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The Best American Sports Writing (Best American Sports Writing) by Glenn Stout Publisher Comments Well established as the premier sports anthology, The Best American Sports Writing brings together the year's finest writing on sports. Chosen from more than 350 national, regional and specialty publications, the twenty five pieces here embrace the... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back. by David Millar Publisher Comments WORLD-CLASS CYCLIST, Tour de France stage winner, and time trial specialist David Millar offers a vivid portrait of his life in professional cycling—including his soul-searing detour into performance-enhancing drugs, his dramatic arrest and two-... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis Publisher Comments 'The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When we first meet him, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Boys from Little Mexico: A Season Chasing the American Dream by Steve Wilson Publisher Comments In the tradition of Buzz Bissinger's Friday Night Lights, a sensitive and clear-eyed journalist takes us deep inside Oregon's only all-Hispanic boys' high school soccer team, a team whose players stand on the cusp of change. The all-Hispanic boys' soccer... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Wrestling for Fighting: The Sport of Mixed Martial Arts by Randy Couture Publisher Comments Randy "The Natural" Couture is the most respected and celebrated MMA combatant in the history of the UFC. A UFC Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion, and a UFC Hall of Famer, Randy Couture's reputation and fighting style are among the best in... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Classic Golf Stories: Twenty-Six Incredible Tales from the Links by Jeff Silverman Publisher Comments Ever since that fateful day several hundred years ago when a Scottish shepherd first struck a rock with a shillelagh, perhaps no single athletic pursuit has brought man more joy and frustration, more fulfillment and utter despair than the game of golf... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson by Jackie Robinson Publisher Comments The Autobiography of a Boy of Summer Who Became a Man for All Seasons Before Barry Bonds, before Reggie Jackson, before Hank Aaron, baseball's stars had one undeniable trait in common: they were all white. In 1947, Jackie Robinson broke that barrier,... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Extra Innings: More Baseball Between the Numbers from the Team at Baseball Prospectus by Baseball Prospectus Publisher Comments In 1996, a brassy young team of fans produced a guide to baseball statistics. Printed on a photocopier, its distribution, which was in the low hundreds, was limited to friends, family, and die-hard stat heads. Sixteen years... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Soccer Men: Profiles of the Rogues, Geniuses, and Neurotics Who Dominate the World's Most Popular Sport by Simon Kuper Publisher Comments Simon Kupers New York Times bestseller Soccernomics pioneered a new way of looking at soccer through meticulous empirical analysis and incisiveand witty commentary. Kuper now leaves the numbers and data behind to explore the heart and soul of... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Beginning Runners Handbook 3RD Edition the Proven 13 by Ian Macneill Publisher Comments More than 20.5 million Americans run recreationally, according to the latest U.S. statisticsan astonishing figure that underscores just how popular running is as a method of improving fitness. This tightly written, absolutely basic guide... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Amazing Pace: The Story of Olympic Champion Michael Phelps from Sydney to Athens to Beijing by Paul Mcmullen Publisher Comments A vibrant portrait of American swimmer Michael Phelps--the dominant athlete at the 2004 Olympics--who has relentlessly pushed himself, promoted his sport, and appears poised to ultimately accumulate the most gold medals in Olympic history Before he was... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Art and Science of Fencing by Nick Evangelista Publisher Comments Often thought of as an activity just for actors or an elite few, fencing is actually an ideal sport for people of all ages. Fencing develops dexterity, endurance, flexibility, grace, and overall fitness, while also allowing participants the opportunity... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The RealAge Workout: Maximum Health, Minimum Work by Michael F Roizen Publisher Comments With his bestselling books, Dr. Michael F. Roizen has helped people reverse their chronological aging by ten, fifteen, and up to twenty-nine years. Now, with The RealAge® Workout, he explains the importance of gradually phasing exercise into your... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $1.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Ali Rap by George Lois Publisher Comments Before there was hip-hop: from the publisher that brought you the biggest book on Ali, here comes the smallest This book contains over 300 rap rhythms, witticisms, insults, wisecracks, politically incorrect quips, courageous stands and words of... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $1.00 Sale - Flexible
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The Enlightened Cyclist: Commuter Angst, Dangerous Drivers, and Other Obstacles on the Path to Two-Wheeled Trancendence by BikeSnobNYC Publisher Comments The joys of commuting by bike attract scores of new converts every year. But as fresh-faced cyclists fill the roads, they also encounter their share of frustrations: careless drivers, wide-flung car doors, zoned-out pedestrians, and aggressive fellow... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Best American Sports Writing (Best American Sports Writing) by Glenn Stout Publisher Comments The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Underdawgs: How Brad Stevens and Butler University Built the Bulldogs for March Madness by David Jr Woods Publisher Comments andlt;bandgt;"In the best John Feinstein tradition" (andlt;iandgt;Booklistandlt;/iandgt;) the greatest college basketball story in decades--the Butler Bulldogs and theirandnbsp;improbable run to two straight NCAA National Championship games--now updated... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer by Lynne Cox Staff Pick The first to swim the Strait of Magellan, the Bering Strait, and the Cape of Good Hope, Lynne Cox, from the age of fourteen, began forcing the world's best long-distance swimmers to reconsider what might be possible in the water. Dive in and brace... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Adventure Golf: From Fairways to Fun Days--Attractions on and Off the World's Most Remarkable Golf Courses by Pilot Publisher Comments Join the intrepid Pilot Productions television crew and celebrate golf and travel in one spectacular book. Vivid photographs and insider information put you front and center at fantastic golf courses and tourist attractions in Scotland, South Africa, the... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $1.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Sosa: An Autobiolography by Sammy Sosa and Marcos Breton Publisher Comments Here is the true story of Sammy Sosa, the baseball player whose extraordinary talent has made him the sport's greatest international ambassador with millions of fans worldwide. Growing up in the poverty-stricken town of San Pedro de Macoris in the... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $1.00 Sale - Hardcover
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