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Moneyball
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Friday Night Lights
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Seabiscuit: An American Legend
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Open
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The Blind Side
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Fever Pitch
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
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Ball Four
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The Boys of Summer
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
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It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
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The Art of Fielding
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Chad Harbach (Goodreads Author)
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
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Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author)
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The Breaks of the Game
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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Daniel James Brown (Goodreads Author)
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A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers
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Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
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The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
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Shoeless Joe
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Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made
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Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport
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The Life of Senna
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Men at Work
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Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices & Priorities of a Winning Life
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Summer of '49
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One Day at Fenway: A Day in the Life of Baseball in America
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Steve Kettmann (Goodreads Author)
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October 1964
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The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It
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How Soccer Explains the World
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The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
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Neal Bascomb (Goodreads Author)
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When Pride Still Mattered : A Life Of Vince Lombardi
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David Maraniss (Goodreads Author)
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The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
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3 Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager
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Paper Lion
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3.97 avg rating — 5,817 ratings
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The Death of Ayrton Senna
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3.81 avg rating — 1,551 ratings
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The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
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4.29 avg rating — 5,742 ratings
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The Kite Runner
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Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author)
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The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer
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The Natural
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Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer
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Semi-Tough
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Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
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Jack McCallum (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 13,903 ratings
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Let Me Tell You a Story: A Lifetime in the Game
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The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
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Joe Posnanski (Goodreads Author)
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Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World
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David Maraniss (Goodreads Author)
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Ayrton Senna: The Whole Story
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The Fight
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The Education of a Coach
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Baseball Maverick: How Sandy Alderson Revolutionized Baseball and Revived the Mets
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Steve Kettmann (Goodreads Author)
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Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens And Hitler's Olympics
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Fantasyland: True Tales from America's Most Compulsive Fantasy Baseball League
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North Dallas Forty
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The Sun Also Rises
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Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy
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Jane Leavy (Goodreads Author)
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When The Game Was Ours
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The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
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David Epstein (Goodreads Author)
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Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life
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Cobb
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love
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Bill Courtney (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 113 ratings
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Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won
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The Game
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Pre: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine
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Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
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Jonathan Eig (Goodreads Author)
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The Last Amateurs
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The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty
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A Few Seconds of Panic: A 5-Foot-8, 170-Pound, 43-Year-Old Sportswriter Plays in the NFL
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Chariots of Fire
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3.96 avg rating — 421 ratings
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A Pitch for Justice
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Harold Kasselman (Goodreads Author)
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Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
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David Maraniss (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 5,547 ratings
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The Damned Utd
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Next Man Up: A Year Behind the Lines in Today's NFL
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City
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Veeck As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck
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Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine
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The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
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Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
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The Junction Boys: How Ten Days in Hell with Bear Bryant Forged a Championship Team
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Bowerman and the Men of Oregon: The Story of Oregon's Legendary Coach and Nike's Co-founder
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Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004
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A March to Madness: A View from the Floor in the Atlantic Coast Conference
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Eric Liddell: Pure Gold : A New Biography of the Olympic Champion Who Inspired Chariots of Fire
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The Umpire Strikes Back
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The Miracle of Castel di Sangro: A Tale of Passion and Folly in the Heart of Italy
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Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton
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The Rider
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Once a Runner
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The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams
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Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks
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Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
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Maybe I'll Pitch Forever
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Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association
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Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game
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Dan Barry (Goodreads Author)
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Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
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Calico Joe
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The Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball
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The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games
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Tony Perrottet (Goodreads Author)
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Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns
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Jack McCallum (Goodreads Author)
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To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever
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The Amateurs
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