Category: Sports

Title: Walking With Jack Author: Don J. Snyder Publisher: Doubleday, 2013 Summary/Review: It will help you understand this tale if you are a golf nut, or at the very least, golf-term-savvy. This memoir about a father’s desire to help his son realize their shared...

Title: Yankee Miracles: Life with the Boss and the Bronx Bombers Author: Ray Negron and Sally Cook Publisher: Liveright, 2012 Summary/Review: If you read this book, not only will you learn the incredible story of Ray Negron who was “nabbed” by former Yankee owner...

Title: One on One:  Behind the Scenes with the Greats in the Game Author: John Feinstein Publisher: Little, Brown, & Company 2011 Summary/Review: I don’t know how I keep encountering books like this one. John Feinstein, the incredibly successful sports columnist and author, takes...

Title: Blood in the Cage: Mixed Martial Arts, Pat Miletich, and the Furious Rise of the UFC Author: L. Jon Wertheim Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, January 2009 Summary: Ten years ago it was decried as ‘human cockfighting’ and banned in many states across the...

Title: American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China Author: Matthew Polley Publisher: Gotham, December 2007 Summary: This is not your typical travelogue or coming-of-age story, but this Alex Award winner will be as entertaining as any...

Title: The Kid Who Climbed Everest Author: Bear Grylls Summary: The author of this book, is the subject of the wildly popular Discovery Channel Series entitled “Man vs Wild.” Each week Bear is dropped off by helicopter to a horrifying part of the planet from...

Title: Sunday Money: Speed, Lust, Madness, Death: A Hot Lap Around America with NASCAR Author: Jeff MacGregor Summary: If you are a sports fan, especially if you are a sports-business fan, you will enjoy this book. Author MacGregor and his wife follow the NASCAR...