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Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike by Grant Petersen Publisher Comments In the same way that Michael Pollan's slim bestseller Food Rules brought a gust of common sense to the everyday activity of eating, Just Ride is a revelation. Forget the ultralight, uncomfortable bikes, flashy jerseys, clunky shoes that clip onto tiny... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Bicycling Magazine's Complete Guide to Bicycle Maintenance and Repair: For Road and Mountain Bikes by Todd Downs Publisher Comments This revised, updated, expanded fifth edition is indispensable-with all the latest models, parts, and repair techniques, and terrific money-saving tips to keep any ride in tip-top shape Since its first publication, Bicycling Magazine's Complete Guide to... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Chi Running: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-Free Running by Danny Dreyer Publisher Comments More than 24 million people run in the United States alone, but 65 percent will have to stop at least once this year because of injury. Still others will choose to run through the pain. But in this groundbreaking book, ultramarathoner Danny Dreyer... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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My Losing Season by Pat Conroy Publisher Comments NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pat Conroy, one of America’s premier novelists, has penned a deeply affecting coming-of-age memoir about family, love, loss, basketball—and life itself. During one unforgettable season as a Citadel cadet, Conroy... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter by Frank Deford Publisher Comments Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter is as unconventional and wide-ranging as Frank Deford's remarkable career, in which he has chronicled the heroes and the characters of just about every sport in nearly every medium. Deford joined Sports Illustrated in... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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FreeDarko Presents... The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History by Bethlehem Shoals and Big Baby and Dr. Lawyer IndianChief and Billups and Silverbird 5000 Staff Pick The guys at FreeDarko have delivered another outstanding basketball book, this time about the history of the game. While not a complete history, they hit many of the highlights of the sport, including the first organized leagues, the Celtics of the 1960s,... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $13.00 Used - Hardcover
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Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit Publisher Comments Drawing together many histories of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores Rebecca Solnit creates a fascinating portrait of the range of possibilities presented by walking... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Science of Hitting by Ted Williams and John Underwood Publisher Comments Ted Williams is our greatest living expert on how to hit a baseball the last baseball player to hit .400 in the major leagues. Williams's career hitting statistics will stand forever as a monument to his complete mastery of the single most... (read more) This Edition: SOLD OUT add to wish list |
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The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss Publisher Comments Thinner, bigger, faster, stronger... which 150 pages will you read? Is it possible to: Reach your genetic potential in 6 months? Sleep 2 hours per day and perform better than on 8 hours? Lose more fat than a marathoner by bingeing? Indeed, and... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Hoop Dreams: True Story of Hardship and Triumph, the by Ben Joravsky Publisher Comments For nearly five years Arthur Agee's and William Gates' remarkable lives were chronicled by a team of filmmakers. Roughly 250 hours of film were devoted to their journeys from the playgrounds to high school competition to college recruitment and --... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Ecstasy of Defeat: Sports Reporting at Its Finest by Editors of the Onion Publisher Comments The Sports Page As You've Never Seen It Before From painfully obvious steroid revelations to sex scandals and superstars who announce trades in over-the-top TV specials, the wide world of sports can often seem too ridiculous for words. Well, attention... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $14.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Chiwalking: The Five Mindful Steps for Lifelong Health and Energy by Danny Dreyer Publisher Comments From the authors of "ChiRunning" comes a revolutionary program that blends the health benefits of walking with the core principles of Tai Chi to deliver maximum physical and spiritual fitness.... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley Inside Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty by Adrian Wojnarowski Publisher Comments On the mean streets of Jersey City, St. Anthony High School is more than a tiny brick schoolhouseit is a beacon of hope. Though the school constantly teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, it is held together by Felician nuns devoted to helping students... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect by Bob Rotella Publisher Comments Dr. Bob Rotella is one of the hottest performance consultants in America today. Among his many professional clients are Nick Price (last year's Player of the Year), Tom Kite, Davis Love III, Pat Bradley, Brad Faxon, John Daly, and many others. Rotella... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Best American Sports Writing (Best American Sports Writing) by Jane Leavy Publisher Comments The Best American Series(R) 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 magazines... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents by Jim Malusa Synopsis With plenty of sunscreen and a cold beer swaddled in his sleeping bag, writer and botanist Jim Malusa bicycled alone to the lowest point on each of six continents, a six-year series of anti-expeditions” to the anti-summits.” His... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Joyride: Pedaling toward a Healthier Planet by Mia Birk Publisher Comments Joyride: Pedaling Toward a Healthier Planet is pioneering transportation leader Mia Birk’s 20-year crusade to integrate bicycling into daily life. With a table scrap of funding, she led a revolution that grew Portland, OR into the #1 American cycling... (read more) Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Relaxercise: The Easy New Way to Health and Fitness by David Zemach Bersin Publisher Comments The History Of RelaxerciseIn 1942, Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, a brilliant and respected physicist working in London, faced one of the most critical challenges of his lifetime. Because he had suffered a series of sports-related knee injuries, he was now... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gift by Harvey Araton Publisher Comments “How would you like to hang out with Yogi Berra and Ron Guidry during spring training? Funny and sweet, Driving Mr. Yogi transports you there.” — Jim Bouton, author of Ball Four It happens every spring. Yankees pitching great Ron... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Kim Lyons' Your Body, Your Life: The 12-Week Program to Optimum Physical, Mental & Emotional Fitness by Kim Lyons Publisher Comments On NBCs hit TV show The Biggest Loser, trainer Kim Lyons encouraged, cajoled, and inspired her team members to change their lives. And they did, not only losing an incredible amount of weight in the process, but gaining a world of knowledge about fitness,... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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