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- A Journey into the Heart of South African Sport's Steroid and Drug Culture
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- Duración: 11 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 310
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 281
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 278
The definitive account of Lance Armstrong's spectacular rise and fall. In June 2013, when Lance Armstrong fled his palatial home in Texas, downsizing in the face of multimillion-dollar lawsuits, Juliet Macur was there - talking to his girlfriend and children and listening to Armstrong's version of the truth. She was one of the few media members aside from Oprah Winfrey to be granted extended one-on-one access to the most famous pariah in sports. At the center of Cycle of Lies is Armstrong himself, revealed through face-to-face interviews.
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5 out of 5 stars
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...Pants on Fire
- De Mel en 03-25-14
De: Juliet Macur
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Wheelmen
- Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever
- De: Reed Albergotti, Vanessa O'Connell
- Narrado por: Santino Fontana
- Duración: 12 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 936
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 837
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 833
The first in-depth look at Lance Armstrong's doping scandal, the phenomenal business success built on the back of fraud, and the greatest conspiracy in the history of sports. Lance Armstrong won a record-smashing seven Tours de France after staring down cancer, and in the process became an international symbol of resilience and courage. In a sport constantly dogged by blood-doping scandals, he seemed above the fray. Then, in January 2013, the legend imploded. He admitted doping during the Tours and, in an interview with Oprah, described his "mythic, perfect story" as "one big lie."
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4 out of 5 stars
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Detailed and balanced account
- De Gabriel en 11-19-13
De: Reed Albergotti, y otros
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League of Denial
- The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth
- De: Mark Fainaru-Wada, Steve Fainaru
- Narrado por: David H. Lawrence XVII
- Duración: 14 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 325
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 298
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 296
Everyone knows that football is violent and dangerous. But what the players who built the NFL into a $10 billion industry didn’t know—and what the league sought to shield from them—is that no amount of padding could protect the human brain from the force generated by modern football.
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4 out of 5 stars
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How to Kill Friends and Influence People
- De Cynthia en 10-18-13
De: Mark Fainaru-Wada, y otros
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Barca
- The Making of the Greatest Team in the World
- De: Graham Hunter
- Narrado por: Graham Hunter
- Duración: 14 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 103
Barcelona is the greatest football team in the world, the greatest for a generation, and possibly the greatest of all time. This is the untold inside story of how the best and most loved football team in the world came to redefine how the game is played. We start with the 2011 Champions League final at Wembley, the game that ended the debate about whether Barcelona was the greatest team in the world and began a new one: are they the best ever?
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5 out of 5 stars
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In-depth analysis of the greatest team ever
- De Michalis Petrou en 01-09-18
De: Graham Hunter
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Until It Hurts
- America’s Obsession with Youth Sports and How It Harms Our Kids
- De: Mark Hyman
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 5 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Every year, more than 3.5 million children under age 15 require medical treatment for sports injuries, nearly half of which are the result of simple overuse. Journalist Mark Hyman investigates the evolution of youth sports from mere games to full-on quests to turn children into tomorrow's superstar athletes by pushing them beyond physical and emotional limits. Opening up a crucial discussion about the perils of youth-sports culture today, Hyman offers the solutions and answers we need.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Are We Pushing Young Athletes Too Far?
- De Susie en 01-04-13
De: Mark Hyman
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The Secret Race
- Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
- De: Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,638
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,442
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,443
Here is an explosive book that takes us, for the first time, deep inside a shadowy, fascinating, and surreal world of unscrupulous doctors, anything-goes team directors, and athletes so relentlessly driven to succeed that they would do anything—and take any risk, physical, mental, or moral—to gain the edge they needed to win. The Secret Race is a riveting, courageous act of witness from a man who is as determined to reveal the hard truth about his sport as he once was to win the Tour de France.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping and fascinating
- De Alan en 09-09-12
De: Tyler Hamilton, y otros
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Illegal Procedure
- A Sports Agent Comes Clean on the Dirty Business of College Football
- De: Josh Luchs, James Dale
- Narrado por: David Ledoux
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 59
For 15 years, sports agent Josh Luchs made illegal deals with numerous college athletes, from top-tier, nationally recognized phenoms to late-round draft picks. Then, in October 2010, Luchs wrote a confessional article in Sports Illustrated, telling the truth about what he did and didn't do. Since then, he has taken on a new role: whistle-blowing, truth-telling reformer. In telling his own story, Luchs here pulls back the curtain on the real economy - and the broken system - of college football.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very cool!
