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1	Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, & a Dream more books like this by H G Bissinger The classic, best-selling story of life in the football-driven town of Odessa, Texas, with a new afterword that looks at the players and the town ten years later. Return once again to the enduring account of life in the Mojo lane, to the Permian Panthers of Odessa--the winningest high school football team in Texas history. Odessa is not known to ... see all copies from £4.02! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Seabiscuit: An American Legend more books like this by L Hillenbrand Laura Hillenbrand, an award-winning racing journalist, delivers an in-depth, winning biography of a horse, detailing the lives of three men: Tom Smith, a silent, eccentric trainer; Charles Howard, a wealthy horseowner; and Red Pollard, a half-blind, down-on-his-luck jockey, whose combined talents produced an unlikely champion. The struggles of ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever more books like this by Mark Frost Frost, bestselling author of "The Greatest Game Ever Played," returns with the story of the match that turned the pastime of golf into a professional sport--when Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi played against Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson in the greatest private match ever played. see all copies from £6.83! new only from £14.14! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The Best Game Ever: Giants Vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL more books like this by Mark Bowden The bestselling author "Black Hawk Down" writes the remarkable story of the 1958 NFL Championship game between the Colts and the Giants--considered by many to be the greatest football game ever played. see all copies from £9.55! new only from £9.55! \| first editions
5	The Worst Call Ever!: The Most Infamous Calls Ever Blown by Referees, Umpires, and Other Blind Officials more books like this by Kyle Garlett, Patrick O'Neal After years of watching athletes and teams have wins and championships stolenfrom them and their fans because of incompetent officials, it is the authors'goal to document these awful moments. see all copies from £6.78! new only from £11.26!
6	The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer more books like this by David Goldblatt The definitive book about soccer. With a new foreword for the American edition. There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical scope. The single greatest simultaneous human collective experience is the ... see all copies from £8.34! new only from £8.34!
7	Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation more books like this by John Carlin Carlin pens this thrilling, inspiring account of one of the greatest charm offensives in history--Nelson Mandela's decade-long campaign to unite his country, beginning in his jail cell and ending with a rugby tournament. see all copies from £12.63! new only from £12.63!
8	The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf more books like this by Mark Frost In the wake of the stock market crash and the dawn of the Great Depression, a ray of light emerged when a successful, self-taught young golfer mounted his final campaign against the record books. In four months, he won four of the world's biggest tournaments. From the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed "The Greatest Game Ever Played" ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.46! \| first editions
9	An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport more books like this by Kenny Mayne Wisecracking sports broadcaster Mayne keeps dubious score of the sports' absurdities, true and unsubstantiated history, off-the-wall trivia, and all things real and possibly made-up in this hilarious book that is part "America: The Book and The Onion. 25 b&w photos. see all copies from £7.81! new only from £12.21! \| first editions
10	Giants Among Men: How Robustelli, Huff, Gifford, and the Giants Made New York a Football Town and Changed the NFL more books like this by Jack Cavanaugh A play-by-play account of the New York Giants from 1956 to 1963, this work offers a portrait of a close-knit and intelligent team that dominated its division and helped make the NFL a nationwide phenomena. see all copies from £14.68! new only from £14.68!
11 view cover	A People's History of Sports in the United States: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and Play more books like this by Dave Zirin From author and sportswriter Zirin comes a rollicking, rebellious, myth-busting history of sports in America that puts politics in the ring with pop culture. see all copies from £14.69! new only from £14.69!
