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Competing With Your Muse: On Stephen Amidon’s Something Like the Gods
Cathy Freeman, redemptive figure in sports’ long history. Under Review: Something Like the Gods: A Cultural History of the Athlete from Achilles to LeBron by Stephen Amidon (2012, Rodale, 240 pages)...
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The Self-Publisher Who Changed the World of Baseball: On Fool’s Gold by Bill...
A huge factor fueling Red Sox mania lives in Kansas. Under review: Solid Fool’s Gold: Detours on the Way to Conventional Wisdom by Bill James (2011, ACTA Publications, 224 pages) Whenever I think of...
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Great Tennis Player: Looking Back at...
Roger Federer: Temporal being or beams of light? Under Review: “Federer as Religious Experience,” article by David Foster Wallace for New York Times, August 20, 2006. Collected in Both Flesh and Not:...
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Around the World in 209 Teams: A Review of Thirty-One Nil by James Montague
209 teams enter; 1 will be victorious. Thirty-One Nil: On the Road With Football’s Outsiders–A World Cup Odyssey James Montague Bloomsbury, 2014, Bloomsbury 330 pages $18.00 Buy: book | ebook The...
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First Down Te Ching: On The Tao of Chip Kelly
The house that Chip built. The Tao of Chip Kelly: Lessons From America’s Most Innovative Coach Mark Saltveit Diversion Books, 2014 128 pages $12.99 Buy: book | ebook Today marks the beginning of the...
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Private Tutor to the Stars: On THE HOOPS WHISPERER by Idan Ravin
Even this man needs a tutor for the subject he knows best. The Hoops Whisperer: On the Court and Inside the Heads of Basketball’s Best Players Idan Ravin Gotham Books, 2014 246 pages Buy: book | ebook...
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How to Read Derek Jeter: On The Devil’s Snake Curve by Josh Ostergaard
Can you find the symbols for American political power in this picture? The Devil’s Snake Curve: A Fan’s Notes From Left Field Josh Ostergaard Coffee House Press, 2014 253 pages $15.95 Buy: book | ebook...
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America’s Saturday Church: On My Conference Can Beat Your Conference by Paul...
Sit, stand, kneel. My Conference Can Beat Your Conference: Why the SEC Still Rules College Football Paul Finebaum with Gene Wojciechowski Harper Collins, 2014 273 pages $19.99 Buy: book | ebook I could...
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Why a Football Coach Reads a Tennis Instructor: On The Inner Game of Tennis
Super Bowl champion and/or spiritual guru. The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance Timothy Gallwey Random House, 1997 122 pages $8.75 Buy: book | ebook...
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Review: THE QB by Bruce Feldman
The QB: The Making of Modern Quarterbacks Bruce Feldman Crown Archetype, October 2014 304 pages $27.00 Buy: book | ebook Like the casting of James Bond or the election of presidents, the styles, moods,...
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Review: THROWN by Kerry Howley
Thrown Kerry Howley Sarabande Books, 2014 282 pages Buy: book | ebook Being intimate with some sports is far from a guarantee that one is even acquainted with all of them. Personally I’ve never wanted...
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Review: Out of My League by George Plimpton
Out of My League: The Classic Hilarious Account of an Amateur’s Ordeal in Professional Baseball George Plimpton Lyons Press, 1961 150 pages Buy: book There is, surrounding George Plimpton, the same...
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Review: Circus Maximus by Andrew Zimbalist
Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup Andrew Zimbalist Brookings Institution Press, 2015 175 pages Buy: book | ebook In a way, everything about Andrew...
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