mound with a Minor League Misfit
Matt McCarthy · 299 pages
A novel of chilling suspense about a father who will do anything to protect his teenage daughterFollowing the tragic deaths of his wife and son, antiques dealer Terence Cave is left alone to raise his only daughter, fifteen-year-old Bryony. As the young girl struggles to come to terms with the loss of her twin brother, Reuben, Terence observes changes in her behaviorchanges he believes are more da
Running Like a Girl
Alexandra Heminsley · 220 pages
"In her twenties, Alexandra Heminsley spent more time drinking white wine than she did in pursuit of athletic excellence. When she decided to take up running in her thirties, she had high hopes for a blissful runner's high and immediate physical transformation. After eating three slices of toast with honey and spending ninety minutes on iTunes creating the perfect playlist, she hit the streets--an
Foley Is Good: And The Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling
Mick Foley · 592 pages
Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench
Mark Titus · 257 pages
It's True! It's True!
Kurt Angle, John Harper · 317 pages
Pro Cycling on $10 a Day: From Fat Kid to Euro Pro
Phil Gaimon · 302 pages
"Abandoning his former life as a couch potato and gamer, Phil Gaimon begin riding a bicycle in 2004 with the goal of shedding a few pounds. By sheer accident, he discovered he was a natural, advancing so rapidly through the amateur ranks that he entered the pro peloton utterly ignorant of a century of cycling etiquette. He recounts the difficulties of making ends meet on a salary of $166 a month,
I Think Therefore I Play
Andrea Pirlo, Alessandro Alciato · 200 pages
Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across Americ a
Marshall Ulrich
Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks
Mick Foley, Jim Ross · 645 pages
Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps
Chris Jericho · 464 pages
Fever Pitch
Nick Hornby · 247 pages
In America, it is soccer. But in Great Britain, it is the real football. No pads, no prayers, no prisoners. And that's before the players even take the field. Nick Hornby has been a football fan since the moment he was conceived. Call it predestiny. Or call it preschool. Fever Pitch is his tribute to a lifelong obsession. Part autobiography, part comedy, part incisive analysis of insanity, Horn
It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium: Football and the Game of Life
John Ed Bradley · 294 pages
"The best sports book of the year." - Sports Illustrated"John Ed Bradley says that all he ever wanted to do was to leave behind a pretty piece of writing. Here it is-a wonderful blend of honest introspection, passionate reporting, and superb storytelling. One of the best books I have read in years."- Jeffrey Marx, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Season of LifeInspired by a classic essay about a vis
An American Caddie in St. Andrews: Growing Up, Girls, and Looping on the Old Course
Oliver Horovitz · 322 pages
Oliver Horovitz had been accepted at Harvard, but he couldn't start for another year. A caddie since he was twelve and a golfer sporting a 1.8 handicap, Ollie decides to spend his gap year in St. Andrews, Scotland--a town with the U.K.'s highest number of pubs per capita, and home to the Old Course, golf 's most famous eighteen holes--where he enrolls in the St. Andrews Links Trust caddie trainee
The Closer: My Story
Mariano Rivera, Wayne Coffey · 312 pages
Every Second Counts
Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins · 246 pages
The Rock Says
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Joe Layden · 292 pages