Best of
Sports

2002

The Greatest Game Ever Played


Mark Frost - 2002
    This collision resulted in the big bang' that gave rise to the sport of golf as we know it today.For Mark Frost, Francis Ouimet and Harry Vardon represent everything that's right about sports in general and sportsmen in particular; gentlemen, champions, teachers, leaders, and each in their own quiet way, heroes. In THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED, Frost attempts to create penetrating studies of both of these men, along with over dozens of the game's seminal figures, within the dramatic framework offered by the tournament when they finally met, one of the most thrilling sports events in history, the 1913 U.S. Open.

Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game


Joseph Parent - 2002
    The goal of achieving clear thought is also at the heart of Buddhist teachings. In his highly original and groundbreaking book, noted PGA coach and Buddhist instructor, Dr. Joseph Parent, draws on this natural connection and teaches golfers how to clear their minds, achieve ultimate focus, and play in the moment for each shot.Zen Golf presents a simple system for building “mental game mastery.” Dr Parent’s unique PAR Approach (focusing on Preparation, Action, and Response to Results) guides golfers with specific techniques for each aspect of their games. In chapters such as “How to Get From the Practice Tee to the First Tee”, “You Produce What You Fear”, and “How to Enjoy a Bad Round of Golf”, the author shares a personal teaching regimen that has helped improve the games of professionals and amateurs alike. By combining classic insights and stories from Zen tradition, Zen Golf helps eliminate the mental distractions that routinely cause poor shots and loss of concentration, allowing golfers to feel in “the zone” that professionals have learned to master.Clear, concise, and enlightening, Zen Golf shows golfers how to prepare for, execute, and equally important, respond the results of any golf shot. A different approach to golf instruction, this book shapes ancient philosophies into new teachings.

A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character . . . and Goals!


Tim Parks - 2002
    Here is his rollicking report.

Tor!: The Story of German Football


Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger - 2002
    Title: Tor! Binding: Paperback Author: Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger Publisher: Gardners Books Ltd

Driver #8


Dale Earnhardt Jr. - 2002
    shares the victory and joy, tragedy and heartbreak in his first Winston Cup season. Here are the crowds, the endless travel, and the behind-the-scenes action while Dale Jr. tries to carve out his own identity and win the respect of his peers. He shows you how races are won or lost, the bonds between a driver and his team-and the weight of racing against a man who is not only your father but also your boss, your toughest competitor, and a NASCAR legend. From the crush of the media to split-second, life-and-death decisions behind the wheel, Driver #8 is one helluva ride.

Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson


Larry Platt - 2002
    Defiantly tattooed, with his hair in cornrows, the six-foot Philadelphia 76ers point guard is one of the most recognizable and controversial stars of the sports world. His meteoric rise from a troubled childhood in the ghetto to NBA superstardom has been marked by five straight playoff appearances, including a finals berth in 2001 and an MVP award. From his rap sheet to his rap album, fans and journalists alike hound his every move. But never before has a biographer presented a full portrait of this complicated and intensely private star -- a man whose loyalty to his family, the streets, and his friends trumps any other concern. Filled with exclusive interview material and unprecedented access to many of Iverson's inner circle, Only the Strong Survive is the first in-depth look at the truth behind this newly minted legend.

Baseball: a Literary Anthology


Nicholas DawidoffJimmy Breslin - 2002
    Its rhythms are those of the seasons. Its memories are savored, it losses lamented. Baseball's graceful athleticism, formal strategy, and democratic spirit have ensured the devotion of Americans for generations, and writers have been drawn to this sport as to no other. With Baseball: A Literary Anthology, The Library of America presents a vivid panorama of the game that is, in Roger Angell's words, "one of the reasons that summer exists." It offers a lively mix of stories, memoirs, poems, news reports, and insider accounts about all aspects of the great American game, from its pastoral 19th-century beginnings to its apotheosis as the undisputed national pastime. Here are the major leaguers and the bush leaguers, the umpires and broadcasters, the wives and girlfriends and would-be girlfriends, fans meticulously observant and lovingly, fanatically obsessed. Here too are the teams of storied greatness--the Yankees, the Dodgers, the Red Sox--and the luminaries who made them legendary.Unforgettable portraits of icons such as Christy Matthewson, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and Jackie Robinson are joined by glimpses of lesser-known characters such as the erudite Moe Berg, who could speak a dozen languages "but couldn't hit in any of them." Poems included in Baseball: A Literary Anthology include indispensable works whose phrases have entered the language--Ernest Thayer's "Casey at the Bat" and Franklin P. Adams's "Baseball's Sad Lexicon"--as well as more recent offerings from May Swenson, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Martin Espada. Testimonies from classic oral histories offer insights into the players who helped enshrine the sport in the American imagination. Spot reporting by Heywood Broun and Damon Runyon stands side by side with journalistic profiles that match baseball legends with some of our finest writers: John Updike on Ted Williams, Gay Talese on Joe DiMaggio, Red Smith on Lefty Grove.

Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy


Jane Leavy - 2002
    This is an absorbing book, beautifully written.” —Wall Street Journal“Leavy has hit it out of the park…A lot more than a biography. It’s a consideration of how we create our heroes, and how this hero’s self perception distinguishes him from nearly every other great athlete in living memory… a remarkably rich portrait.” — TimeThe instant New York Times bestseller about the baseball legend and famously reclusive Dodgers’ pitcher Sandy Koufax, from award-winning former Washington Post sportswriter Jane Leavy. Sandy Koufax reveals, for the first time, what drove the three-time Cy Young award winner to the pinnacle of baseball and then—just as quickly—into self-imposed exile.

What If I Had Never Tried It: The Autobiography


Valentino Rossi - 2002
    Certainly he is the greatest in modern times and similarly the best loved. This is the official, personal story: fast paced yet insightful.Rossi’s record in the motorcycle road racing World Championship is supreme. First in the ultra-competitive 125 class starting in 1996; then in the 250 class only to graduate shortly thereafter to the big league of the 500s. In 2002 the premier class switched direction moving from 500 cc two-strokes to 990 cc four-strokes from then on to be known as MotoGP. Rossi rides for Honda and wins. He wins on a Honda the next year and then switches to Yamaha, to every race fans’ surprise, and wins against all odds. He wins again in 2005. No one is close. No one is faster. And all at speeds which approach 200 mph.Both on and off-track, on the ubiquitous TV screen or walking in the street, Rossi is idolized as though he were a rock star. From his native Italy to California, from Philips Island to Laguna Seca, he has raised the limits, reshaped the frontiers of the sport and set new trends. Rossi has become the 21st Century face of motorcycle road racing. Yet he remains faithful to himself—one moment the intelligent, articulate interviewee; the next a jokester; the next the single-minded, focused, strategic racer with split-second skills the rest of us can only dream of.

Myron Cope: Double Yoi!


Myron Cope - 2002
    Famed for his raspy, non-radio voice, Cope has transcended mere broadcasting to become part of the Pittsburgh Steelers mythos and legacy to the city.Through the laugh-out-loud anecdotes and observations, Cope gives a very personal glimpse into the life of the man behind the microphone. He recounts the story of an editor who made him change his byline because it sounded "too Jewish." He shares the reason behind his charity work for mentally disabled children—his son Danny. And he dedicates a chapter to his late wife, who died after a long struggle with cancer.A different kind of "sports book," this memoir doesn't detail Cope's favorite sports moments. You won't find stats, scores and rosters. Instead, Cope shares his remarkable observations as a people-watcher and shows why he has connected with Pittsburgh audiences for decades.

