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Growing up the youngest of seven children in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente had a talent for baseball. His incredible skill soon got him drafted into the big leagues, where he spent 18 seasons playing right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Who Was Roberto Clemente? tells the story of this remarkable athlete: A 12-time All-Star, a World Series MVP, and the first Latin American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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The League
- How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire
- De: John Eisenberg
- Narrado por: Daniel Thomas May
- Duración: 11 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 295
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 269
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 269
The National Football League's current dominance has obscured how professional football got its start. In The League, John Eisenberg reveals that Art Rooney, George Halas, Tim Mara, George Preston Marshall, and Bert Bell took an immense risk by investing in the professional game. At that time, the sport barely registered on the national scene. The five owners succeeded only because at critical junctures in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, each sacrificed the short-term success of his team for the longer-term good of the League.
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5 out of 5 stars
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what a great book. loved it completely.
- De Daniel Mosca en 11-08-18
De: John Eisenberg
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42 Faith
- The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story
- De: Ed Henry
- Narrado por: Ed Henry
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 111
Journalist and baseball lover Ed Henry reveals for the first time the backstory of faith that guided Jackie Robinson into not only the baseball record books but the annals of civil rights advancement as well. Through recently discovered sermons, interviews with Robinson's family and friends, and even an unpublished book by the player himself, Henry details a side of Jackie's humanity that few have taken the time to see.
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5 out of 5 stars
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42Faith
- De Phillip L. en 04-11-17
De: Ed Henry
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Opening Day
- The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season
- De: Jonathan Eig
- Narrado por: Richard Allen
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Drawing on interviews with surviving players, sportswriters, and eyewitnesses, as well as newly discovered material from archives around the country, Jonathan Eig presents a fresh portrait of a ferocious competitor who embodied integration's promise and helped launch the modern civil-rights era. Full of new details and thrilling action, Opening Day brings to life baseball's ultimate story.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book, not so great reading
- De Joe Baseball en 08-30-07
De: Jonathan Eig
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Babe
- The Legend Comes to Life
- De: Robert W. Creamer
- Narrado por: Tom Parker
- Duración: 13 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 330
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 271
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 272
He was the biggest man baseball has ever produced. Babe Ruth transcended the sport that brought him fame, money, and adulation, moving beyond the limits of baselines and outfield fences into the mainstream of American life. In this extraordinary biography, Creamer uncovers the complex and captivating man behind the legend.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The definitive biography of Babe Ruth
- De DKT en 05-30-16
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The Last Innocents
- The Collision of the Turbulent Sixties and the Los Angeles Dodgers
- De: Michael Leahy
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 15 h y 31 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 42
Legendary Dodgers Maury Wills, Sandy Koufax, Wes Parker, Jeff Torborg, Dick Tracewski, and Tommy Davis encapsulated 1960s America: white and black, Jewish and Christian, wealthy and working class, pro-Vietnam and anti-war, golden boy and seasoned veteran. The Last Innocents is a thoughtful, technicolor portrait of these seven players - friends, mentors, confidants, rivals, and allies - and their storied team that offers an intriguing look at a sport and a nation in transition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Reliving my youth
- De PJ en 05-24-17
De: Michael Leahy
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Scribe
- My Life in Sports
- De: Bob Ryan
- Narrado por: Bob Ryan
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 75
Ever since he joined the sports department of the Boston Globe in 1968, sports enthusiasts have been blessed with the writing and reporting of Bob Ryan. Tony Kornheiser calls him the "quintessential American sportswriter". For the past 25 years, he has also been a regular on various ESPN shows, especially The Sports Reporters, spreading his knowledge and enthusiasm for sports of all kinds.
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2 out of 5 stars
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No my idea of a memoir
- De Michael Friedman en 12-19-14
De: Bob Ryan
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Pete Rose
- An American Dilemma
- De: Kostya Kennedy
- Narrado por: Ben Bartolone
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 121
Pete Rose played baseball with a singular and headfirst abandon that endeared him to fans and peers, even as it riled others--a figure at once magnetic, beloved and polarizing. Rose has more base hits than anyone in history, yet he is not in the Hall of Fame. Twenty-five years ago he was banished from baseball for gambling, then ruled ineligible for Cooperstown; today, the question "Does Pete Rose belong in the Hall of Fame?" has evolved into perhaps the most provocative in sports, a layered, slippery and ever-relevant moral conundrum.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book, not so good production.
