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Lew Freedman
Hoyt Wilhelm's baseball career lasted two decades. A veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, the All-Star from Huntersville, North Carolina was a standout for the New York Giants, Baltimore…
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Chicago’s professional sports landscape, as never seen before.
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When Jackie Robinson became the first African American player in major league baseball in 1947, elbowing aside the league’s policies of segregation that had been inviolate for 60 years, he…
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Told through profiles of the men who have made it a reality, this is the complex story of the triumphs achieved by-and challenges faced by-Latinos who have risen to the…
This revealing biography explores Indianapolis Colts’ quarterback Peyton Manning as an athlete and as a man. From the moment Peyton Manning arrived in the National Football League at the start…
Illustrated encyclopedia of 150 American football stadiums, at both professional (NFL) and amateur (college) level.
Revered standout pass catcher Don Hutson played for three Green Bay Packers championship squads between 1935 and 1945 and was a charter-class member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame…
New Zealand adventurer, Edmund Hillary, spent his life exploring and climbing the tallest mountain ranges in the world. In 1953, Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa climbing partner, Tenzing Norgay, were…
A small group of mushers conceived a gutsy idea for a new sled dog race that would be more challenging than any other marathon race in the Far North.
This history of New York Yankees from 1936 to World War II details the team’s swift recovery from losing Babe Ruth, reintroduces unheralded players, examines the personal styles of the…
Presents the story of the seven baseball-playing brothers from Western Missouri who in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s signed professional contracts. Led by oldest brother Cloyd, a pitcher, third baseman…
An early celebrity pitcher, Denton Cy Young established supreme standards on the mound. A small-town Ohio farmer made good, he set Major League pitching records in the late 19th and…
In a place where respect is not easily earned, the name of this homesteader, pilot, and visionary dog-musher generates awe.
Nowhere else is there an event like the annual Midnight Sun Game. Played in Fairbanks on June 21, the longest day of the year, it starts at 10:30 p.m. and…
More than a century ago, the Philadelphia Athletics enjoyed a glorious five-season run under legendary manager Connie Mack, winning three World Series and four pennants from 1910 through 1914. A’s…
The Indianapolis 500 celebrates more than a century of high speed racing in May 2016, andthe 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 will be the most spectacular event of the…
Tells the stories of some of the players, coaches, managers and broadcasters who had the most fun in the Major Leagues and made fans laugh out loud. The author recounts…
Follows Johnny Vander Meer, the only pitcher in Major League history to hurl two consecutive no-hitters, and the Cincinnati Reds through the triumphs of two National League pennants and one…
During his 15-season Major League career, slugger Johnny Mize was among the preeminent power hitters in baseball, a star for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, and New York…
The Whalers are the only football team above the Arctic Circle. Seasoned journalist Freedman captures the team’s inspiring story.
Southpaw Harvey Haddix had logged an unspectacular career by the time he took the mound on May 26, 1959. Haddix faced the Milwaukee Braves and set down the first 36…
William F. Buffalo Bill Cody rose from humble origins in Iowa to become one of the most famous and most photographed people in the world. Cody’s most important legacy may…
*Excellent choice for sports and basketball buffs
*Popular historic sports hero thanks to recent features in Sports Illustrated and Denver Post
*Book released in time for NCAA March Madness
*Sailors…
Philadelphia Fighters chronicles the golden era of American boxing in the pugilistic Quaker City, where top contenders settled and where many great fighters grew up during the epic period from…
The Red Sox have been blessed with many legends and great plays. Ted Williams, Cy Young and Babe Ruth are considered some of the best players among fans. Players such…
The Pittsburgh Pirates have a long and glorious tradition spanning more than 100 years of baseball and the Pirates have been blessed with some of the best players in the…
The Detroit Tigers date to the founding of the American League in 1901 and the club has a long and glorious baseball tradition spanning more than 100 years of baseball…
The 73-0 NFL championship victory of the Chicago Bears over the Washington Redskins in December of 1940 was the most one sided game in the history. In this book readers…
Since 1919 the Cody Night Rodeo has thrilled audiences with a rodeo every night from the beginning of June through the end of August. The city where it is held…
Red Sox Legends is designed with the fan in mind, giving them an inside look into their favorite sports team franchise. The book focuses on the team and history, breaking…
Follow along with award-winning sportswriter Lew Freedman as he journals an unforgettable season of fly fishing along the Kenai River.
Just as you never know what kind of fish and…
Ernie Banks is the best-known ballplayer in the history of the Chicago Cubs - a man as famous for his personality and trademark phrases as for his accomplishments on the…
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Traces football’s passing game from its inception to the present, telling the tale through the stories of the quarterbacks whose arms carried (and threw) the changes forward. Lew Freedman relies…
Presents the story of how the hapless Chicago White Sox, decimated by the banning of players after the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, floundered until the 1950s when they were finally…
Details the 1963 NCAA championship run of the Loyola University’s basketball team, with four African-American starters, a team of underdogs defying the ills of racial discrimination and prejudice. –Provided by…
How the 1980 Philadelphia Phillies Won the First World Series Championship in Franchise History The road was rocky and the suspense intense as a make-or-break 1980 baseball season unfolded for…
Provides a history of Major League Baseball’s first All-Star Game, originally conceived in 1933 as a one-time Game of the Century to lift the spirits of the nation and its…
George Attla, the little-known Athabaskan Indian from the tiny Koyuk River village of Huslia, Alaska, limped to the starting line in the 1958 Fur Rendezvous World Championship, his record-setting victory…
This engaging and informative work highlights the 100 biggest moments in the history of American sports, illustrating powerful connections between sporting events and significant social issues of the time.
This book provides readers with an abundance of information and historical perspective as well as entertaining and memorable anecdotes about professional wrestling. Readers will also learn unusual snippets of trivia…
This book not only covers the great hitters and their hitting careers. It also covers many of the iconic home runs like Bucky Dent’s shot in Boston, Mickey Mantle’s 565…
Joe Louis held the heavyweight boxing championship longer than any other fighter and defended it a record 25 times. During the 1930s and 1940s, the owner of the heavyweight title…
Ages 9 to 13 years. Amelia Earhart was a pioneer pilot and was known as the best aviator of her time. This was very rare for a woman. She was…
A College Football Hall of Famer, Charlie Conerly was a professional All-Star and the lynchpin of the New York Giants offense at time when the team was loaded with Hall…
In a series that explores the logic-defying comebacks and tough losses, the dramatic interceptions, fumbles, game-winning field goals, and touchdowns that shape a fan’s greatest memories of their beloved team…