Yankees Century: 100 Years of New York Yankees Baseball


Richard A. Johnson - 2002
    They have provided the very definition of a dynasty. Pinstripes and pennants. Aprils and Octobers. The House That Ruth Built in the city that never sleeps. A century of greatness embodied in one city and its team. But it hasn't always been that way, and it has never been easy. Yankees Century is the full history of this storied franchise, with the most compelling and authoritative narrative of the team ever written, more than 250 stunning photographs, and essays by the game's colorful scribes. On an unforgettable journey through time, you'll read about the unlikely scheme to build a ballpark in Manhattan atop solid rock, the magic of the Bambino rounding the bases, the stately DiMaggio taking the field, Lou Gehrig's poignant goodbye, Yogi Berra's hilarious verbal gaffes, Jack Chesbro's legendary spitball, Derek Jeter's mind-bending plays, and much more.

Valentino Rossi


Mat Oxley - 2002
    The cheeky-faced Italian is being hailed as a sublime talent. Aged 22, he has conquered the three Grand Prix World Championship titles in just five seasons, winning the 125 crown in 1997, the 250 crown in 1999, and the 500 title in 2001. This autobiography covers why he grew up so fast and so funny, with input from his parents (his father was a Grand Prix winner in the 1970s). A year-by-year career history is included, from riding minibikes aged 10 through to the 2002 Grand Prix season - the victories, the defeats, the rivals, the crashes. Infamous Rossi hairstyles, happenings and phrases are also covered.

The Sole Provider: Thirty Years of Nike Basketball


Robert Jackson - 2002
    Text by Slam magazine editor-at-large Robert "Scoop" Jackson, Sole Provider gives the inside story of NIKE Basketball - from its inception in 1972 to its incredible success as the basketball brand with over 60% market share. Featuring anecdotal facts and figures, inside interviews with NBA players, Nike footwear designers, musicians, and other pop-culture notables, Sole Provider showcases the historical context of the game with exclusive images from Nike's archives: posters, print advertisements, commercial stills, behind-the-scenes footage, NBA photos, and never-before-published images. Features spreads that illustrate the development of the most pivotal shoes during this period, as well as interviews with designers and drawings of their prototypes; Features the key shoes and the players associated with them including: The Blazer (George "Iceman" Gervin), The Bruin (Moses Malone), The Air Force I (Michael Ray Richardson), The Air Jordan (Michael Jordan), The Alpha Force (Charles Barkley), and many more. Features never-before-published images - as well as insights - from the Nike archives of iconic NBA players including Moses Malone, Patrick Ewing, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, and Jason Kidd, among others. Features still from famous advertising campaigns by Wieden & Kennedy featuring Nike alumni including Spike Lee, Bugs Bunny, Steve Martin, Godzilla, and Lil' Penny, among others. Index pages provide an at-a-glance look at all the shoes produced. Features a chronological history of the Nike and NBA partnership over three decades. Features the WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association.)

It's Only a Mountain: Dick and Rick Hoyt, Men of Iron


Sam Nall - 2002
    The inspirational story of Dick Hoyt and his son Rick who was born with cerebral palsy and is a non-vocal quadriplegic.

Way We Played the Game: A True Story of One Team and the Dawning of American Football


John Armstrong - 2002
    It was a brutal, nonstop war fought by young men and boys on muddy high school and college fields across America. Bloody faces, broken bones, concussions and the shockingly high risk of death were the main attraction for hometown fans. The level of violence nearly got the sport banned in 1902, were it not for the intervention of President Teddy Roosevelt.In a well-researched true story, we learn how Coach Clayton Teetzel introduces the modern concepts of speed, intelligence and strategy to this brawlers' game, and also instills character in his players. Creatively told in the voice of Fletcher Van Horn, the unlikely quarterback of his high-school football team, this inspiring story depicts the down-and-dirty details of how early football was played. At the same time, the culture of small-town life in turn-of-the-century America is displayed with unabashed honesty-the hopes, dreams and harsh realities of a community who pulled together while rooting for their team.The story of how an undersized high school sophomore leads his team to victory is a classic tale of overcoming adversity and the triumph of the underdog. It is also a unique and masterfully told account of a time and a game few know-with tremendous appeal to both sports fans and history buffs. As Friday Night Lights did for modern high-school football, The Way We Played the Game establishes itself as the classic account of football's crude beginnings.

White Storm: The Story of Real Madrid


Phil Ball - 2002
    They include twenty-nine league titles, nine European Cups, seventeen Spanish Cups, two UEFA Cups and three World Club Championship titles.The story of Real Madrid is, however, much more than the mere sum of its achievements. The club has always attracted the biggest names in the game - the type of player more recently referred to by Los Merengues as 'galáctico'. And for every Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo or Beckham, there is a legend from the past.White Storm charts the history of the club from its foundations to the golden period of Di Stéfano and Puskas, through the 'hippy years' to the modern embodiment of Madridismo - Raúl. It ends with an analysis of the Beckham impact, the disintegration of the Florentino Pérez regime and a look at what the future might hold for the world's most famous club.

Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life


Alex Bellos - 2002
    Football is how the world sees Brazil and Brazilians see themselves. The game symbolises racial harmony, flamboyance, youth, innovation and skill, and yet football is also a microcosm of Latin America's largest country and contains all of its contradictions. Travelling extensively from the Uruguayan border to the north-eastern backlands, from the coastal cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to the Amazon jungle, the author, Alex Bellos, shows how Brazil changed football and how football shaped Brazil. Bellos tells the stories behind the great players, like Pele and Garrincha, between the great teams, like Corinthians and Vasco de Gama, and the great matches, as well as extraordinary stories from people and pitches all over this country.

Flat Out and Half Turned Over: Tales from Pit Road with Buddy Baker (Tales from the Team)


Buddy Baker - 2002
    Read about the bumps and brawls, the blood, sweat and tears, and the practical jokes that happen behind the scenes from the very drivers, owners, crew chiefs, and pit crew that make up the heart and soul of stock car racing.

Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls


Tony DiCicco - 2002
    The authors include exercises that foster teamwork and develop essential skills. They also answer parents' most common questions, such as how to tell if the coach is doing a good job and what to do if a child wants to quit. Filled with stories about the Olympic and World Cup championship teams, this useful handbook is infused throughout with DiCicco's philosophy that at every level playing soccer (or any sport) is about playing hard, playing fair, playing to win, and having fun.

Life at These Speeds


Jeremy Jackson - 2002
    Yet after fate takes him off a bus that crashes and kills his fellow students, including his girlfriend, Kevin inexplicably becomes a track phenomenon. Separated from his memory and distanced from his own life, he effortlessly smashes records and gains national attention, until he finds that he can no more remain apart from himself than he can from the ground beneath his feet.

The Lombardi Rules: Twenty-Six Lessons from Vince Lombardi--The World's Greatest Coach


Vince Lombardi Jr. - 2002
    His leadership and motivational skills drove the Green Bay Packers to four NFL titles in seven years, an amazing record that has yet to be equaled. The Lombardi Rules examines the strategies and techniques that Lombardi followed to achieve his unprecedented success. Especially valuable in today's take-no-prisoners business environment, it provides an insider's look at Lombardi's remarkable methods and how they can be transformed to any field or endeavor.

The Zen Of Muhammad Ali: and Other Obsessions


Davis Miller - 2002
    Now collected for the first time, these brilliant pieces form a haunting meditation on fighting, living, friendship, and love.

World Soccer Yearbook: The Complete Guide to the Game


David Goldblatt - 2002
    Embracing the fanatical interest in the world's most popular sport, World Soccer Yearbook 2003 examines the game on a global level. Where other books have been club-based, league based, or specific to national teams, this is the first true survey of soccer around the world -- from its the origins in the 19th century, to the latest national, league, and club standings, there is here for every soccer fan.

