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The Val James Story
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Val James became the first African-American player in the NHL when he took to the ice with the Buffalo Sabres in 1982, and in 1987 he became the first Black player of any nationality to skate for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Born in central Florida, James grew up on Long Island and received his first pair of skates for his 13th birthday. At 16 James left home to play in Canada, where he was the only Black person in junior and, often, in the whole town.
While popular for his tough play and winning personality, the teenager faced racist taunts at opposing arenas, and the prejudice continued at all levels of the game. In his two NHL stints, James defined himself as a smart team player and opponent, known for his pugilistic skills.
Black Ice is the untold story of a trailblazing athlete who endured and overcame discrimination to realize his dreams and become an inspiration for future generations.
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For Rich Cohen and millions of other fans, the 1985 Chicago Bears were more than a football team: they were the greatest football team ever - a gang of colorful nuts, dancing and pounding their way to victory. They won a Super Bowl and saved a city. It was not just that the Monsters of the Midway won but how they did it....
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5 out of 5 stars
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For any Bears fans
- De Frank S. Saltiel en 11-18-21
De: Rich Cohen
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Sweetness
- The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton
- De: Jeff Pearlman
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 18 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 283
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At five feet ten inches tall, running back Walter Payton was not the largest player in the NFL, but he developed a larger-than-life reputation for his strength, speed, and grit. Nicknamed “Sweetness” during his college football days, he became the NFL’s all-time leader in rushing and all-purpose yards, capturing the hearts of fans in his adopted Chicago.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Honest Accounting Of A Fascinating Life
- De RevInTampa en 08-19-15
De: Jeff Pearlman
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Badasses
- The Legend of Snake, Foo, Dr. Death, and John Madden's Oakland Raiders
- De: Peter Richmond
- Narrado por: Barry Abrams
- Duración: 12 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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A book that explores the enduring legends of Snake, Foo, Dr. Death, and John Madden's Oakland Raiders, Badasses is the definitive biography of arguably the last team to play old-fashioned tough-guy football. Peter Richmond, co-author of the New York Times best seller The Glory Game, offers a fascinating look at the 1970s Oakland Raiders, led by colorful greats from another era.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story, slightly obnoxious author and reader
- De Harry Seaward en 01-06-19
De: Peter Richmond
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Life Is Not an Accident
- A Memoir of Reinvention
- De: Jay Williams
- Narrado por: Jay Williams
- Duración: 6 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 397
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 351
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 351
Like millions of kids before him, Jay Williams used to pretend he was making the game-winning shot while playing basketball in his Plainfield, New Jersey, backyard. Unlike almost all of those other kids, he kept right on making shots until he became an NCAA champion and two-time national player of the year at Duke and the number-two overall NBA draft pick in 2002.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Taking ownership of mistakes
- De ladybug en 07-20-16
De: Jay Williams
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Solo
- A Memoir of Hope
- De: Hope Solo
- Narrado por: Christina Delaine
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
Hope Solo is the face of the modern female athlete. She is fearless, outspoken, and the best in the world at what she does: protecting the goal of the U.S. women's soccer team. Her outsized talent has led her to the pinnacle of her sport - the Olympics and the World Cup - and made her into an international celebrity who is just as likely to appear on ABC's Dancing with the Stars as she is on the covers of Sports Illustrated, ESPN The Magazine, and Vogue.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not your normal memoir
- De Rory en 02-14-15
De: Hope Solo
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Showtime
- Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
- De: Jeff Pearlman
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 18 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,032
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 912
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 909
Best-selling sportswriter Jeff Pearlman draws from almost 300 interviews to take the first full measure of the Lakers’ epic Showtime era. A dazzling account of one of America’s greatest sports sagas, Showtime is packed with indelible characters, vicious rivalries, and jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes stories of the players’ decadent Hollywood lifestyles. From the Showtime era’s remarkable rise to its tragic end - marked by Magic Johnson’s 1991 announcement that he had contracted HIV - Showtime is a gripping narrative of sports, celebrity, and 1980s-style excess.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Offended at the style used to voice black characters.
- De NP en 01-15-22
De: Jeff Pearlman
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The Keeper
- A Life of Saving Goals and Achieving Them
- De: Ali Benjamin, Tim Howard
- Narrado por: J.D. Jackson
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 121
In the summer of 2014, Tim Howard became an overnight sensation after more than 10 years as one of America's leading professional soccer players. His record-breaking 15 saves for the United States national team against Belgium in the World Cup electrified a nation that had only recently woken up to the Beautiful Game after decades of hibernation. In this inspiring and candid memoir, the beloved US and Everton goalkeeper finally allows himself to do something that he would never do on the field: He drops his guard.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tim Howard Saves more then Goals!
