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The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics, Turin 2006 Edition (Complete Book of the Olympics)

3 reviews
David Wallechinsky, Jaime Loucky

SportClassic Books, 2005

Wonderful Reference Book
This is the most complste up-to-date book of Winter Olympic information that I have found. Excellent item for anyone interested in the facts and figures behind the Winter Games

The Lost Legacy of Muhammad Ali

3 reviews
Thomas Hauser

Sportclassic Books, 2005

A REASONABLE REGARD OF A GREAT MAN OF OUR TIME
With so many books droolingly digging up bones of our great American heroes (the income alone from the anti-Kennedy volumes would fill a bank) it is a refreshing relief to find one book which contemplates all sides of this great man, who only continues to grow in stature and power. Why in Mr. Bush's anti-Islamic Empire must we ignore and "lose" our greatest and most humane American? Instead ...

Shooting Star: The Bevo Francis Story

9 reviews
Kyle Keiderling

SportClassic Books, 2005

Ohio "Hoosiers" at a tiny college
For fans of traditional basketball -- where the tradition means tiny uniforms, lousy floors, crowded gyms, transport by station wagon, and honing skills in a barn -- this is literally one for the record books. The college with 100 students took on the establishment and won the hearts of America's basketball fans and the general public through the person of one of the sports' most tragic figures. ...

Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia

6 reviews
Leonard Koppett

SportClassic Books, 2004

Best Basketball Book ever
This a must get for any stats fan of basketball. This has every basketball league that has ever played from Naismith time to the present time. Most books only have the NBA and maybe if you are lucky the ABA. I would give this 10 stars if they were available.

North Dallas Forty (Hall of Fame Edition, No. 1)

10 reviews
Peter Gent

SportClassic Books, 2003

Ahead of its time
Peter Gent wrote other books after North Dallas Forty, but none of them were as forceful, or prescient, as this one. Fans and the media are always surprised by the drug scandals in the NFL. The revelations about cocaine and steroid use in the last 20 years have been greeted with a sense of shock and incredulity, as if these problems never existed in the NFL's glory years. North Dallas Forty is a ...

Big Bill Tilden: The Triumphs and the Tragedy (Hall of Fame Edition, No. 2)
Frank Deford

SportClassic Books, 2004

The classic biography of one of the most successful, yet tragic, figures in American sports history.

Knockout: The Sexy, Violent, Extraordinary Life of Vikki LaMotta

4 reviews
Vikki LaMotta, Thomas Hauser

SportClassic Books, 2006

An absolutely WINNING biography!
Every sports fan middle-aged and up remembers Jake LaMotta, former middleweight boxing champion of the world. Every sports and movie fan middle-aged and up remembers Robert De Niro's star turn playing Jake LaMotta in the biopic Raging Bull. And, if you happen to be a sports, movie, and Playboy magazine fan, middle-aged and up, then you definitely remember a certain heart-racing ...

Maravich

17 reviews
Wayne Federman, Marshall Terrill

SportClassic Books, 2006

Maravich...a Must Read for Basketball Fans
Pete Maravich would have been my age had he lived. It was one of the worst days in my life when he died. The man could do things with a basketball and to his opponents that no other player could do during his time...and he did things that were not even imagined by those with whom he played with or against. Were there better shooters? Yes, but only one...Jerry West. Were there better ...

Jimmy Connors Saved My Life: A Personal Biography

16 reviews
Joel Drucker

SportClassic Books, 2004

The Parts About Connors Are Exceptional
Joel Drucker is an indefatigable researcher and an insightful writer. Though tennis writers tend to be at the bottom of the food chain when measured against golf, boxing and baseball writers, Drucker does his profession proud. The biographical information about Connors, based upon meticulous research, is at times, outstanding. He paints a portrait of the tennis great that few have ever seen. ...

Total Hockey, Second Edition

2 reviews
Dan Diamond

SportClassic Books, 2003

Greenice71
This book has everything about the history of clubs, player stats and the world scene. If you're interested in Hockey this book's for you

Branch Rickey's Little Blue Book: Wit and Strategy From Baseball's Last Wise Man

3 reviews
Branch Rickey

SportClassic Books, 2004

A Window into the Soul of Branch Rickey
This book proves why one's words are a window into one's soul. None of the several works I've read about Rickey show his personality so clearly as this, or make him appear as interesting. To read this is to know Rickey the humorist, Rickey the parsimonious paternalist, Rickey the wise man, Rickey the businessman and Rickey the talent. The quotes by him and about him show why Rickey would have ...

