Well established as the premier sports anthology, The Best American Sports Writing brings together the finest writing on sports to appear in the past year. Edited by the award-winning Peter Gammons, the pieces in this volume embrace the world of sports in all its drama, humanity, and excitement. List Price: $ 14.95 Price: $ 2.99 … [Read more...]
by on July 11, 2012
The Ecstasy of Defeat: Sports Reporting at Its Finest by the Editors of the Onion
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 sports fans: In The Ecstasy of Defeat, the editors of The Onion offer the laugh-out-loud funny and long overdue lampoon of sports culture you've been waiting for. Filled with the very best of The Onion's bench-clearing sports coverage, this book … [Read more...]
by on July 10, 2012
Love, Lust and Scandal in Professional Football [Sports Wives 1] (Siren Publishing Allure)
[Siren Allure: Erotic Contemporary Romance] Cassie Teller is a woman who appears to live a simple life. But look beyond the surface and discover a complicated lady with very scandalous secrets as two incredibly sexy men bide for her love and everything that goes along with it. Cassie knows what she wants. She wants Steve in her bed and a PFC football to keep her warm at night when he’s not. That is, until she meets the most eligible bachelor in the Professional Football Confederacy. He runs … [Read more...]
by on July 9, 2012
Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports
A deeply misunderstood sports legend, once the most hated and loved man in America, gets his due in this absorbing, revelatory biography.Howard Cosell was one of the most recognizable and controversial figures in American sports history. His colorful bombast, fearless reporting, and courageous stance on civil rights soon captured the attention of listeners everywhere. No mere jock turned "pretty-boy" broadcaster, the Brooklyn-born Cosell began as a lawyer before becoming a radio commentator. … [Read more...]