- De Ron en 12-16-14
De: Ali Benjamin, y otros
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From the Outside
- My Journey Through Life and the Game I Love
- De: Ray Allen, Michael Arkush
- Narrado por: J.D. Jackson
- Duración: 7 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 244
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 245
The record-holding two-time National Basketball Association champion reflects on his work ethic, his on-the-court friendships and rivalries, the great teams he's played for, and what it takes to have a long and successful career in this thoughtful, in-depth memoir. Playing in the NBA for 18 years, Ray Allen won championships with the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat and entered the record books as the original king of the three-point shot. Known as one of the hardest-working and highest-achieving players in NBA history, he was legendary for his sharp shooting.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It wasn't bad, but I thought it would be better
- De Amazon Customer en 07-30-18
De: Ray Allen, y otros
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Madden
- A Biography
- De: Bryan Burwell
- Narrado por: Mark Moseley
- Duración: 8 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 175
Several years after his playing career was cut short by injury before it had a chance to really begin, John Madden was hired as an assistant coach by the Oakland Raiders, one of professional football's most iconoclastic franchises. Two years later he was named the team's head coach and proceeded to lead the Raiders to five championship games in his first seven seasons. Following years of heartbreaking losses in some of history's most memorable games.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Essential For Raider And Madden Fans
- De MovieGuy en 03-08-16
De: Bryan Burwell
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Slow Getting Up
- A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile
- De: Nate Jackson
- Narrado por: Nate Jackson
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 281
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 253
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 256
Nate Jackson’s Slow Getting Up is an unvarnished and uncensored memoir of everyday life in the most popular sports league in America - and the most damaging to its players - the National Football League. After playing college ball at a tiny Division III school, Jackson, a receiver, signed as a free agent with the San Francisco 49ers, before moving to the Denver Broncos. For six seasons in the NFL as a Bronco, he alternated between the practice squad and the active roster, eventually winning a starting spot - a short, tenuous career emblematic of the average pro player.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Almost unlistenable...AND I'M A DENVER DIEHARD!
- De JROD2133 en 07-02-14
De: Nate Jackson
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Dr. J Unabridged
- The Autobiography
- De: Julius Erving, Karl Taro Greenfeld
- Narrado por: Julius Erving
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
With his flights of improvisation around the basket and his towering afro, Julius Erving became one of the most charismatic (and revolutionary) players basketball has ever known. But while the public has long revered this cultural icon, few have ever known of the double life of Julius Erving. Dr. J traces the inner lives of the nearly perfect player and the imperfect man - and how he has come to terms with both.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I may overrate it, but I’m a hoops junkie!
- De @JWTheBlueprint en 01-29-14
De: Julius Erving, y otros
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Play Their Hearts Out
- A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine
- De: George Dohrmann
- Narrado por: Emily Rose Speer
- Duración: 15 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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The NBA has returned to prominence on the backs of phenoms like LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Kevin Garnett. The media promotes them, the shoe companies pay them, and America applauds. But how exactly do such players reach the pros? What do they give up to get there? And what happens to those who fall short?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book, fantastic narration.
- De Randy en 11-03-10
De: George Dohrmann
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Furious George
- My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection
- De: George Karl, Curt Sampson
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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A man of deep passion and intensity, George Karl earned his bad boy reputation while playing at the University of North Carolina, a rap that continued through the five years he spent with the San Antonio Spurs - and long after he stopped playing. Karl's beery nights, fistfights, and barking followed him into a 35-year coaching career. In a game defined by big stakes and bigger egos, rabid fans and an unforgiving media, Karl was hired and fired a dozen times.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pathetic little black book.
- De Brad Howard en 04-20-20
De: George Karl, y otros
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Their Life's Work
- The Brotherhood of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers
- De: Gary M. Pomerantz
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 16 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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The Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970s won an unprecedented and unmatched four Super Bowls in six years. A dozen of those Steelers players, coaches, and executives have been inducted into the Hall of Fame, and three decades later their names echo in popular memory: "Mean" Joe Greene, Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Mike Webster, Jack Lambert, Lynn Swann, and John Stallworth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book
- De cap en 07-18-18
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Dream Team
- How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
- De: Jack McCallum
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 12 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 479
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 423
In Dream Team, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team that captivated the world, kindled the hoop dreams of countless children around the planet, and remade the NBA into a global sensation. As a senior staff writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat for the most exciting basketball spectacle on earth, covering the Dream Team from its inception to the gold medal ceremony in Barcelona.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great insight into the great basketball team ever.
- De James O'Brien en 09-04-12
De: Jack McCallum
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Pistol
- The Life of Pete Maravich
- De: Mark Kriegel
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
- Duración: 12 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 181
Pistol is more than the biography of a ballplayer. It's the stuff of classic novels: the story of a boy transformed by his father's dream and the cost of that dream. Even as Pete Maravich became Pistol Pete, a basketball icon for baby boomers, all the Maraviches paid a price. Now acclaimed author Mark Kriegel has brilliantly captured the saga of an American family: its rise, its apparent ruin, and, finally, its redemption.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extremely Good!
- De steve en 12-12-12
De: Mark Kriegel
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The Journey Home
- My Life in Pinstripes
- De: Jorge Posada, Gary Brozek
- Narrado por: Lorenzo Irizarry
- Duración: 12 h y 24 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
For 17 seasons the name Jorge Posada was synonymous with New York Yankees baseball. A fixture behind home plate throughout the Yankees biggest successes, Jorge became the Yankees' star catcher almost immediately upon his arrival, and in the years that followed, his accomplishments, work ethic, and leadership established him as one of the greatest Yankees ever to put on the uniform.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jorge who?!!
- De Jacques en 11-30-22
De: Jorge Posada, y otros