Winning Sounds Like This: A Season with the Women's Basketball Team at Gallaudet, the World's Only University for the Deaf


Wayne Coffey - 2002
    A reporter, not wanting to be insensitive, delicately broaches the obvious question: “How can you play so well despite your hearing impairment?” Nanette Virnig, a forward for Gallaudet, puts him at ease. “We’re not hearing impaired,” she says. “We’re deaf.”Winning Sounds Like This is the remarkable story of the nation’s most unique and inspiring women’s basketball team and its 1999–2000 season. It is the touching chronicle of players who don’t hear buzzers or cheers, a coach who has never used a whistle, and a university that is a mecca for deaf culture throughout the world. Wayne Coffey offers an intimate and unsparing look at the players’ lives on and off the court, their struggles to overcome mistreatment and misconceptions of the hearing world, and their deeply rooted connection to one another.

Fair Ball!: 14 Great Stars from Baseball's Negro Leagues


Jonah Winter - 2002
    Each spread features statistics, a brief profile of the player, and a full-page illustration.

Welcome to the Big Time


Earnie Shavers - 2002
    Hands Like a Howitzer The "Black Destroyer" Earnie Shavers pulls no punches in sharing his eventful life story, from a run-in with the Ku Klux Klan as a child and championship bouts with Larry Holmes and Muhammad Ali, to his retirement from the ring as the undisputed "hardest puncher" in professional boxing.Growing up in the Cleveland area, young Earnie hung out with thugs and killers, nearly becoming one himself, until sixty-five seconds changed his life: that's how long it took him to knock out his first opponent in the ring.Ten years later, with dozens of knockouts to his credit, and after a contentious break-up with notorious boxing manager Don King, Earnie made it to the top: a fight with Muhammad Ali in Madison Square Garden for the championship of the world.With talent, hard work, and eventually God in his corner, Earnie Shavers lived the American dream from bell to bell, and came out the other side with a helluva story to tell.

My Life in the Pits: Living and Learning on the NASCAR Winston Cup Circuit


Ronda Rich - 2002
    The author of What Southern Women Know takes readers into the fast-paced world of NASCAR racing from a woman's point of view.

George Foreman's Guide to Life: How to Get Up Off the Canvas When Life Knocks You Down


George Foreman - 2002
    George Foreman knows what it's like to get knocked down - in the ring and in life - and he knows how to get back up again. Two-time heavyweight boxing champion of the world, he knows what it takes to succeed. He has a wealth of life experience to share, and in GEORGE FOREMAN'S GUIDE TO LIFE he does just that. George was brought up in Houston's Fifty Ward, an area cursed with poverty and despair. The fifth of seven children, he grew up using his size, his fists, and his strength to take what he needed. A junior high school dropout, George graduated from the proverbial school of hard knocks. Boxing was a way to channel his rage and to make money. When he won the 1968 Olympic Gold Medal in boxing, he began a life journey more compelling than any novel, an incredible story of triumphs, defeats and comebacks, a story of redemption and faith. In BY GEORGE, Foreman told his story. In this book he shares the hard won life lessons he has learned and offers inspirational advice and guidance for families everywhere.

A Loonie for Luck


Roy MacGregor - 2002
    Our men and women hoped to go all the way to the finals, but it had been fifty long years since the Canadians had won Olympic gold. In the past, they had come close – it was just that luck always seemed to be against them.This time, however, their chances to end the long drought were good. The women looked set for a medal – although the all-powerful American team stood between them and the ultimate prize. The Canadian men faced strong opponents, too, but prospects were good for the all-star team assembled by the great Wayne Gretzky. And this time, both teams had a secret weapon. So secret, in fact, they didn’t even know it existed. At first.Like all good secrets this one was too good not to pass along. Under the surface at centre ice, Trent Evans had hidden a Canadian loonie. The expert ice maker had been invited down from Edmonton to help install the ice for the Games, and this was his little good-luck charm for our Olympic hockey teams. Perhaps, he figured, the guys could use some “home ice” advantage.A Loonie for Luck is the true story of that loonie and the magic it wove at Salt Lake City. It follows Wayne Gretzky, Trent Evans, and the men’s and women’s teams through their time at the Games. And it pays tribute to the role of superstition and chance in hockey – a part of the sport not always acknowledged, but one that brings real magic to the game.With the close co-operation of Wayne Gretzky and Trent Evans, Roy MacGregor tells the inside story of how the coin came to be in Trent Evans’ pocket and then buried under centre ice. He tells how, throughout the Games, the loonie was in danger of being uncovered as the secret began to spread, and how, as the tournament progressed, with the players in need of every break they could get, the good luck miraculously held.This true story, brilliantly illustrated by Bill Slavin, is full of suspense, humour, and charm. It will delight every Canadian who felt a surge of pride for our athletes at Salt Lake City.From the Hardcover edition.

Triple H: Pro Wrestler Hunter Hearst Helmsley


Angie Peterson Kaelberer - 2002
    A biography tracing the life and career of professional wrestler Hunter Hearst Helmsley, better known as Triple H.

Slider


Patrick Robinson - 2002
    He plays for the fabled Seapuit Seawolves and dreams of making the Big Show. But a new coach, the scowling Bruno Riazzi, a former pro catcher, resents the kid's celebrity status and decides to knock him down a peg or two. And he stops at nothing to make it happen.Humiliated, Jack loses his lifelong art, and with it his passion for the game, as well as, mysteriously, his ability to throw. A devastated Jack Faber is released from the St. Charles College roster. But the Seawolves coaches won't give up on him. They bring Jack back to Cape Marlin, determined to help him rediscover his lost talent. He finds himself again under the summer sun, coaches and old friends standing by him. But in the end it will be up to Jack.Based on a true story, Slider celebrates the national pastime, a game that can break grown men's hearts — as well as make them whole again.

The Same River Twice: A Season with Geno Auriemma and the Connecticut Huskies


John Walters - 2002
    The author, a former staff writer at Sports Illustrated, spends the 2000-2001 season with the defending NCAA champion University of Connecticut women's basketball team.

The Ride of My Life


Mat Hoffman - 2002
    At age eleven he experimented with his bike on a plywood ramp and discovered his true calling -- BMX freestyle.By age fourteen, he had earned national notoriety for his skill, passion, and daring on a bike. In the two decades since, his ingenuity and talent have taken him around the world and helped him shatter records while redefining the sport of BMX. His fearlessness has earned him the respect of his peers, and he has the battle scars to prove it -- he's suffered more than fifty broken bones and more concussions than he can remember.In The Ride of My Life, Hoffman reveals the ups and downs of his own life and the story of the sport he helped define.

Bustin' Down the Door


Wayne Bartholomew - 2002
    Rabbit defines an era of innovation and individuality.' -Kelly SlaterFrom street urchin to world surfing champion to boardroom heavyweight, this edition of the bestselling cult classic captures all the intrigue and adventure of Wayne 'Rabbit' Bartholomew's remarkable personal journey. World Champion in 1978, World Masters Champion in 1999, and CEO/President of the Association of Surfing Professionals for ten years, Rabbit's charisma, flamboyance and warrior spirit have helped define surfing over three decades. In 2009, he was honoured for his contribution to surfing, being appointed a Member of the Order of Australia. BUStIN' DOWN tHE DOOR is a story of unfaltering self-belief, of immense hardship and struggle, and of hilariously wild times, as Rabbit sets off from Australia's Gold Coast, surfboard under his arm, to conquer the surfing world. From spartan days of living on rice and oats while tackling the huge waves of Hawaii, to a glorious rollercoaster ride of parties, fast cars and perfect waves, Rabbit recalls outrageous adventures shared with surfing's most famous figures - including Nat Young, Michael Peterson, Mark Richards, tom Carroll and Kelly Slater.

