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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Pennsylvania

The NFL's Greatest Team and the Stolen 1925 Championship

Fleming recounts the story of how, in 1926, the Pottsville Maroons, a semi-pro football team from the heart of Pennsylvania coal country, was stripped of its championship title. For 80 years, Pottsville fans have fought to have the championship restored.

Breaker Boys

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Delaware

The Remarkable True Story of Two All-American Wrestling Teammates Pitted Against Each Other in the War on Drugs and Then Reunited as Coaches

Glamour, excitement, and money were thrust upon Miami in the late 1970s. Seemingly overnight, it transformed from a sleepy Southern town famous only for its retirees, to an exciting mix of wealth, style, and violence. It was the Cocaine Era, when mountains of cash, bricks of coke, and men with assault rifles changed everything. And it changed the people living there, as well. Kevin Pedersen and Alex DeCubas, a couple of local boys who met at a Little League game, became best friends and star high school wrestling teammates. They were even featured in Sports Illustrated. Alex, who was so big and powerful that he wasn't allowed to play football with the other kids, was on his way to bigger things, possibly the Olympics, when a series of tragedies derailed his dreams. Instead, he used his natural strength and ferocity to start robbing drug dealers and selling what he took. Before long, he caught the eyes of the Colombians and became the biggest home-grown cocaine dealer in the United States. Kevin, half Alex's size, became a wrestling champion through self-discipline, hard work, and drive. After graduating from West Point, he saw his family life deteriorate because of drugs. After divorcing his coke-addicted wife, he came close to suicide until his mind changed. He realized America's enemy wasn't Iran or Russia or any other country, it was drugs. He went to work for the DEA, and on his first day, Kevin found out that his old friend, Alex, was their primary target. And, years later, after the pair faced conflict, personal turmoil and (for Alex) a long prison sentence, the pair reunited and teamed up to do what they perhaps always should have--coaching high school wrestling together.

Full Circle

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Illinois

The Life and Times of a Sportscaster Dad

The popular host of ESPN Radio's Mike and Mike in the Morning, delivers a hilarious, sometimes touching, and endlessly entertaining debut--a wry and revealing look at one man's goodhearted but mistake-prone attempt to grow up before his children do.

Why My Wife Thinks I'm an Idiot

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Memoir

Traces the author's journey from a promising high-school basketball star to a recovering drug addict, describing his struggles with addiction throughout his college and NBA years, the overdose that nearly cost him everything and his subsequent work as a mentor for young athletes. 50,000 first printing.

Basketball Junkie

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Ohio

College hoop bloops 

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New York

Inside ESPN's SportsCenter

For the first time, Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick, the tag-team partners of ESPN's award-winning SportsCenter, bring what People magazine calls their Letterman-like loopiness and Koppelesque smarts to the printed page in The Big Show. The Big Show gives you the honest, horrifying, yet always entertaining story of two men, three cameras, and highlights run amok: that voodoo that Keith and Dan do to make The Big Show run slicker than Pat Riley's do; Keith's controversial list of should-be baseball Hall of Famers (100 of them, for Pete's sake); Dan and Keith's on-air flubs - errors that make even Bill Buckner's blunder seem minor; and Keith and Dan's complaints about sports idiocies - and each other

The Big Show

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Indiana

ESPN Lilly Diabetes 

Up for the Challenge 

#paperback #nonfiction #sports #espn #history #media #journalism

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

New Jersey

The Uncensored History

Drawn from internal documents, police and court records, and interviews with network employees, producers, on-air talent, and executives, a colorful history of ESPN, from its beginnings in 1979 as the first twenty-four-hour all-sports cable channel to its evolution into a lucrative media outlet that reaches more than sixty million homes, provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse into America's top sports network. Reprint.

ESPN

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Colorado

Developing True Strength on and off the Court

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The popular ESPN basketball analyst and former Duke player looks at the true meaning of toughness.


If anyone knows tough, it’s Jay Bilas. A four-year starter at Duke, he learned an incomparable work ethic under coach Mike Krzyzewski, battling against the greatest college players in the game. After playing professionally overseas for several years, he returned to Duke, where he served as Krzyzewski’s assistant coach for three seasons, during which the Blue Devils won back-to-back titles. A graduate of Duke Law School, he has since become one of basketball’s most recognizable faces through his insightful, intelligent work on ESPN’s SportsCenter and College GameDay.

Through his ups and downs, on and off the court, Jay learned the true meaning of toughness from coaches, teammates, and colleagues. Now, he discusses this misunderstood—yet vital—attribute and how it contributes to winning in sports and in life. Featuring never-before-heard stories and personal philosophies on toughness from top players and coaches including Coach K, Bob Knight, Grant Hill, Mia Hamm, Jon Gruden, Tom Izzo, Bill Self, Curtis Strange, and many others—Bilas redefines what it takes to succeed.

Toughness

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Virginia

Inside the World of ESPN

Presents the history of sports channel ESPN based on interviews with nearly 500 current and former employees, featuring announcers and analysts and as well as sports stars including LeBron James, Peyton Manning and Jeff Gordon. 200,000 first printing.

Those Guys Have All the Fun

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Connecticut

The NBA According to the Sports Guy

An opinionated tour of the past, present, and future of pro basketball, written by ESPN's "Sports Guy" columnist, shares insights on everything from major NBA events and underrated players to how Hall of Famers should be selected.

The Book of Basketball

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#paperback #espn #nonfiction #sports #communications

South Carolina

In the exclusive behind the scenes look, sports fans can unlock the fascinating history of the channel that changed the way people watch and interact with their favorite teams.


It began, in 1979, as a mad idea of starting a cable channel to televise local sporting events throughout the state of Connecticut. Today, ESPN is arguably the most successful network in modern television history, spanning eight channels in the Unites States and around the world. But the inside story of its rise has never been fully told-until now.

