"Zero regrets. It's a philosophy not just about sport but about life . There has to be a vision, a dream, a plan. Then you chase that with everything you've got." Over three consecutive Olympic games, Apolo Ohno has...
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports
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Author:Ohno, ApoloSummary: -
Author:Jr., Ernie JohnsonSummary:Ernie Johnson Jr. has been in the game a long time. With one of the most recognized voices in sports broadcasting, he is a tireless perfectionist when it comes to preparing and delivering his commentary. Yet he knows that some of sports...
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Author:Yorkey, MikeSummary:In the last couple of years, Stephen Curry has reshaped the way basketball is played, been proclaimed the best shooter in basketball history (with the stats to back him up), morphed into the baby-faced face of the NBA, and has been...
- Author:Ribowsky, MarkSummary:
A biography of the legendary professional football coach and strategist. After playing with the AAFC Yankees and NFL Giants, then as defensive coach of the Giants, Landry spent thirty years as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, including...
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Author:Young, SteveSummary:In the most candid and compelling sports memoir since Andre Agassi's riveting bestseller Open, former San Francisco 49er, Super Bowl champion, NFL MVP, and Hall of Famer Steve Young gives readers an unprecedented and stunning...
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Author:Ortiz, DavidSummary:An entertaining, unfiltered memoir by one of the game's greatest, most clutch sluggers and beloved personalities David "Big Papi" Ortiz is a baseball icon and one of the most popular figures ever to play the game. As a...
- Author:Porter, JohnSummary:
A revelatory and poignant memoir showing mountaineering at its extraordinary best and tragic worst as it draws an unforgettable picture of a dazzling, argumentative and exuberant climbing legend. In the autumn of 1982, a single stone...
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Author:Kerber, ConradSummary:In the wake of the Tour de France's fallen heroes, the story of one of history's most legendary cyclists provides a much-needed antidote. In 1907 the world's most popular athlete was not Cy Young or Ty Cobb. Rather, he...
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Author:Hodges, CraigSummary:From Michael Jordan to George Bush Sr. Craig Hodges has never been shy about speaking truth to power. In this well-told, passionate, and historically literate memoir Hodges, a two-time NBA champion and world famous three-point shooter,...
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Author:Perkins, DaveSummary:Find out what it's like to have "the best job in town" Dave Perkins was once told by a bluntly helpful university admissions officer: "You don't have the looks for TV or the voice for radio. You should go into...
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Author:Roll, RichSummary:Months after plunging into a healthy, plant-based diet and a lifestyle that prioritized daily training, Rich Roll morphed from out-of-shape midlifer to endurance machine. Finding Ultra recounts his remarkable journey to becoming one of...
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Author:Bricker, Jen.Summary:Jen Bricker was born without legs and with her heart on the opposite side of her chest. Shocked an uncertain they could care for a child with two birth defects, her biological parents gave her up for adoption. In her loving adoptive...
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Author:Turbow, JasonSummary:How the Oakland A's of the 1970s-a revolutionary band of brawling Hall of Famers-won three straight championships and knocked baseball into the modern age The Oakland A's of the early 1970s were the most transformative team in...
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Author:Eig, JonathanSummary:The definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Times best-selling author with unique access to Ali's inner circle He was the wittiest, the prettiest, the strongest, the bravest, and, of course, the greatest (as he...
- Author:Wade, DwyaneSummary:
"NBA star Dwyane Wade discusses the rewarding responsibilities of being a single dad to his two sons, Zaire and Zion and highlights of his basketball career"--