True Speed: My Racing Life


Tony Stewart - 2002
    The gritty inside story of a NASCAR champion.

The Youngest Hero


Jerry B. Jenkins - 2002
    Guided by his mother's firm and steadfast wisdom and his extraordinary talent, both mother and son make it to the major leagues. In the end, "The Youngest Hero" reveals that when it comes to finding your way in life, a God-fearing mother is more important than God-given talent.

Play Ball Like the Pros: Tips for Kids from 20 Big League Stars


Steven Krasner - 2002
    The book is divided into sections by subject. Within each chapter, Major League ballplayers analyze different aspects of the game, such as "The Art of Pitching" with Pedro Martinez, or "The Art of Clutch Hitting, " with Mo Vaughn. Each feature includes an in-depth interview with the athlete, a glossary of baseball terms, a historical anecdote, and an example of a real-life game situation and the solution for handling it. Best of all, the players share their childhood baseball memories.More than just a how-to guide for playing baseball, Big League Baseball Tips for Kids is an intimate look at how professionals do what they do, and how the struggles and influences of their early years informed their later successes.Major League ball players featured:-- Boston Red Sox -- Nomar Garciaparra, Pedro Martinez, John Valentin, Darren Lewis, Jason Varitek, and former MVP Wade Boggs-- New York Yankees -- Derek Jeter and Scott Brosius-- Baltimore Orioles -- Jerry Hairston and Brady Anderson-- Tampa Bay Devil Rays -- John Flaherty-- Seattle Mariners -- Aaron Sele-- Cinncinnati Reds -- Sean Casey-- Texas Rangers -- Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez-- Cleveland Indians -- Roberto Alomar-- Anaheim Angels -- Mo Vaughn--Kansas City Royals -- Luis Alicea-- New York Mets -- Matt Lawton-- Toronto Blue Jays -- Paul Quantrill and Carlos Delgado

On the Ice with...Mario Lemieux


Matt Christopher - 2002
    At the age of six he was holding his own against boys four years older; by the time he was sixteen, he had captured the attention of the National Hockey league, and soon after signed on with NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins. At the 2002 Olympic Winter Games he captained the Canadian hockey team, leading them in their gold medal winning performance.

Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure


Alexander Wolff - 2002
    The text shows how ferocity, power and grace appeal to the human passions in everyone.

Conditioning for Figure Skating: Off-Ice Techniques for On-Ice Performance


Carl Poe - 2002
    Illustrative and technical, yet user-friendly, Conditioning for Figure Skating provides detailed coverage of the physical preparation necessary for Preliminary through Senior-Elite skaters while concentrating on all disciplines of figure skating, including singles, pairs, and ice dance. More than 300 photos illustrate proper warm-up drills, flexibility stretches, cooldown routines, strength training exercises, jump and plyometric training programs, and endurance conditioning exercises for on-ice injury prevention. A periodization plan also helps skaters maximize their training potential.

Without Fear: Hockey's 50 Greatest Goaltenders


Kevin Allen - 2002
    Over 100 photos.

All-Mountain Skier: The Way to Expert Skiing


R. Mark Elling - 2002
    Drawing from his extensive experience as a ski professional, instructor Mark Elling delivers essential advice and information--including tips from other expert skiers--to help readers perform like pros.

The Volleyball Coaching Bible (The Volleyball Coaching Bible, #1)


American Volleyball Coaches Association - 2002
    coaches and apply their approaches to your own program. In "The Volleyball Coaching Bible," 24 of the top U.S. men's and women's volleyball coaches share their principles, insights, strategies, methods, and experiences to help you learn new and better ways to coach the game and develop your players.From Mike Hebert's chapter on setting goals to Russ Rose's chapter on productive practices and Mary Wise's chapter on serving, this book provides the full-court coverage you've been looking for. The vast amounts of new information- spanning more than three decades-are divided into five sections, making it easy to choose what to implement in your program:-"Coaching Principles and Priorities" by Mark Pavlik, Mike Hebert, and Jona Braden-"Program Building and Management" by Doug Beal, Terry Pettit, John Dunning, Dave Shondell, and Tom Pingel-"Innovative and Effective Practice Sessions" by Russ Rose, Mary Jo Peppler, Bill Neville, and John Cook-"Individual Skills and Team Tactics" by Mary Wise, Steve Shondell, Teri Clemens, Paula Weishoff, Jim Stone, Rudy Suwara, Fred Sturm, Peter Hanson, and Taras Liskevych-"Game-Winning and Tournament-Winning Strategies" by Pete Waite, Jim Coleman, and Al ScatesEach time you open this book you'll learn something new from some of the most respected names in the game. Whether you need guidance on conditioning, coaching, scouting, or scoring, "The Volleyball Coaching Bible" provides you with the game plan for building a winning program.

Breakthrough Swimming


Cecil Colwin - 2002
    In Breakthrough Swimming, legendary swimming coach and researcher Cecil Colwin provides a rich perspective on the development of the sport and explains major advances in stroke mechanics, training methods, and racing techniques.Accompanied by richly detailed illustrations, this engaging text is one of the most insightful written works on the sport. It makes clear sense out of the scientific principles and puts into context the historical changes in the sport. Not only will you gain a greater understanding of competitive swimming through its origins and evolution, but you'll also gain these valuable skills:- Improve your stroke technique, starts, and turns.- Improve your feel of the water by learning to anticipate and effectively manipulate the reacting flow of the water.- Understand the hydrodynamics of swimming and learn how water reacts to the forces you apply with each swimming stroke.- Improve your conditioning and develop a better training program by understanding the principles of training.- Learn how to design different types of workouts to produce specific physiological effects.- Learn how to plan a seasonal program and how to relate your training to the pace of the race you intend to swim.The book includes a chapter contributed by Dr. David Pyne, sport physiologist to the 2000 Australian Olympic swimming team. Pyne covers the physiology of modern swimming training and the preparation of swimming teams for top-flight international competition.Breakthrough Swimming covers every aspect of competitive swimming from its spawning ground in early 19th-century England to the present day, including the profound changes that occurred in the last decade of the 20th century. The book also explains the societal changes of recent years, such as the advent of professional swimming and the specter of performance-enhancing drugs.Combining history with the latest innovations, Breakthrough Swimming is the definitive work on the past, present, and future of competitive swimming.

We Were Champions: The 49ers' Dynasty in Their Own Words


Phil Barber - 2002
    Thanks to a roster filled with superstars such as Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, and Ronnie Lott and an innovative coaching staff headed by the legendary Bill Walsh, the 49ers exuded an aura of invincibility in a sport in which every victory is hard fought. This is the story of the San Francisco dynasty in the players' own words, reflections and insights shared with the perspective of time, as they analyze the elements that combined to create pro football magic. Beginning with a stunning victory over the Dallas Cowboys and a berth in Super Bowl XVI and continuing through a victory in Super Bowl XXIV, the vital figures in 49ers history recall the pivotal moments, the clutch plays, and the smooth transitions that pointed toward the top of the NFL mountain. "When people ask me how many Super Bowl rings I have," lineman Jesse Sapolu says, "I don't mean to show a disappointed face, but I just say, 'Four.' And they say, 'You don't look very excited about it.' And I tell people, 'Well, I lost five NFC Championship Games. That's a lot of big games to lose.' When I look back on my career, I should be sitting here with at least six, maybe seven Super Bowl rings." We Were Champions features the rare behind-the-scenes photography of Michael Zagaris, the 49ers' club photographer for more than two decades, in the definitive look at one of the most storied sports franchises.

Legends 4: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares


Robert Holmes - 2002
    Features 16 influential Quarter Horse stallions and mares that have contributed to the Quarter Horse breed.

Three Strides Before the Wire: The Dark and Beautiful World of Horse Racing


Elizabeth Mitchell - 2002
    Focusing on the 1999 Derby winner Charismatic, Mitchell traces this horse's amazing and ultimately tragic story, from the birth of a foal through its surprising rise to fame. Mitchell also follows the major players in Charismatic's life, including the family who bred him, the trainer, the owners, and the famed jockey Chris Antley, whose own story is more tragic than that of his horse. Through these interlocking stories a sense of familiarity with the key players in the industry evolves, as well as a greater understanding of the heart and soul of a sport that has fascinated human beings for centuries.

Not the Triumph but the Struggle: The 1968 Olympics and the Making of the Black Athlete


Amy Bass - 2002
    G. Kelley"Beautifully written, as well as appropriately complex and wide-ranging. As much as sports might appear to be a straight-ahead business, where the 'best' might be rightly rewarded, Bass deftly reveals the difficulties of maintaining a sense of self, collective consciousness, and political urgency." -Philadelphia City Paper"Amy Bass sorts through the events and perceptions linked to some of the biggest names and moments in sports history and assesses their meaning beyond the playing field." -Bob Costas

Kobe Bryant: Star Guard


Nick Kennedy - 2002
    After turning pro immediately after graduating from high school, Bryant immediately blossomed into one of the most electrifying players in the league. Today, he is widely touted as the next Michael Jordan. Author Nick Kennedy recounts Bryant's rise to the top of the NBA and how he helped bring championships to L.A. in 2000 and 2001.

Focused for Bowling


Dean Hinitz - 2002
    The score is tight. Everything hinges on your very next throw. How do you rise above the din and the distractions to take your seat at the top?The pressures of the game can make bowling one of the most mentally demanding sports around. In Focused for Bowling, you'll discover focus cues and other attention-centering techniques that can transform your game and keep you from making careless mistakes at critical points. Learn the concepts that professionals use to keep their head in the game when everything is riding on the line.Focused for Bowling provides proven advice to help you pick up spares more consistently, recover from and avoid slumps, and get more satisfaction from each trip to the alley. From progressive muscle-relaxation techniques to positive self-talk, Focused for Bowling gives you the mental edge you need to make the transition from social bowling to the competitive scene.Considered the leading authority on bowling psychology, Dean Hinitz is a regular columnist in Bowling This Month. To pick up your game, pick up this book and see why some of the country's most elite competitors trust Hinitz to give them the advice they need for more accurate, confident, and consistent performance when the pressure is on!

Nitschke


Edward Gruver - 2002
    24 photos.

Principles of Athletic Training: A Competency-Based Approach


William E. Prentice - 2002
    The text leads the student from general foundations to specific concepts relative to injury prevention, evaluation, management, and rehabilitation. As the student progresses from beginning to end, he or she will understand the complexities of the profession of athletic training. An over-arching goal of the text is to make certain that each and every one of the educational competencies identified by the Education Council is specifically covered. After using this text the student should be able to apply the appropriate techniques and concepts in the day-to-day performance of his or her job as an athletic trainer.

Sports Coaching Concepts: A Framework for Coaches' Behaviour


John Lyle - 2002
    This groundbreaking new text is the first to offer a comprehensive introduction to the conceptual issues that underpin sports coaching practice, and to provide a complete conceptual framework for understanding sports coaching. The analysis presented within the book is practice-orientated, exploring the language of the coaching process in order to define the role of the coach, and to better understand the relationship between the coach and the sports performer.Sports Coaching Concepts introduces the key issues behind every stage of the coaching process, presenting important new material on topics such as:* the historical and international context of the development of sports coaching* the role of the coach* participation and performance coaching modes* modelling the coaching process* coaching 'style' and 'philosophy'* decision-making and regulating the process* social factors influencing practice* the future of coach education and professionalisation.The book draws together the existing sports coaching literature for the first time, setting it against important new conceptual developments, and promises to have a profound influence on the nature of our coach education programmes. This book therefore represents essential reading for any student of sports coaching and any serious coach wishing to develop and extend their own coaching practice.

Complete Guide to Surfing Your Best Volume 2


Nick Carroll - 2002
    We can all surf better. This is the book that shows you how.

The First Hundred Years of the Dons: The Official History of Aberdeen Football Club 1903-2003


Jack Webster - 2002
    Established in 1903, Aberdeen FC ran for 43 years before a trophy was acquired. However in 1978, the arrival of Alex Ferguson meant the transformation of a provincial Scottish club into the number one team in Europe. For eight years Aberdeen FC was the dominant force in Scotland, culminating in the club's greatest victory in Gothenburg when the Dons took on the greatest club name in the world, Real Madrid, and won the European Cup Winners' Cup. This was capped when Aberdeen took on Hamburg and won the Supercup. The Golden Age of Fergie may have come and gone but the story rolls on regardless, with new dramas unfolding as we reach the centenary year, happily coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the European triumphs.

100 years of baseball


David Nemec - 2002
    Highlights of every decade, plus a summary of each season's World Series Special "Season's Best" list and "Player of the Year" section for every year. More than 1,000 photos.

Doug: The Doug Harvey Story


William Brown - 2002
    This is a rare biography of an extraordinary athlete who turned down careers in football and baseball to become one of the world's greatest hockey players. It tells the story of a remarkable individual—a man who was as irreverently funny, generous, and kind as he was obstinate, hard-drinking, and explosive. He was a leader and friend to his teammates, a troublemaker and rabble-rouser to hockey management. Well-written and painstakingly researched, this biography offers a full view of the player, coach, and man.

Line Drives: 100 Contemporary Baseball Poems


Brooke Horvath - 2002
    We re-create what we have known and we imagine what we are going to do next. Maybe that’s what poets do, too.” Poetry and baseball are occasions for well-put passion and expressive pondering, and just as passionate attention transforms the prose of everyday life into poetry, it also transforms this game we write about, play, or watch. Editors Brooke Horvath and Tim Wiles unite their own passion for baseball and poetry in this collection, Line Drives: 100 Contemporary Baseball Poems, providing a forum for ninety-two poets. Line after line, like baseball itself game after game and season after season, these poems manage to make the old and the familiar new and surprising.The poems in these pages invite interrogation, and the reader—like the true baseball fan—must be willing to play the game, for these poems are fun, fresh, angry, nostalgic, meditative, and meant to be read aloud. They are keen on taking us deeply into baseball as sport and intent on offering countless metaphors for exploring history, religion, love, family, and self-identity. Each poem delivers images of pure beauty as the poets speak of murder and ghost runners and old ball gloves, of baseball as a tie that binds families—and indeed the nation—together, of the game as a stage upon which no-nonsense grit and skill are routinely displayed, and of the delight experienced in being one amid a mindlessly happy crowd. This book is true to the game’s long season and to the lives of those the game engages.

The Evidence Of Things Not Seen


W.H. Murray - 2002
    Three exploratory Himalayan ventures followed including the critical 1951 reconnaissance trip that established the route by which Everest was climbed two years later. Thereafter he built a reputation as a writer and environmental polemicist and was deeply involved with the struggle to protect the Highlands from commercial exploitation.

