Sports Publishing imprint: 487 books
The New York Yankees Home Run Almanac
The Bronx Bombers' Most Historic, Unusual, and Titanic Dingers
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
The New York Yankees don't call themselves the "Bronx Bombers" for nothing. And though Babe Ruth did not invent the home run, he did indeed popularize it and make it seem less vulgar.
New York Yankees Home Run Almanac presents a month-by-month tally of historic, important, unusual, or titanic home...
Tales from the Syracuse Orange's Locker Room
A Collection of the Greatest Orange Basketball Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Orange is a state of mind for fans of Syracuse University basketball. Think Orange and images of greatness appear, from Vic Hanson in the Roaring ’20s through Carmelo Anthony in the 21st century. Think Orange and the sounds of glory are heard, from old Archbold Gym to the gleaming Carrier Dome....
An October to Remember 1968
The Tigers-Cardinals World Series as Told by the Men Who Played in It
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
An October to Remember 1968: The Tigers-Cardinals World Series as Told by the Men Who Played in It recalls one of baseball's most celebrated championship series from the voices of the players who still remain--a collected narrative from a bygone era of major-league baseball as they reflect fifty years...
Brian Cardinal
Citizen Pain
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Before he became a fan favorite in West Lafayette, Ind., before there was a contest to give him a nick-name, Brian Cardinal questioned whether he could make the transition to big-time collegiate basketball from a small-town community of 2,600. The Tolono, Ill., native's success, Cardinal now ranks...
The Baseball Maniac's Almanac
The Absolutely, Positively, and without Question Greatest Book of Facts, Figures, and Astonishing Lists Ever Compiled
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
An addictive read that is sure to spark conversation wherever baseball is spoken, this updated edition of The Baseball Maniac’s Almanac is part reference, part trivia, part brain teaser, and absolutely the most unusual and thorough compendium of baseball stats and facts ever assembled-all verified...
Birth of a Dynasty
The 1980 New York Islanders
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
The National Hockey League saw the birth of a new dynasty in 1980. The New York Islanders had been an expansion franchise in 1972 in the New York City suburbs of Long Island. For years they played in the long shadow of the big-city New York Rangers and were considered the league’s laughingstock...
by Milo Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
MissingMilo Hamilton has called 11 no-hitters and a World Series, often in tandem with such broadcast legends as Jack Buck, Jack Brickhouse, Bob Elson, and Harry Caray. His work was so well-received that he was enshrined into the broadcasters? wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992. He received...
Fall from Grace
The Truth and Tragedy of "Shoeless Joe" Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
The life of the legendary Chicago “Black Sox” outfielder is told in a “haunting portrait of one of the game’s most controversial and complex figures” (David Nemec, author of The Great Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Major League Baseball).
Considered by Ty Cobb as “the finest natural...
by Gerry Wood
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Follow Gerry Wood on his journey with country music's biggest stars, featuring Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Shania Twain and many more familiar names in the industry. Tales from Country Music will take you backstage and behind the scenes with some of your favorite country music singers.
An American Odyssey
The Bob Mathias Story
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Bob Mathias is a true 20th-century American hero. The youngest man ever to win the Olympic decathlon gold medal, and the only American ever to win it twice, Mathias was also a movie star, U.S. Marine, writer, four-term congressman, and architect of America's Olympic renaissance. In addition, he was...
by Jim Walden
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
Rival coach Don James of the University of Washington once called himself a 2,000-word underdog to Jim Walden. James may have been underestimating the opinionated Walden, even at those lopsided odds. During an association with the Washington State football program that started in 1977, Jim Walden...