1,054円 The athlete as a commodity to be bought or sold to make a profit and the athlete as a machine, from which the maximum possible performance is expected. It is in these two metaphors that the phenomenon known internationally as football trafficking has its roots, a definition that includes both cas...

1,760円 The leading players and outstanding matches of two thrilling decades in tennis history From Rod Laver's amateur Grand Slam in 1962 to the first US Open held at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, legendary sportswriter Herbert Warren Wind captures the grace and drama of modern tennis ...

1,440円 "A sparkling sampler of commentaries from celebrated sports journalist Frank Deford . . . offers a kaleidoscope of sports highs and lows." ー Midwest Book Review Frank Deford (1938–2017) was one of the most beloved sports journalists in America. A contributing writer to Sports Illustrated for mor...

1,760円 Duck hunters from Cajun South Louisiana share their stories, plus hunting tips and observations, in this collection of essays. Tales of a Louisiana Duck Hunter, by Fielding Lewis, is a delightful collection of anecdotes and stories set in Cajun South Louisiana. The author, a hunter for over forty...

1,120円 "A joy ride through the wild world of sports from the best sportswriter in the country." ー St. Paul Pioneer Press Steve Rushin, a four-time finalist for the National Magazine Award, has been hailed as one of the best sportswriters in America. In The Caddie Was a Reindeer, he circumnavigates the ...

1,760円 Bears, Bulls, Cubs, Sox, Blackhawksーthere's no city like Chicago when it comes to sports. Generation after generation, Chicagoans pass down their almost religious allegiances to teams, stadiums, and players and their never-say-die attitude, along with the stories of the city's best (and worst) s...

1,921円 These essays by the legendary sports writer "put readers right in the galleries" watching "all the great golfers, from Harry Vardon to Jack Nicklaus" ( The New York Times Book Review). In this classic anthology, Herbert Warren Wind recreates Ben Hogan's stirring performance in the third round of ...

1,921円 "Enlightening" essays on athletes, activism, and the important role sports plays in our society ( Publishers Weekly). Sportscaster Howard Cosell dubbed it "rule number one of the jockocracy": sports and politics just don't mix. But in truth, some of our most important debates about class, race, r...

9円 Fifty runnersーfrom the world's elite to passionate amateursーshare the races they'll never forget in this "fascinating and fresh look at competitive running" (Jon Sinclair, former USA cross country and 10K champion, RRCA Hall of Famer). Every runner that enters a race has a unique motivation beh...

18円 "An insightful and varied view of Kentucky's lush landscape. . . . [Will] appeal to hunters, anglers, environmentalists." ー Kentucky Monthly From the moment Daniel Boone first "gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and . . . beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below," generations of...

1,440円 Through visiting the game's players and veterans of all ages and skill levels, a writer chronicles the state of baseball in the summer of 1976. For one full baseball season in 1976, Roger Kahn returned to his favorite sport to see how it was doing and find out whether it still had the same old ma...

1,120円 Schulberg goes toe to toe with his lifelong passion in this collection of his greatest writings on boxing "As much as I love boxing, I hate it." So begins screenwriter, novelist, and journalist Budd Schulberg's collection of essays on the sweet science of bruising, a sport that fueled his literar...