Pennants & Pinstripes: The New York Yankees 1903-2002


Ray Robinson - 2002
    To commemorate this historic year, Ray Robinson and Christopher Jennison, who collaborated on Yankee Stadium, have pulled together a striking volume illuminating all of the greatest moments of the Bronx Bombers. All the great Yankee luminaries are here, from Babe Ruth to Bernie Williams, Lou Gehrig to Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle to Derek Jeter-with every Tom (Tresh), Dick (Howser), and Harry (Howell, the franchise's first winning pitcher) thrown in. Featuring more than 150 photographs, contributions from experts such as Hall-of-Famer Yogi Berra and commentator Bob Costas, and picks for the "all-time Yankee team," "Pennants and Pinstripes" will be the ultimate tribute to the century's ultimate ball club-and a must-have for any baseball fan.

Larry McReynolds: My Life from Pit Road to the Broadcast Booth


Larry Mcreynolds - 2002
    His is a story of single-minded determination to succeed in the top tier of racing, regardless of setbacks. McReynolds, who is now a popular FOX broadcaster, brings a fresh perspective and fascinating stories that include radioing Earnhardt instructions where to accelerate in a turn, and getting bawled out in the NASCAR trailer by series boss Bill France for speaking his mind. This is an unparalleled insider's look at NASCAR racing.

The End of Baseball As We Knew It: The Players Union, 1960-81


Charles Korr - 2002
    Charles P. Korr also draws on interviews with ballplayers, journalists, and labor executives to construct an insider's view of the successful sports union's formative years.

Chronicle Of Baseball


John Mehno - 2002
    This book is a celebration of a century of a sport, which, while never losing its pre-eminent place, has seen a remarkable surge of popularity in recent years.

A Petty Family Album


Pattie Petty - 2002
    A visual chronicle of the Petty family stock car racing legacy focuses on the life and career of fourth-generation driver Adam Petty from his childhood to his tragic death at the age of nineteen.

Baseball Prospectus 2002 Ed


Joseph S. Sheehan - 2002
    The PROSPECTUS gives the final word on what the players did, why they did it, and what they're going to do in the future. Readers will get the in-depth statistics covering every crack of the bat from the 2001 season that they would expect. They'll also find entertaining essays on every team and articles on special-interest topics not found anywhere else. Sprinkled throughout are the same touches of irreverent humor that BASEBALL PROSPECTUS readers enjoy and expect. The exclusive Davenport Translations again compare performances across leagues and ballparks, and the PROSPECTUS provides new ways to analyze everything, from starting pitchers' win-loss records to pitcher workloads to bullpen effectiveness. Find out why ESPN's Peter Gammons says, "BASEBALL PROSPECTUS's rankings are an invaluable tool. If more general managers understood them, they wouldn't do some of the trades they do."

The Hockey Goalie's Handbook: The Authoritative Guide for Players and Coaches


Jim Corsi - 2002
    Designed to instruct and challenge coaches and their players, this book covers topics such as: equipment basics; off-ice training; on-ice preparation and stretching; skating drills; and, techniques for saves and puck control.

Whose Puck Is It, Anyway?: A Season with a Minor Novice Hockey Team


Ed Arnold - 2002
    Coaches yell at the players, parents yell at the coaches, and everyone yells at the referees. After nearly a decade of coaching youngsters, Ed Arnold decided he wanted kids to learn the fundamentals of hockey but he also wanted them to have fun. He got support in this enterprise from two former NHL players, goalie Greg Millen and forward Steve Larmer. Concerned that the children’s game was being taken far too seriously by both parents and coaches, they also believed that the kids were losing the opportunity to reinvent the game for themselves.So it came about that in the winter of 2000, when the parents of the would-be Minor Novice Peterborough Petes showed up with their kids for tryouts, they were handed a letter outlining the coaches’ new philosophy. There would be no yelling at players, coaches, or referees. Players would play all positions. They would not be forced to follow a “systems” approach to hockey, but would be left to figure out what to do in a given situation for themselves. And all members of the team would be given equal ice time.Not every parent liked it, but the kids sure had a good time. Readers of this inspiring book will have a wonderful time, too, as they follow the adventures of the team. Coach Larmer wears a Stanley Cup ring but he meant exactly what he said when he told a reporter that his year with the kids was the most fun he ever had in hockey.

Performance Enhancing Substances in Sport and Exercise


Michael S. Bahrke - 2002
    The result is the most comprehensive, up-to-date text available on the use and abuse of performance-enhancing substances among athletes today.This authoritative and heavily referenced book includes everything from anabolics and stimulants to gene transfer therapy and beyond. It presents the following: -The history of doping in sport and exercise-The latest clinical and scientific research and reference material available concerning the use and abuse of performance-enhancing substances among professional, Olympic-level, college, and high school athletes -Important developments in the legal aspects of use in sport and exercise-New information related to substance and drug testing-The issues surrounding assessment of the efficacy of performance-enhancing substances-Information on the new and emerging technologies--such as gene transfer therapy and new drug delivery systems--that have potential for abuse by athletesNo other text offers analyses of the ergogenic efficacy of nearly every substance currently used and abused by athletes today. It paints a complete picture of performance-enhancing substances and related issues. It gathers essential studies, data, and commentary not available elsewhere in one resource. Performance-Enhancing Substances in Sport and Exercise features 29 chapters covering dozens of substances, thousands of references, and chapters devoted to the history and future of performance-enhancing substances in sport and exercise, the determination of the efficacy of substances, drug testing, and legal issues

World Cup Quiz Book


Michael Coleman - 2002
    Yes, the hundreds of wicked World Cup questions in the Foul Football World Cup Quiz Book are just what you need! You can qualify for the first round with this hat trick: How did a banana become a Brazilian football star? Which team used smelly cheese as their secret weapon? Why was a missing moustache a winner for Argentina? You won't find a wackier world-beating book on the pitch. Can you tackle it? Will you go through from your group or be a first-round flop? Will you get the golden boot or sink in the semis? It'll keep you quessing-right up until the final whistle.

St. Louis Blues Hockey Club 1967-2002: Note by note


Jim Woodcock - 2002
    

The Down and Dirty Guide to Coxing


George D. Kirschbaum - 2002
    If you are new to the sport or looking to sharpen your skills then the Guide is for you. The goal of The Down & Dirty Guide to Coxing© is to make clear the many tasks, jobs, and skills that a coxswain needs to succeed. The Guide is written in a tone of voice that does not talk down to the novice or intermediate cox, but instead reads like a conversation with a good friend. It doesn't matter if you are in high school, college, or coxing for your local club the Guide has something for you. The material covered will prepare you for those first hectic days at the boat house and give you the confidence to take charge when it's time to hit the water. Cox-Boxes®, riggers, racing starts, power 10's, and the words "way-enough!" will no longer be part of a alien language. It will all be there for you to learn and use each day. So get ready to jump right in and become the "quarterback" of rowing- the coxswain!

New York Giants An Informal History of a Great Baseball Club


Frank Graham - 2002
    With characteristic panache, Graham tells us how it was: “This was New York in the elegant eighties and these were the Giants, fashioned in elegance, playing on the Polo Grounds. . . . It was the New York of the brownstone house and the gaslit streets, of the top hat and the hansom cab, of oysters and champagne and perfecto cigars, of [actress] Ada Rehan and Oscar Wilde and the young John L. Sullivan. It also was the New York of the Tenderloin and the Bowery.”            One of fifteen team histories commissioned by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in the 1940s and 1950s, The New York Giants was first published in 1952. Some of the most colorful characters in the game pass through these pages as well as some of baseball’s brightest legends, many of whom appear in the book’s twenty-three photographs.            Hall of Famers Christy Mathewson, Mel Ott, Frankie Frisch, Carl Hubbell, and Bill Terry star among the headliners in the illustrious history of the Giants. Other Hall of Famers include John McGraw, “Beauty” Dave Bancroft, “Iron Man” Joe McGinnity, Leo Durocher, Buck Ewing, Amos Rusie, John Montgomery Ward, and Ross Youngs.            In his foreword, Ray Robinson gives his impression of Frank Graham: “I had been reading Graham’s warm ‘conversation pieces’ for some years, first in the New York Sun, then in the Journal-American, but I had no idea how kind and modest he was. The columnist Red Smith, Graham’s good friend, once referred to him as ‘a digger for truth, a reporter of facts . . . with an incredibly accurate ear and an implausibly retentive memory.’ To Smith, Graham was the finest sports columnist of his time.”