12 view cover	The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf more books like this by Mark Frost Pitting the greatest player of his day against the young upstart who would defeat him, this account of the 1913 U.S. Open examines how the event would influence golf for generations to come. see all copies from £2.01! new only from £5.58! \| first editions
13 view cover	Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America more books like this by Charles Leerhsen Before Seabiscuit, there was Dan Patch. At a time when champion horses were household names, a workhorse from an ordinary farm became an undefeated legend. Leerhsen brings to life an all-but-forgotten hero of a bygone era. 8 pages of b&w photos. see all copies from £10.75! new only from £14.32! \| first editions
14 view cover	Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football more books like this by Jim Dent From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Junction Boys" comes this amazing, inspirational story of a group of orphans and the man who created one of the greatest football teams Texas has ever known. 16-page b&w photo insert. see all copies from £8.19! new only from £10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World more books like this by David Maraniss From the critically acclaimed and bestselling author David Maraniss, a groundbreaking book that weaves sports, politics, and history into a tour de force about the 1960 Rome Olympics, eighteen days of theater, suspense, victory, and defeat David Maraniss draws compelling portraits of the athletes competing in Rome, including some of the most ... see all copies from £9.72! new only from £15.05! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	The Real All Americans: The Team That Changed a Game, a People, a Nation more books like this by Sally Jenkins Jenkins, bestselling co-author of "It's Not About the Bike," revives a forgotten piece of history in this inspirational story about a Native American football team. "The Real All Americans" is about the end of a culture and the birth of a game that has thrilled Americans for generations. see all copies from £9.22! new only from £10.00! \| first editions
17 view cover	Sports in America more books like this by James A Michener "A comprehensive, controversial examination of sports as a major force in American life." Los Angeles TimesThere is a crisis in American sports, and it's getting worse. Drugs, violence, and the corrupting effects of money and fame. Even before these problems made national headlines, master writer James A. Michener was growing concerned about the ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £15.48! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Best American Sports Writing of the Century more books like this by David Halberstam (Introduction by), Glenn Stout (Foreword by) These 50 pieces of exemplary 20th-century American sports writing, selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Halberstam, include works by Jimmy Cannon, Red Smith, Damon Runyon, and Frank Deford. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £12.36! \| first editions
19 view cover	Acorn People more books like this by Ron Jones The true story of five handicapped boys at summer camp and how they defy everyone's notion of what handicapped children ought to do. see all copies from £5.12! new only from £5.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Autocourse: The World's Leading Grand Prix Annual more books like this by Alan Henry Now in its 57th year, this world famous motorsport annual is regarded as the definitive account of the Formula 1 season. Edited by leading F1 journalist Alan Henry, it has been long established as a genuine collector's item, and has an unrivalled heritage which is recognized by the entire motorsport community - and number F1 luminaries Jackie ... see all copies from £7.44! new only from £31.02! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Hate Mail from Cheerleaders: And Other Adventures from the Life of Reilly more books like this by Rick Reilly As a senior writer for "Sports Illustrated" and the only opinion columnist in the magazine's 40-year history, Reilly's level-headed and often hilarious approach has earned him a devoted readership. This collection presents the best of Reilly: unforgettable sporting moments, favorite columns, and unpublished pieces. see all copies from £5.49! new only from £8.50! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Horse God Built: The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World's Greatest Racehorse more books like this by Lawrence Scanlan Most of us know the legend of Secretariat, the tall, handsome chestnut racehorse whose string of honours runs long and rich: the only two-year-old ever to win Horse of the Year, in 1972; winner in 1973 of the Triple Crown, his times in all three races still unsurpassed; featured on the cover of "Time", "Newsweek", and "Sports Illustrated"; the ... see all copies from £8.11! new only from £10.00! \| first editions
23 view cover	By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions more books like this by Richard Cohen A dynamic and personality-filled history of sword fighting--from medieval knights to Hollywood swashbucklers, gladiators, musketeers, samurai and Olympic champions. Illustrations. see all copies from £6.28! new only from £9.54! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Complete Book of the Olympics more books like this by David Wallechinsky Contained with the pages of this encyclopaedic book is anything anyone could ever need or want to know about the modern Olympic Games. It provides a complete statistical record since the founding of the modern Games in 1896 - from medals won to times, distances or scores recorded by the top eight competitors in all events, whether they be Olympic ... see all copies from £2.01! new only from £14.94! \| first editions
25 view cover	Horns, Hogs, and Nixon Coming: Texas Vs. Arkansas in Dixie's Last Stand more books like this by Terry Frei More than the mere recounting of a landmark college football game, this book chronicles the cultural forces that were at play on and off the field in the autumn of 1969. When #1 Texas took on #2 Arkansas at Razorback Stadium, the Vietnam War and Civil Rights movement consumed the nation, and the Old South was traumatically giving way to something ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46! \| first editions

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