- De david d. en 05-01-14
De: Kostya Kennedy
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You Can't Make This Up
- Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television
- De: Al Michaels, L. Jon Wertheim
- Narrado por: Al Michaels, Ray Porter
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 829
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 737
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 736
In this highly entertaining and insightful memoir, one of television’s most respected broadcasters interweaves the story of his life and career with lively firsthand tales of some of the most thrilling events and fascinating figures in modern sports.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great, everything I hoped for, but...
- De Shortfellow en 11-30-14
De: Al Michaels, y otros
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Tigerland
- 1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of Healing
- De: Wil Haygood
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman
- Duración: 16 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Against the backdrop of one of the most tumultuous periods in recent American history, as riots and demonstrations spread across the nation, the Tigers of poor, segregated East High School in Columbus, Ohio, did something no team from one school had ever done before: They won the state basketball and baseball championships in the same year. They defeated bigger, richer, whiter teams across the state and along the way brought blacks and whites together, eased a painful racial divide throughout the state, and overcame extraordinary obstacles on their road to success.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Flashback to the Late 1960s
- De Toni Bowes en 09-05-19
De: Wil Haygood
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The Gipper
- George Gipp, Knute Rockne, and the Dramatic Rise of Notre Dame Football
- De: Jack Cavanaugh
- Narrado por: Nancy Linari
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Win one for The Gipper. Has there ever been a better-known and widely-used exhortative phrase in sports? Not likely. But who was the "Gipper", this mythical-like sports figure whose nickname has aroused, in turn, awe, wonderment, curiosity, and amusement since the second decade of the 20th century, and why is his story important? Answering those questions is the formidable task taken on here by veteran sportswriter Jack Cavanaugh.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not sure why my grade 1 teacher was reading this
- De Thomas en 07-23-13
De: Jack Cavanaugh
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Ty Cobb
- A Terrible Beauty
- De: Charles Leerhsen
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 15 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 833
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 760
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 758
Ty Cobb is baseball royalty, maybe even the greatest player who ever lived. His lifetime batting average is still the highest of all time, and when he retired in 1928, after twenty-one years with the Detroit Tigers and two with the Philadelphia Athletics, he held more than ninety records. But the numbers don't tell half of Cobb's tale. The Georgia Peach was by far the most thrilling player of the era: "Ty Cobb could cause more excitement with a base on balls than Babe Ruth could with a grand slam," one columnist wrote.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Two Cobb Books, One Review of a Maligned Legacy
- De Jonathan Love en 05-17-16
De: Charles Leerhsen
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Why Soccer Matters
- De: Pele, Brian Winter
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 7 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 130
Soccer. Football. The beautiful game. The world’s most popular sport goes by many names, but for decades, fans have agreed on one thing: the greatest player of all time was Pelé. Now the legendary star, ambassador, and humanitarian shares a global vision for what soccer can accomplish. Now he shares his story, his experience, and his insights on the game for the very first time. Before Messi, before Ronaldo, before Beckham, there was Edson Arantes do Nascimento - known simply as Pelé.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Pele that will win your heart.
- De Montholon en 12-24-20
De: Pele, y otros
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The Captain
- The Journey of Derek Jeter
- De: Ian O'Connor
- Narrado por: Nick Pollifrone
- Duración: 14 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 298
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 278
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 275
Every spring, Little Leaguers across the country mimic his stance and squabble over the right to wear his number, 2, the next number to be retired by the world’s most famous ball team. Derek Jeter is their hero. He walks in the footsteps of Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, and Mantle, and someday his shadow will loom just as large. Yet he has never been the best player in baseball. In fact, he hasn’t always been the best player on his team. But his intangible grace and Jordanesque ability to play big in the biggest of postseason moments make him the face of the modern Yankee dynasty, and of America’s game.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book, terrible narrator.
- De Butter en 05-09-14
De: Ian O'Connor
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Summer of '68
- The Season That Changed Baseball - and America - Forever
- De: Tim Wendel
- Narrado por: Mark Ashby
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
From the beginning, ’68 was a season rocked by national tragedy and sweeping change. Opening Day was postponed and later played in the shadow of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral. That summer, as the pennant races were heating up, the assassination of Robert Kennedy was later followed by rioting at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. But even as tensions boiled over and violence spilled into the streets, something remarkable was happening in major league ballparks across the country. Pitchers were dominating like never before, and with records falling and shut-outs mounting, many began hailing ’68 as “The Year of the Pitcher".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Detroit Upsets St. Louis in 1968 World Series.
- De Matthew Tsien en 05-01-18
De: Tim Wendel