History of sport

In this long-anticipated sequel to his jarring takedown of professional sports, The Fix Is In, internationally recognized game fixing expert and scholarly authority Brian Tuohy further reveals the truths all sports fans need to know. Based on dedicated...

The USA TODAY Golfer's Encyclopedia is an exhaustively researched statistical and biographical reference on professional golfers and their performances over the past fifty years. Including all golfers who have had a minimum of 20 starts on the PGA tour...

This book fills a missing need for a solid socio-cultural breakdown referring to Okinawan karate. This is currently not found in the Western karate world. The author applies the laws of physics to modern karate, revealing the changes and negative...

The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Cubs is a decade-by-decade look at one of baseball's most beloved if hard-luck teams, starting with the franchise's beginnings in 1876 as the Chicago White Stockings and ending with the triumphant 2016 World Series...

With a new introduction by Giants beat writer Tom Rock! Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry could not have had two more divergent personalities. Yet, while working for the New York Giants in the mid-1950s under head coach Jim Lee Howell, the pair formed what...

Insight from the likes of Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Bob Hope, Lee Trevino, Ben Hogan, and many others.Both life and golf can offer frustrations and also important lessons on topics ranging from "grinding it out"...

Gary Player's Black Book contains sixty questions and detailed responses from eighteen-time major winner Gary Player. The book, divided into three parts, focuses on specific scenarios and problems that arise in golf, life, and business. In the first...

A vivid history of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped transform Los AngelesWhen Walter O'Malley moved his Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1957 with plans to construct a new ballpark, he ignited a bitter half-decade dispute...

There's an old adage about sports writing that says "the smaller the ball, the better the writing." The quotes that make up 1,001 Pearls of Golfer's Wisdom prove that to be most definitely true! Including great golfers from all around the world and every...

In Ben Hogan's Short Game Simplified, the follow-up to the successful Ben Hogan's Magical Device (2009), author Ted Hunt takes things a step further, focusing his attention on the elements of Hogan's picture-perfect swing specific to shots attempted...

If rugby league buried a time capsule Jack Gibson's fur coat would be the first item placed inside - if you could solve the mystery of its whereabouts. League's precious artefacts include Thurston's headgear, Langland's white boots, Reggie the Rabbit's...