Going for the Gold: Sarah Hughes: America's Sweetheart


Ruth Ashby - 2002
    But the road to Olympic glory was not always easy for this Long Island teen.Going for the Gold: Sarah Hughes is the amazing true story of a brilliant skater's Olympic quest.Here's what you'll find out about America's newest sweetheart:Sarah's first time on the iceHow her family's support helped her through difficult timesHow Sarah braved the rocky road to the OlympicsSarah's hopes for the future

NFL


Tim Polzer - 2002
    Full-color photography shows kids demonstrating skills, "Pro Tip" boxes illustrate key things players need to know-from putting on protective gear to throwing the perfect spiral. Step-by-step photo sequences and annotated images make Play Football a great tool for kids and their coaches and parents.

Ted Williams: The Pursuit of Perfection


Bill Nowlin - 2002
    Agreed by most to be the greatest pure hitter in the history of the game, Teddy Ballgame is a lot more. He's a military hero as well, having served in two wars and having flown combat missions with John Glenn as a United States Marine Corps jet fighter pilot. As a celebrity, he has lent his name to numerable charitable efforts and his half-century of service in the cause of fighting children's cancer represents the longest association of any sports figure with a charitable cause. Among baseball fans, no one who watched the 1999 All Star Game will ever forget the moment when all the great Hall of Famers from the game's past broke ranks on the field at Fenway Park and flocked around Ted once he was brought to the mound. It was a spontaneous show of love and admiration for Teddy Ballgame. This book isn't just for Red Sox fans, it's for baseball fans of all ages and allegiances.

Detroit Red Wings Greatest Moments and Players


Stan Fischler - 2002
    One of the National Hockey League's "Original Six, " few teams in professional hockey have enjoyed more success than the franchise in Detroit. Among the players Fischler glorifies are the immortal Gordie Howe, Terry Sawchuk, Ted Lindsay, Alex Delvecchio, and Sid Abel, all players whose numbers reside on banners in the rafters of Joe Louis Arena. Fischler also writes in-depth stories about current stars such as Steve Yzerman and Brendan Shanahan, as well as Detroit's highly successful coach, Scotty Bowman. This book is a must for any sports fan's library.

Springboard & Platform Diving


Ron O'Brien - 2002
    Olympic team's head diving coach. Now, in the latest edition of Springboard & Platform Diving, the best-known diving coach in the United States shares new information and training plans never before published. Along with a wealth of technical instruction, Springboard & Platform Diving gives you the fundamentals of the sport. O'Brien shows you how to plan for the training year and adapt the six-week peaking-for-competition program he used for training champion athletes.From solid fundamentals to fine-tuned movements that add aesthetic appeal for judges, O'Brien describes each type of dive in detail. He augments his instruction with numerous sequential illustrations that highlight the best and most current technical elements of each dive. A special boardwork checklist will help coaches and divers pinpoint deficient skills.Springboard & Platform Diving provides readers inside information once exclusively reserved for the world's best. This book is a one-of-a-kind blueprint for diving success, written by the best coach in the sport.

What Baseball Means to Me: A Celebration of Our National Pastime


Curt Smith - 2002
    For some, baseball means one heartbreaking or heroic moment. And for others, it means a father, a friend, or an old flame who shared a game for a day or for a lifetime. To create this marvelous book, more than 150 writers, athletes, celebrities, politicians, presidents, and pundits were asked what baseball means to them. The answers came back with richness, wonder, insight, and poetry. A fascinating portrait of baseball's beautiful nuances, What Baseball means to me marks the greatest collection of original essays ever written about the game. Accompanied by more than 200 classic baseball photographs, the voices in this book bring alive the game in all its venues-in the past and present, in wartime and hard times, in Cuba, in Wrigley Field or Yankee Stadium. We meet players in a different light: including Paul Molitor returning a baseball to a trusting boy named Dan Jansen, Derek Jeter as depicted by his dad, the Toledo Mud Hens as seen through the eyes of Christine Brennan, and Pedro Martinez talking about baseball as a way of life in his native Dominican Republic. Most of all, we meet ordinary Americans, like the kids Rudy Giuliani grew up with in Brooklyn, or the man in Philadelphia who transforms himself for every home game from mild-mannered Tom Burgoyne to the Phillie Phanatic. Funny, moving, and each one a diamond in the rough of the American consciousness, the essays in this book are the ultimate baseball conversation. Paying homage to the perfect sport, here is the perfect companion for all our personal baseball journeys.

Roger Staubach: Captain America


Mike Towle - 2002
    Roger the Dodger was a real-life embodiment of apple pie, world championships, and role models. Staubach was a Heisman Trophy winner at Annapolis who served four years as a naval officer before going on to a stellar eleven-year career with the Dallas Cowboys that included four NFC championships and two Super Bowl titles. Considered the master of the two-minute offense and late-game comeback, Staubach eventually earned a spot in the Cowboys' illustrious Ring of Honor and, ultimately in 1985, the Pro Football Hall of Fame.If ever there was a perfect meshing of franchise, coach, and on-field leader, it was the silver-white-and-blue Cowboys of the seventies with Tom Landry strolling the sidelines in his trademark fedora and the unflappable Staubach barking signals. He led the NFL in passing five times, and when he retired at age thirty-seven he departed the game in possession of the highest quarterback rating of all time. After his retirement from football, he pretty much left the game behind, forsaking a shot at coaching or television commentary to focus his energies on the corporate world as chairman and CEO of the Staubach Company, a diversified commercial real estate company.Roger Staubach: Captain America is an oral history of Staubach's life, times, and career. It is told in the words of dozens of former teammates and opponents, friends, business associates, civic leaders, acquaintances, and others who have known him over the years. Staubach turned sixty in 2002, and this book offers a touching and telling testimonial to a true American hero and role model.

World Cup Comp Hist


Terry Crouch - 2002
    In the pages of this encyclopaedic book is everything anyone could ever want to know about the World Cup, from the first finals in Uruguay in 1930 to the last qualifying match for the 2002 tournament.

Glenn Hall: The Man They Call Mr. Goalie


Tom Adrahtas - 2002
    Goalie's rise to stardom and firmly establishes his claim to the title of number one all-time goaltender. From the goaltender's legendary pre-game ritual through the evolution of Hall's trademark butterfly style and the unparalleled consistency of his play, this is a history of the heady days of early hockey. Through interviews with Mr. Goalie, Hall's family, and such noteworthy team-mates as Stan Mikita, Doug Harvey, Ted Lindsay, Bobby Hull and many more, Adrahtas brings to life hockey in the golden era and reminds us that Glenn Hall was number one both on the ice and off.

The New York Yankees Illustrated History


Dave Anderson - 2002
    To mark the 100th anniversary, one of baseball's most remarkable team's meets one of the country's most respected newspapers in an an authoritative, colorful history. Five outstanding sports journalists of The New York Times have written original chapters that cover the Yankee saga in fine detail and revealing anecdote. Along with 150 (CK) photographs from the library of the Baseball Hall of Fame and The Times's own extensive archives the combination is a uniquely thorough and engrossing story of the Yankee century-truly a book that lives up to the unbeatable record. With decades of experience, award-winning sports journalists Dave Anderson, Murray Chass, Robert Lipsyte, Buster Olney, and George Vescey, provide a shrewdly informed perspective on the Yankees and their place in the annals of baseball. Through the stories and photographs of the New York Yankees Illustrated History fans can enjoy-once again or for the first time---the many unforgettable moments in Yankee history of the game and the legendary players who made them happen. With great reporting and fine writing, this beautiful book is the perfect gift for every baseball lover.

Brady Brady And the Runaway Goalie


Mary Shaw - 2002
    * Helps young readers develop important skills and have fun doing it * Popular picture books combine the pleasures of team sport with the joy of reading * Perfect gift for early readers * Make reading fun with Brady Brady * Mary Shaw. Illustrated by Chuck Temple. Grades 1-3 / Ages 4-8

Breaking the Slump: Baseball in the Depression Era


Charles C. Alexander - 2002
    In an era that saw the likes of players such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Satchel Paige and other legends of the game such as Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis and John McGraw, baseball easily maintained its place as the nation's foremost athletic pastime. In this history, noted baseball historian Charles C. Alexander conveys a sense of what baseball was like in the Depression years and what it meant to millions of Americans who could no longer afford to attend games on a regular basis.

Cloughie: Walking on Water. Brian Clough with John Sadler


Brian Howard Clough - 2002
    His passing was marked by a minutes silence at both the Derby County and Nottingham Forest grounds and provoked a wave of tributes from across the sporting spectrum. A memorial service due to be held at Derby Cathedral had to be moved to Pride Park to accommodate the fans demand for tickets. This overwhelming affection and respect was fully deserved for the man who was often described as being controversial, outspoken and opinionated. His achievements in football speak for themselves: he took two lowly Midlands sides to the very top, winning two consecutive European Cups, with unfashionable Nottingham Forest, in a feat that will surely never be matched by a club of similar stature. died, which offer his candid and entertaining views on club directors and chairmen and on Newcastles treatment of Sir Bobby Robson, as well as his scathing analysis of Englands recent performances. Cloughie also talks honestly about his battles with alcohol and the liver transplant that gave him 21 months of health and happiness.

Cheating: The Bad Things Good Stock-Car Racers Do In Pursuit Of Speed


Tom Jensen - 2002
    Intimates the otherwise undisclosed details of the methods used by drivers, crews, and owners to cheat their way to success in the NASCAR Winston Cup series, and conveys how these infractions are dealt with by officials.

The Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told: Thirty-Six Incredible Tales from the Ring


Jeff Silverman - 2002
    Such a series is The Greatest (fill in the blank) Stories Ever Told, anthologies that should win places on many bedside tables. On the long winter nights that lie ahead, such stories make great reading." -The Lexington County Chronicle "THE GREATEST BOXING STORIES EVER TOLD assembles some of the best writing available on the sweet science and illuminates boxing in all its literal and symbolic glory. Each piece in this varied collection connects with the sort of powerful punch one can only expect from the world's greatest writers." -Boxing Digest In THE GREATEST BOXING STORIES EVER TOLD, editor Jeff Silverman delivers a knockout collection of not only the best writing ever penned on the subject of "the sweet science," but also stories that relate to the larger human issues the brutal sport has come to embody. Whether the story be about the triumph of a heroic champion, a tragic death in the ring, the shady tactics of fight promoters, or victories against seemingly impossible odds, each story in this varied collection connects powerfully with the reader. THE GREATEST BOXING STORIES EVER TOLD is the perfect gift for fight fans and non-fight fans alike, and with its allstar lineup of "contenders" throwing "haymakers" and "uppercuts" in every round, it stands as the definitive volume of short stories on this enduring pugilistic pastime.

On the field with ... Alex Rodriguez


Matt Christopher - 2002
    10 photos.

The Tommy Taylor Story


Brian Hughes - 2002
    To acheive this courage has to be paramount in their array of talents. Tommy Taylor had courage aplenty! Like Denis Law, the man who suceeded to his position many years later, Tommy was prepared to stick his head in among the flying boots in the peanlty area and take all the defenders threw against him. As the spearhead of the great Busby Babes side, Tommy was deadly in the air but also able to drift wide and pull defenders out of position. He went onto make 189 appearances for United and won 19 England caps. But it is as a 'big feller with a big heart' that supporters remember him 40 years after his death in the Munich air disaster.

Real Stories from the Rink


Brian McFarlane - 2002
    Whether through a story of courage – such as Mario Lemieux’s comeback from cancer – or through a story of the ridiculous – such as the notorious flying hot dog – Real Stories from the Rink presents tales about men’s and women’s hockey that cover players of every position, as well as coaches. It also includes the kind of statistics and records that are dear to every hockey fan.

On the Limit


Anthony Hampshire - 2002
    I braked hard, eased the Swift right, flicked left to avoid a piece of wing, then right again to miss the spinning black car. I found myself through the accident, out of the corner, and accelerating hard up to turn four. Following the second-place finish in Milwaukee, Eddie Stewart and his race team are filled with confidence. The future looks bright as they head for Toronto and their next race. But their chief rival, Raul DaSilva, is determined to win at all costs - even if it means vandalizing Eddie's car. Now Eddie and his crew will have to test the limits of their talent and teamwork to make it to the podium.

World Series, Revised: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Fall Classic--Fully Revised and Updated


Josh Leventhal - 2002
    Newly revised and fully updated through the 2002 season, THE WORLD SERIES combines lively discussion with thorough statistics to tell the story of every World Series ever played, from the 1903 battle between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Detroit Tigers to the Subway Series of 2000 that pitted the Yankees against the Mets as well as the eagerly awaited battle for the pennant in October 2002. The author's historical research uncovers all the little-known facts and stories from each game, along with baseball legends and unforgettable moments. In addition, detailed box scores and line scores include the statistics that baseball fans covet, with every number for every player who ever appeared in a World Series game. Beautiful photographs bring every game to life, illustrating the evolution of the game.

2001 Formula One Annual (Annuals)


Nigel Mansell - 2002
    Complete team reviews and profiles of the people and the sponsors competing in the events, plus technical information and reviews of all 17 rounds of the championship are included. Statistics from every round of the Formula One world championship from 1950 to 2001, then, put it all into historical perspective. Presented in stunning full color throughout, this is the only book F1 enthusiasts will look for and demand.

Concise Chess Endings


Neil McDonald - 2002
    This pocket-sized book can be the answer to all the players' problems! Grandmaster Neil McDonald studies the fundamental endings and provides the reader with all the crucial knowledge, tactics, and plans. At the same time, he is careful not to swamp readers with superfluous information; there is simply enough wisdom here to make them feel confident in all types of practical endings.*Written by an renowned endgames expert*Every major endgame is examined*A pocket book ideal for club and tournament players

Stanley's Back! The Detroit Red Wings Recapture the Cup


Detroit News - 2002
    Sports Publishing presents the first title to be available on the market to salute the champions of the 2002 NHL Stanley Cup. The book promises to tell the complete story of the team's winning season through articles, columns, and photos that first appeared in the pages of the major daily newspaper in the team's city. Sports Publishing's tribute to the Red wing's will prove to be a cherished keepsake for all fans of the team who will be celebrating the victory well into the year.

World Football Yearbook 2002-3


David Goldblatt - 2002
    

Ichiro Suzuki


Mark Stewart - 2002
    A biography of the Seattle Mariners hitting and fielding star who won the MVP and Rookie of the Year Award in 2001 and became the first successful Japanese player in the Major Leagues.