Best of
Sports

1986

A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers


John Feinstein - 1986
    Knight granted Feinstein an unprecedented inside look at college basketball -- with complete access to every moment of the season. Feinstein saw and heard it all -- practices, team meetings, strategy sessions, and mid-game huddles -- during Knight's struggle to avoid a losing season."A Season on the Brink" not only captures the drama and pressure of big-time college basketball but paints a vivid portrait of a complex, brilliant coach walking a fine line between genius and madness.

The Inner Game of Golf


W. Timothy Gallwey - 1986
    In this revised and updated edition of a classic "how-to", author/trainer Tim Gallwey shows golfers how to improve their performance by getting out of their own way.

To hell and back


Niki Lauda - 1986
    

Following Through: Writings on Golf


Herbert Warren Wind - 1986
    A collection of the wonderfully entertaining golf articles written by renowned writer Herbert Warren Wind during his 25 years with The New Yorker, this classic book provides an intriguing portrait of golf and its celebrated players--with two essays added for this special paperback edition.

Lions in Winter


Chrys Goyens - 1986
    

A Foot in Each World: Essays and Articles


Leanita McClain - 1986
    The topics are race, politics, crime and punishment, home and family, and schools; the unifying theme is America’s two societies—Black and white, separate and unequal.

Breakthrough on Skis: How to Get Out of the Intermediate Rut


Lito Tejada-Flores - 1986
    Enables intermediate skiers to improve their skills with simple, step-by-step exercises and takes into account the properties of newly designed ski equipment.

A Golf Story


Charles Price - 1986
    It is a book that intertwines three immortal subjects—Bobby Jones, Augusta National, and the Masters Tournament—into one compelling narrative. These three stories are inextricably linked; together, they form a fascinating backdrop to an April drama that is unique in the annals of golf and that, like Jones himself, transcends sports. Using firsthand experiences with Augusta National and the Masters Tournament that date back to 1948, Charles Price spent three years weaving together this historic story and, in an unprecedented move, Augusta National opened its guarded archives for his research, thereby making this book the first authorized history of both the club and the tournament.

Bobby Jones on Golf


Robert T. Jones Jr. - 1986
    By the best amateur golfer ever to play the game, this is essential instructional reading for the millions who have taken up golf during the 20 years this marvelous, timeless book has been out of print and unavailable.B & W line drawings.

Red: A Biography of Red Smith


Ira Berkow - 1986
    From Red Smith’s first story for the Milwaukee Sentinel in 1927 to his last column for the New York Times five days before his death in 1982, his inimitable style graced the country’s sports pages for over half a century. Even in his earliest column, his writing showed evidence of the wit, clarity, and eloquence that would become his hallmarks. In 1976 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism.  The people who appear throughout Red comprise a distinguished twentieth-century hall of fame: Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Joe Louis, Ernest Hemingway, Grantland Rice, Ring Lardner, and Damon Runyon. A biography of one of this country’s finest writers, Red is also American history of a rich and lasting sort.

The Complete Handbook of Baseball 1986: 1986 Edition


Zander Hollander - 1986
    

Riding Class: The British Horse Society


British Horse Society - 1986
    Also includes advice about caring for horses and their tack, finding a riding school, and preparing for a career with horses.

Ryne Sandberg: The Triple Threat; Sports Stars: Sports Stars


Hal Lundgren - 1986