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Best three sports books you ever read?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by mrbio, Apr 25, 2011.

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  1. mrbio

    mrbio Member

    Quick off the top of your head:
    Jack Dempsey A Flame of Pure Fire - Roger Kahn
    Hard Courts - John Feinstein
    Thin Ice - Larry Sloman
     
    mrbio, Apr 25, 2011
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  2. novelist_wannabe

    novelist_wannabe Well-Known Member

    Men at Work - George Will
    Summer of '49 - Halberstam
    I never had it made - Jackie Robinson

    On my list to read:
    Eight Men Out (can't believe I still haven't read this)
    Game of Shadows
    $40 million Slaves
    A Season on the Brink
    Juiced
    The Bronx Zoo
    There's a bunch more I'm sure I'll never get to. But then, my oldest child is about to go off to college. Perhaps I'll have more time to read ...
     
    novelist_wannabe, Apr 25, 2011
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  3. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Ball Four
    Season On The Brink
    When Nothing Else Matters
     
    Mizzougrad96, Apr 25, 2011
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  4. PopeDirkBenedict

    PopeDirkBenedict Active Member

    When Pride Still Mattered by David Maraniss
    Moneyball by Michael Lewis
    A Season On the Brink by John Feinstein
     
    PopeDirkBenedict, Apr 25, 2011
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  5. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Ball Four - Jim Bouton
    King of the World - David Remnick
    Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby

    The short Leigh Montville book on Ted Williams - The Teammates? - was quite good, too.
     
    Moderator1, Apr 25, 2011
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  6. mrbio

    mrbio Member

    Forgot how good Season On The Brink was, gotta read it again. Ball Four too.
     
    mrbio, Apr 25, 2011
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  7. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Is this another thread that's going to turn into a column for mrbio?
     
    Baron Scicluna, Apr 25, 2011
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  8. Iron_chet

    Iron_chet Well-Known Member

    Breaks of the Game - still my favorite sports book
    Boys Will be Boys - lolts of fun
    Loose Balls - like the oral history fornmat and all the cool stories
     
    Iron_chet, Apr 25, 2011
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  9. mrbio

    mrbio Member

    No Baron Mikkel, but now that you mention it...

    :0
     
    mrbio, Apr 25, 2011
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  10. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    When Pride Still Mattered would be very high on my list.
    Friday Night Lights as well
     
    Mizzougrad96, Apr 25, 2011
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  11. WolvEagle

    WolvEagle Well-Known Member

    Ball Four
    Season on the Brink
    Paper Lion
     
    WolvEagle, Apr 25, 2011
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  12. TrooperBari

    TrooperBari Well-Known Member

    The Miracle of Castel di Sangro, by Joe McGinniss
    Bamboo Goalposts, by Rowan Simons
    Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer (if we're counting mountain climbing as a sport)
    Inverting the Pyramid, by Jonathan Wilson (if we're not)
     
    TrooperBari, Apr 25, 2011
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