Sports Illustrated The Football Book Expanded Edition

Product Description
The NFL has never been hotter–witness the $21.4 billion it will rake in on the TV-rights deals now in place (not to mention its own network), the proliferation of football news and information and the game’s booming popularity among sports fans, including the 23 millioin who read SPORTS ILLUSTRATED every week. These 320 pages capture, in breathtaking words and pictures, the essence of America’s game: the players and performances, the crucial moments and classic matchups, the enduring dynastics and unique characters that have made pro football the new national pastime.

About the Author
Edited by Rob Fleder, Designed by Steven Hoffman, produced by the same editorial team responsible for Sports Illustrated 50th Anniversary Book, The Baseball Book, The Basketball Book, The College Football Book and the original edition of The Football Book.

Product Details

* Hardcover: 320 pages
* Publisher: Sports Illustrated; Expanded edition (October 13, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1603200843
* ISBN-13: 978-1603200844
* Product Dimensions: 11 x 1.1 x 12.1 inches
* Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds

The Best American Sports Writing 2010

Editorial Reviews

Venerable (and venerated) baseball writer Gammons makes some fine picks in this twentieth annual installment of the excellent series. The 26 pieces include Thomas Lake’s inspiring story of two Pacific Northwest college softball players who carried an opponent around the bases after she’d hurt herself hitting her only career home run. There’s a disturbing look at the brain trauma and subsequent dementia suffered too frequently by NFL players. Michael Lewis’ perceptive New Yorker profile of Houston’s Shane Battier, defender extraordinaire against the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, is also reprised here. And the Boston Globe’s Bob Ryan and the Los Angeles Times’ Bill Plaschke, who appear on ESPN’s Around the Horn, show they’re not only about sound bites by delivering strong pieces on racial equality in the NBA and on a veteran MLB scout, respectively. No reason not to add this installment to a shelf beside its predecessors. –Alan Moores

Product Details

* Paperback: 448 pages
* Publisher: Mariner Books; Original edition (September 28, 2010)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0547152485
* ASIN: B004H8GLWC
* Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches
* Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces

ESPN: The Mighty Book of Sports Knowledge

Product Description

In The ESPN Mighty Book of Sports Knowledge, Steve Wulf, acclaimed author and founding editor of ESPN The Magazine, delivers an arena’s worth of sporting wisdom, trivia, best-of lists, curiosities, legendary feats, and sacred objects–from the magic of Lou Gehrig’s farewell speech to the lore of hockey’s Stanley Cup to the art of the perfectly thrown Wiffle Ball pitch. Written to remind us all why we love the games, this indispensable reference features contributions from the finest minds at ESPN, as well as guidance from actual professionals. Inside you’ll discover

• twenty-five of the greatest sporting nicknames
• the keys to being a mascot
• what happens during a pit stop
• the five best (worst?) on-field temper tantrums
• a tour of Donovan McNabb’s locker
• how Wayne Gretzky tapes his sticks
• the unbeatable secret of rock-paper-scissors
• how to tape an ankle, fold a paper football, hit a hole in one, whistle with your fingers, throw a knuckleball, jump rope like a champ, and oil a baseball glove
• advice from star athletes–learn to run routes like Jerry Rice, take a penalty kick like Landon Donovan, fake opponents out like Chris Paul, and put on your socks the John Wooden way

The ESPN Mighty Book of Sports Knowledge is the perfect antidote to our video-game culture and an essential gift for any fan who ever dreamed of throwing a tight spiral in a Super Bowl, closing out a World Series game, or lining up a putt to win a major. In other words, it’s a book for the young and the young at heart.

Product Details

* Format: Kindle Edition
* File Size: 8590 KB
* Print Length: 224 pages
* Publisher: ESPN (June 9, 2009)
* Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
* Language: English
* ASIN: B002C1Z456

The Sports Book

Product Description
Featuring the largest and most diverse range of sports of any comparable book-more than 200 in all-this up-to-date edition of The Sports Book presents information sourced from leading experts and sports-governing bodies around the world to give you the most comprehensive book on sports ever to hit the market.

Product Details

* Paperback: 448 pages
* Publisher: DK Publishing; 2 edition (March 21, 2011)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0756672317
* ISBN-13: 978-0756672317
* Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.7 x 1.5 inches
* Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds