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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. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    No, but seriously:

    1.) Heavyweight Armageddon!: The Tyson-Lewis Championship Battle
    2.) Heavyweight Armageddon!: The Tyson-Lewis Championship Battle
    3.) Heavyweight Armageddon!: The Tyson-Lewis Championship Battle
     
    BYH, Apr 25, 2011
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  2. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    Nice form.
     
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    PCLoadLetter, Apr 25, 2011
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  3. jackfinarelli

    jackfinarelli Well-Known Member

    The Franchise - - Michael MacCambridge

    Season on the Brink - - John Feinstein

    Sports Justice - - Roger I. Abrams
     
    jackfinarelli, Apr 25, 2011
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  4. EagleMorph

    EagleMorph Member

    Have to separate this into a couple different categories...

    Sports, "Inside a Season/Game":
    The Miracle of St. Anthony - Adrian Wojnarowski
    Ball Four - Jim Bouton
    The Miracle of Castel di Sangro - Joe McGinnis

    Sports, "Biography/History/Culture Study"
    Bloody Confused - Chuck Culpepper
    Clemente - David Maraniss
    Ted Williams - Leigh Montville

    Sports, "Outdoors"
    Jon Krakauer - Into Thin Air
    Jon Krakauer - Where Men Win Glory
    Bill Bryson - A Walk in the Woods

    Sports, "Collections"
    Far Afield - S.L. Price
    Beyond the Game - Gary Smith
    The Caddie Was A Reindeer - Steve Rushin

    Sports, "Inside Sports Journalism"
    Pond Scum and Vultures - Gene Wojiechowski
    The Franchise - Michael McCambridge
    ESPN: The Uncensored History - Michael Freeman

    Sports, "Dan Jenkins"
    You Gotta Play Hurt
    Fast Copy
    Dead Solid Perfect
     
    EagleMorph, Apr 25, 2011
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  5. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    But that's only cause you can read 18 books in the time I read three.
     
    The Big Ragu, Apr 25, 2011
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  6. EagleMorph

    EagleMorph Member

    What's interesting to note is that I always laugh when people bemoan the death of the good sports book. They're out there. Maybe they aren't cracking the NY Times Bestseller list, but they're available. And there's just a treasure trove of good stuff that's been done over the years.

    The good material is out there. Just have to be ambitious and look in different corners.
     
    EagleMorph, Apr 25, 2011
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  7. Sammi

    Sammi Member

    That Al Fiorentino was one helluva prolific foreword writer!
     
    Sammi, Apr 25, 2011
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  8. PopeDirkBenedict

    PopeDirkBenedict Active Member

    I can't believe I forgot "War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and America in a Time of Unrest" by Michael Rosenberg. Absolutely superb sports book.

    And any baseball fan -- whether regardless of whether they ascribe to sabermetrics -- has to own the Bill James Historical Abstract.
     
    PopeDirkBenedict, Apr 25, 2011
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  9. CentralIllinoisan

    CentralIllinoisan Active Member

    I read at least a book every month, but rarely in my life (maybe two of three times) have I read a sports book. Am I alone?
     
    CentralIllinoisan, Apr 25, 2011
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  10. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Boys of Summer -- Roger Kahn
    Meat On The Hoof -- Gary Shaw
    Low and Outside: The True Confessions of a Minor League Baseball Player -- Jerry Kettle
     
    jr/shotglass, Apr 25, 2011
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  11. Harry Doyle

    Harry Doyle Member

    Oh man, wish I could bring something new to the table, but I think everything I have to offer has been mentioned...

    — Breaks of the Game (the perfect sports book, I think)
    — Ball Four
    — Summer of '49

    Now, like everyone else, I have dozens others that could easily make the top three depending on my mood: The Bad Guys Won!, My Losing Season, Friday Night Lights, etc.
     
    Harry Doyle, Apr 26, 2011
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  12. mrbio

    mrbio Member

    "Pac Man" by Gary Andrew Poole was fantastic too. Agree Eagle there are so MANY excellent books. BYH did you read it? If not you should. Emanuel Steward called it 'one of the two best books I've ever read.'

    Also how could these go without mention: "Levels Of The Game" John McPhee? "A Handful Of Summers" Gordon Forbes.
     
    mrbio, Apr 26, 2011
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