From the glamour of 1930s Hollywood and John Montague's extraordinary skill on the golf course to the shady world of Adirondack rumrunners and bootleggers, a "New York Times"-bestselling author captures a man and an era with extraordinary color and energy.
Traces the baseball legend's initial signing as a teenager with the Boston Red Sox in 1938, his record-setting batting averages, his two-time service as a fighter pilot, and his love-hate relationship with fans and the media.
Based on newly discovered documents and interviews, "The Big Bam" traces Ruth's life from his childhood in an orphanage to his amazing baseball career in Boston and New York where he entered the record books as the world's most explosive slugger.
This biography of Dale Earnhardt, Sr. chronicles the thrilling career of the man who was arguably the most interesting stock car driver of his time until his tragic death during the final minutes of the 2001 Daytona 500. It is also a story of the sport of race car driving itself.
Authorized by the future Hall of Famer himself, and written by a clinical psychologist and an award-winning investigative journalist, "Becoming Manny" is the incredible story behind one of the greatest baseball sluggers of all time. Manny Ramirez ranks seventeenth in career home runs and eighth in career slugging percentage -- the only players ...
The charismatic basketball coach at the University of Connecticut reveals the victorious secrets behind his team's breathtaking journey to the 1999 NCAA Division 1 National Championships.
For 86 years, Red Sox fans have been hungry. Generation after generation has watched and hoped and prayed for victory. And generation after generation has turned away utterly despondent-after the crushing near-misses of 1946 (when the Sox lost the World Series in 7 games), '48 (lost a one game play-off to Cleveland), '49 (heartbreak to the ...
He is the tallest man ever to play pro basketball; he can dunk the ball without leaving the floor. He has traveled from a small village in the south of the Sudan to the high-tech, glitzy arenas of the NBA. He is Manute Bol, the 7'7" Dinka tribesman who has become a star. In a dazzling debut, Leigh Montville takes readers through Manute's wildly ...
This biography of Dale Earnhardt, Sr. chronicles the thrilling career of the man who was arguably the most interesting stock car driver of his time until his tragic death during the final minutes of the 2001 Daytona 500. It is also a story of the sport of race car driving itself.
This biography of Dale Earnhardt, Sr. chronicles the thrilling career of the man who was arguably the most interesting stock car driver of his time until his tragic death during the final minutes of the 2001 Daytona 500. It is also a story of the sport of race car driving itself.
The charismatic basketball coach at the University of Connecticut reveals the victorious secrets behind his team's breathtaking journey to the 1999 NCAA Division I National Championship--and along the way shares his philosophy for winning. It was one of those games that basketball fans will talk about for years. Here was the seemingly unbeatable ...
Well-established as the premier sports anthology, this collection brings together the year's finest writing on sports. Chosen from more than 350 national, regional and specialty publications, the 25 pieces here embrace the world of sports in all its drama, humanity, and excitement.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: 1993 Simon & Schuster, NY
Description: 1st edition, hardcover, dust jacket, like new. The biography of the tallest player (7' 7") to ever play in the NBA, Manute Bol. Photos. read more
Description: Montville, Leigh., Simon & Schuster, nd (1993), c1993, 1st Edition, boards & cloth w/gilt spine titles, fine w/dj, 237 pp, B & W/color photographic illus., 8vo, 'The Center of Two Worlds' read more
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