Total Tennis, Revised: The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia

3 reviews
Bud Collins

SportClassic Books, 2003

the best tennis book, period
For diversity, quality and quantity (960 pages), "Total Tennis" hits winner after winner. Past and present stars from Sears to Sampras and from Suzanne to Serena are covered with in-depth and fascinating features, either from SPORT magazine or by Bud Collins himself, the encyclopedia's distinguished author. The careers of hundreds of other players are described in engrossing profiles and bios. ...

24 Seconds to Shoot: The Birth and Improbable Rise of the NBA

1 review
Leonard Koppett

SportClassic Books, 2003

great book for NBA junkies
the book is a (more or less)short history of the NBA from it's beginnings up until 1970. it is a great book for people who really want to know everything about the NBA (this is a part of that knowledge) but too much information for somebody who just wants to peek in. unfortunately there isn't a lot of information about the economical side of the NBA, which is what I was actually looking for (a ...

The Italian Stallions: Portraits on Canvas, and in Words

1 review
Thomas Hauser

SportClassic Books, 2004

Bee-U-Tee-Full
A fabulous coffee table book. Wonderful stories, amazing photos. When company comes over, the boys go for this book like a plate of cannolies.

The Boys of Spring

2 reviews
Ozzie Sweet

SportClassic Books, 2005

Ozzie Sweet - The Babe Ruth of Photographers
I thouroughly enjoyed viewing the old and new photos in Ozzie Sweet's new book and reading the accompanying stories. His photographic style is unmatched even today in the unique way in which he posed his shots. It's amazing how he captures such such great colors and seems to look into the souls of his subjects. After reading the book it is amazing how many current day sports photographers look ...

Janet Guthrie: A Life at Full Throttle

10 reviews
Janet Guthrie

SportClassic Books, 2005

What a lady, what a life!
I was in junior high school when Ms. Guthrie ran in the Indy 500, and was wowed by the fact that a woman could make it auto racing. Those who of us who remember the era before Title 9 know how tough it was for female athletes in any sport, but especially auto racing which remains a male-dominated field to this day. Cheers to you, Ms. Guthrie, for your excellent career, for opening the doors, ...

The Black Prince of Baseball: Hal Chase and the Mythology of the Game
Don Dewey

SportClassic Books, 2004

Donald Dewey and Nicholas Acocella document, with extraordinary research, the life and times of the first baseman known as Prince Hal; his brilliant career, his shady dealings with crooks, his battle with baseball executives, and his ultimately futile attempts to clear his name of charges that he threw a game.

Teddy Ballgame, Revised: The Exceptional Life of Baseball's Greatest Hitter, In Pictures and His Own Words.

1 review
Ted Williams

SportClassic Books, 2003

Best Damn Book on Ted Period.
This revised edition of Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures is even better than the original which was terrific. If one is not moved to tears by David Pietrusza's account of his last meeting with the Splendid Splinter, you have no heart. This book is a wonderful combination of genuine straight-from-the-hip anecdotes and commentary by one of the most opinionated men in the history of the game and ...

The View From Ringside: Inside the Tumultuous World of Boxing

2 reviews
Thomas Hauser

SportClassic Books, 2004

Great Collection of Articles From One of Boxing's Best Writers
I always felt that Thomas Hauser's books on Muhammad Ali were too worshipful toward Ali. But this collection of articles about the sport of boxing comes as a refreshing breeze. You get articles about the buildup to the Lewis-Tyson fight, as well as articles on fighters like Jameel McCline, Hasim Rahman, Arturo Gatti, and Tokunbo Olajide. There are also articles about commentators like Jim ...

The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: Athens 2004 Edition (Complete Book of the Olympics)

3 reviews
David Wallechinsky

SportClassic Books, 2004

Grab this book if you can
This book gives you all the top 8 finishes in Olympic History. Most sources give you the top 3 or some give you the winners only. In Track and Field, they tell you that Bob Hayes won the 100 meters in 10.05 in 1964 in all others they tell you 10.0. Most people don't know that Tokyo used auto-timers for their Track events and you know that Henry Carr won 200m in 20.36, Mike Larrabee 400m in 45.15.

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