- De Phil en 01-24-13
De: Josh Luchs, y otros
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14 Minutes
- A Running Legend's Life and Death and Life
- De: Alberto Salazar, John Brant
- Narrado por: Danny Pardo
- Duración: 10 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 60
14 Minutes is the memoir of Alberto Salazar, the most accomplished, charismatic, and controversial marathoner in history. The narrative follows Alberto's boyhood in New England, his rise to stardom at the University of Oregon, his dramatic victories in the New York City and Boston Marathons, his long malaise due to injuries, which resulted in a near-suicidal depression; his resurgence due to intense spiritual experiences and discipline; his close alliance with Phil Knight and the Nike corporation; and describes his numerous near-death experiences.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Terrible and Distracting Narration
- De Mark en 06-04-14
De: Alberto Salazar, y otros
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Win at All Costs
- Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception
- De: Matt Hart
- Narrado por: Josh Bloomberg
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 176
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 157
In May 2017, journalist Matt Hart received a USB drive containing a single file—a 4.7-megabyte PDF named “Tic Toc, Tic Toc. . . .” He quickly realized he was in possession of a stolen report prepared a year earlier by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, part of an investigation into legendary running coach Alberto Salazar, an endocrinologist named Dr. Jeffrey Brown, and cheating by Nike-sponsored runners. Combining sports drama and business exposé, Win at All Costs tells the full story of Nike’s running program, uncovering a corporate win-at-all-costs culture.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Hard to follow
- De Jonathan en 05-22-21
De: Matt Hart
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It's Not About the Truth
- The Duke Lacrosse Case and the Lives It Shattered
- De: Don Yaeger, Mike Pressler
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 95
What began as an off-campus team party with two hired strippers accelerated into a rape investigation - one that exposed prosecutorial misconduct, shoddy police work, an administration's rush to judgment, and the media's disregard for the facts. In It's Not About the Truth, Mike Pressler, the former Duke University lacrosse team's coach, and best-selling author Don Yaeger expose vivid details, including the day Pressler was fired.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Highly Recommended
- De Dave en 08-08-07
De: Don Yaeger, y otros
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Motivation: Stories on Life and Success from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belts
- De: Chuck J. Rylant
- Narrado por: Pete Ferrand
- Duración: 2 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 124
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 124
This is a collection of intimate and sometimes shocking conversations about motivation with 12 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belts. The end result is 12 fascinating and unexpected stories about overcoming adversity and achieving success in life and Jiu-Jitsu. Jiu-Jitsu has often been used as a metaphor of life, but you can replace Jiu-Jitsu with any sport, business or ambitious pursuit - the lessons are universal. What drives ambitious people is often shaped by our subconscious mind. We are not always aware of the influences driving our behavior, but you will discover underlying themes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great stories.
- De Alex en 10-22-19
De: Chuck J. Rylant
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The System
- The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football
- De: Jeff Benedict, Armen Keteyian
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins
- Duración: 17 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 505
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 439
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 441
College football has never been more popular - or more chaotic. Millions fill 100,000-seat stadiums every Saturday; tens of millions more watch on television every weekend. The 2013 Discover BCS National Championship game between Notre Dame and Alabama had a viewership of 26.4 million people, second only to the Super Bowl. Billions of dollars from television deals now flow into the game; the average budget for a top-ten team is $80 million; top coaches make more than $3 million a year; the highest paid, more than $5 million.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping Inside Look at an Industry to Itself
- De W Perry Hall en 01-23-14
De: Jeff Benedict, y otros
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Blood in the Cage
- Mixed Martial Arts, Pat Miletich, and the Furious Rise of the UFC
- De: L. Jon Wertheim
- Narrado por: Phil Gigante
- Duración: 9 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 114
Based on unlimited access to the Ultimate Fighting Championship and its rival leagues, Blood in the Cage peers through the chain-link Octagon into the frighteningly seductive world of mixed martial arts, which is exploding in popularity despite resistance from every corner. Wertheim focuses on Pat Miletich, a mixed-martial-arts pioneer and six-time UFC champion, who currently runs the most famous MMA training school in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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MMA Bible
- De Bret en 01-27-09
De: L. Jon Wertheim
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Junior Seau
- The Life and Death of a Football Icon
- De: Jim Trotter
- Narrado por: JD Jackson
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Tiaina Baul "Junior" Seau is widely considered one of the best linebackers ever to play the game. A 10-time All-Pro and 12-time Pro Bowl selection, Seau was picked for the NFL's All-Decade Team in the 1990s. His incredible career spanned two decades, during which time he played for the Chargers, Dolphins, and Patriots. In 2012, at the age of 43, Seau committed suicide with a gunshot wound to the chest. News of his death sent shockwaves through the NFL.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding Book!!!
- De Sherry Jones en 01-08-16
De: Jim Trotter
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I'm Here to Win
- A World Champion's Advice for Peak Performance
- De: Chris McCormack, Tim Vandehey
- Narrado por: Howard Brunner, Chris McCormack
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 344
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 288
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 292
As the winner of the 2010 Ironman Championship in Kona, Hawaii, Chris "Macca" McCormack may be the world's greatest athlete. In I'm Here to Win, McCormack shares his story along with training tips and practical advice to help listeners develop their own routines, diet, exercise programs and race strategies. Chris McCormack has dedicated his life to training for - and winning - the Ironman World Championships, one of the most grueling tests of mental and physical endurance in the world.
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1 out of 5 stars
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It takes an Ironman to finish
- De Robert en 03-21-12
De: Chris McCormack, y otros
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Calling the Shots
- How to Win in Football and Life
- De: David Dein
- Narrado por: Arsène Wenger, David Dein
- Duración: 12 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 29
There's no doubt that Dein has been one of the most significant and influential figures in British football for over three decades—operating at club and international level. He was a prime mover in the creation of the Premier League, hugely influential within the England set-up and, of course, was the mastermind—along with Arsène Wenger—in creating the glory days of Arsenal Football Club, leading the team for almost a quarter of a century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Modern Day Herbert Chapman
- De Will en 02-10-23
De: David Dein
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The King of New Orleans
- How the Junkyard Dog Became Professional Wrestling's First Black Superhero
- De: Greg Klein
- Narrado por: J D Jackson
- Duración: 6 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 65
Telling the remarkable tale of a man who is still remembered on the streets of New Orleans and in the hearts of professional-wrestling fans, this book aims to restore the overlooked Junkyard Dog to his proper place in the history books. In 1979, Sylvester Ritter, also known as the Junkyard Dog, managed to break one of the final color barriers in the sport by becoming the first Black wrestler named undisputed top star of his promotion, and this biography reveals all the famous feuds and business back stories that made him a wrestling legend.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining & Insightful
- De Michael Cavacini en 10-22-20
De: Greg Klein