Drawing upon over 500 interviews with the greatest names in ESPN's history and an All-Star collection of some of the world's finest athletes, bestselling authors James Miller and Tom Shales take us behind the cameras. Now, in their own words, the men and women who made ESPN great reveal the secrets behind its success-as well as the many scandals, rivalries, off-screen battles and triumphs that have accompanied that ascent. From the unknown producers and business visionaries to the most famous faces on television, it's all here.

Parents and Children Bonding Through Sports

In personal essays written by some of the biggest names in sports--George Foreman, Cal Ripken Jr., Nolan Ryan, and others--"Ready, Set, Play!" provides new and creative ways for families to become happy and healthy through sports.

Ready, Set, Play!

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California

Introduction by David Halberstam Foreword by Chris Berman The biggest stars, the greatest games, the most stupendous moments in world sport are all contained here in this beautiful volume which celebrates sport, in its many forms, throughout the twentieth century. Packed with essays from some of the world's best sports writers and illustrated throughout in full-colour, this is the ultimate guide to the greatest sports moments of the last millennium.

ESPN Sports Century

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Nebraska

This New York Times bestselling gritty memoir Hero of the Underground offers a no-holds-barred look at the twisted underbelly of a seemingly perfect life. Jason Peter, an All-American football player, captain of the National Champion Nebraska Cornhuskers, first round NFL draft pick. . . and heroin addict.

I wasn't afraid of death.

How could I be? I lived under death's shadow every day. When you swallow sixty Vicodin, twenty sleeping pills, drink a bottle of vodka, and still survive, a certain sense of invulnerability stays with you.

When you continually use drugs with the kind of reckless determination that I did, the limit to how much heroin or crack you can ingest is not defined by dollar amounts but by the amounts your body can withstand without experiencing a seizure or respiratory failure. . . .

I found myself contemplating death again. Only this time I wasn't going to leave it to chance. I was going to buy a gun, load the thing, place the barrel in my mouth, and blow my fucking brains out.

"Had Hunter Thompson been a football player instead of a fan, this is the book he'd have written. Flat-out, mash-your-face-in-the-dirt amazing." --Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight

Signed: Hero of the Underground

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Texas

The 365 Wildest, Weirdest, Most Unforgettable SportsCenter Moments of All Time

ESPN celebrates more than 25 years of SportsCenter's most eye-popping, mind-blowing, jump-off-the-couch-worthy sports highlights. Loyal viewers can relive the most extraordinary (or sometimes boneheaded) plays, controversial calls, last-second miracles, and strangest fans in action.

ESPN Ultimate Highlight Reel

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Minnesota

in HerJuiced Home Run Totals, Anti-Aging Miracles, and a Herculescule in Every High School - The Secret History of America's True Drug Addiction

An investigative journalist looks at America's complex relationship with steroids and how it has become the country's most dangerous and pervasive drug addiction, examining incidence of steroid use throughout the world of sports, from the bodybuilders of the 1970s, to the baseball scandals of today, and profiling the godfather of the steroid movement, Dan Duchaine. 75,000 first printing.

Steroid Nation

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Alabama

Electives

A Guided Tour of College Football's Best Places to Eat

College football culture is captured through the food, small town characters, and college life that makes Saturdays in autumn something fans look forward to every year.

In TASTE OF THE TOWN, Todd Blackledge, host of the enormously popular ESPN segment "Taste of the Town," focuses on popular college towns by telling you where to eat, what to eat, and great stories about college football traditions across America. With over 100 recipes from the chefs of the featured restaurants and the coach (or wife) of the hometown team you will be left hungry and excited to try out the popular football food for yourselves!

Behind-the-scenes photos, shot on location, enhance the energy of the fun and food featured in each town. This book about football, food, and college culture showcases the coaches, players, chefs, and rabid fans who regularly join together to talk about their common passion.

Taste of the Town

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Huge Hardcover (6 to 8 lbs)

The Complete History of the Men's Game

From Midnight Madness to March Madness, this comprehensive guide is a celebration of all that's great in college hoops. Features include overviews of all 335 Division 1 teams, brackets and scores for NCAA tournaments, college rankings, and more.

David Fleming

Breaker Boys

Chuck Malkus, Jerry Langton

Full Circle

Mike Greenberg

Why My Wife Thinks I'm an Idiot

Chris Herren, Bill Reynolds

Basketball Junkie

Espn

College hoop bloops

Bonnie Nelson

The Big Show

Leigh Oslen

Up for the Challenge

Michael Freeman

ESPN

Jay Bilas; Coach K (Foreword by)

Toughness

James Andrew Miller; Tom Shales

Those Guys Have All the Fun

Bill Simmons; Malcolm Gladwell (Foreword by)

The Book of Basketball

Tom Shales; James Andrew Miller

Those Guys Have All the Fun

Mark Schlereth

Ready, Set, Play!

Michael MacCambridge (Editor); Chris Berman (Foreword by); David Halberstam (Introduction by)

ESPN Sports Century

Jason Peter; Tony O'Neill

Signed: Hero of the Underground

ESPN (Created by)

ESPN Ultimate Highlight Reel

Shaun Assael

Steroid Nation

Todd Blackledge; J. R. Rosenthal; Bryan Jaroch (Photographer)

Taste of the Town

Michael MacCambridge (Editor); Chris Berman (Foreword by); David Halberstam (Introduction by)

ESPN Sports Century

ESPN Staff (Editor); Bill Bradley (Introduction by)

ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia

Gary Belsky; Neil Fine; ESPN (Television network) Staff (Contribution by); Hallmark Cards, Inc., Staff (Contribution by)

The ESPN Uncyclopedia