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Big Bill Tilden
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- Narrado por: Frank Deford
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Pistol is more than the biography of a ballplayer. It's the stuff of classic novels: the story of a boy transformed by his father's dream and the cost of that dream. Even as Pete Maravich became Pistol Pete, a basketball icon for baby boomers, all the Maraviches paid a price. Now acclaimed author Mark Kriegel has brilliantly captured the saga of an American family: its rise, its apparent ruin, and, finally, its redemption.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extremely Good!
- De steve en 12-12-12
De: Mark Kriegel
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Wonder Girl
- The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias
- De: Don Van Natta Jr.
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Texas girl Babe Didrikson never tried a sport too tough and never met a hurdle too high. Despite attempts to keep women from competing, Babe achieved All-American status in basketball and won gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Olympics. Then, Babe attempted to conquer golf. One of the founders of the LPGA, Babe won more consecutive tournaments than any golfer in history. But at the height of her fame, she was diagnosed with cancer. Babe would then take her most daring step of all....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great read
- De Jajam en 01-07-18
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Arnie & Jack
- Palmer, Nicklaus, and Golf's Greatest Rivalry
- De: Ian O' Connor
- Narrado por: Alpha Trivette
- Duración: 12 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66
Surprisingly, one of sport’s most contentious, complex, and defining clashes played out not in the boxing ring or at the line of scrimmage but on the genteel green fairways of the world’s finest golf courses. Arnie and Jack. Palmer and Nicklaus. Their 50-year duel, in both the clubhouse and the boardroom, propelled each to the status of American icon and pushed modern golf to the heights and popularity it enjoys today. Yet for all the ink that has been spilled on these two essential golf figures individually, no one has ever examined their relationship in this way.
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2 out of 5 stars
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No Match
- De Craig Black en 05-11-15
De: Ian O' Connor
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Sweetness
- The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton
- De: Jeff Pearlman
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 18 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 227
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 227
At five feet ten inches tall, running back Walter Payton was not the largest player in the NFL, but he developed a larger-than-life reputation for his strength, speed, and grit. Nicknamed “Sweetness” during his college football days, he became the NFL’s all-time leader in rushing and all-purpose yards, capturing the hearts of fans in his adopted Chicago.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Honest Accounting Of A Fascinating Life
- De RevInTampa en 08-19-15
De: Jeff Pearlman
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The Masters
- Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia
- De: Curt Sampson
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
- Duración: 10 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 167
The Masters golf tournament weaves a hypnotic spell. It is the toughest ticket in sports, with black-market tickets selling for $10,000 and more. Success at Augusta National breeds legends, while failure can overshadow even the most brilliant of careers. But as Curt Sampson reveals in The Masters, a cold heart beats behind the warm antebellum facade of this famous Augusta course.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Okay Listen, but
- De Scott D. Loeffler en 05-02-08
De: Curt Sampson
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Snake
- The Legendary Life of Ken Stabler
- De: Mike Freeman
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 6 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 100
Ken "The Snake" Stabler was the embodiment of the original Men in Black - the freewheeling, hard-hitting Oakland Raiders. The league's first swashbuckling pass thrower, the mythical southpaw Southerner famous for come-from-behind drives late in the game, Stabler led the Raiders to their first Super Bowl championship in 1977.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story about a childhood legend!!!
- De David Warnock en 07-18-19
De: Mike Freeman
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Why Soccer Matters
- De: Pele, Brian Winter
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 7 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 128
Soccer. Football. The beautiful game. The world’s most popular sport goes by many names, but for decades, fans have agreed on one thing: the greatest player of all time was Pelé. Now the legendary star, ambassador, and humanitarian shares a global vision for what soccer can accomplish. Now he shares his story, his experience, and his insights on the game for the very first time. Before Messi, before Ronaldo, before Beckham, there was Edson Arantes do Nascimento - known simply as Pelé.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Pele that will win your heart.
- De Montholon en 12-24-20
De: Pele, y otros
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Slaying the Tiger
- A Year Inside the Ropes on the New PGA Tour
- De: Shane Ryan
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 13 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 156
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 142
For more than a decade, golf was dominated by one galvanizing figure: Eldrick "Tiger" Woods. But as his star has fallen, a new, ambitious generation has stepped up to claim the crown. Once the domain of veterans, golf saw a youth revolution in 2014. In Slaying the Tiger, Shane Ryan introduces us to the volatile, colorful crop of heirs apparent who are storming the barricades of this traditionally old-fashioned sport.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Reader knows no golf
- De James Trainor en 04-19-18
De: Shane Ryan
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Dream Team
- How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
- De: Jack McCallum
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 12 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 470
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 414
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 414
In Dream Team, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team that captivated the world, kindled the hoop dreams of countless children around the planet, and remade the NBA into a global sensation. As a senior staff writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat for the most exciting basketball spectacle on earth, covering the Dream Team from its inception to the gold medal ceremony in Barcelona.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great insight into the great basketball team ever.
- De James O'Brien en 09-04-12
De: Jack McCallum
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Paterno
- De: Joe Posnanski
- Narrado por: Joe Mantegna
- Duración: 13 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 133
Joe Posnanski's biography of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno follows in the tradition of works by Richard Ben Cramer on Joe DiMaggio and David Maraniss on Vince Lombardi. Having gained unprecedented access to Paterno, as well as the coach's personal notes and files, Posnanski spent the last two years of Paterno's life covering the coach, on (and off) the field and through the scandal that ended Paterno's legendary career.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WoWoWoWoW
- De JA Hartman en 08-27-12
De: Joe Posnanski
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Rising Tide
- Bear Bryant, Joe Namath, and Dixie's Last Quarter
- De: Randy Roberts, Ed Krzemienski
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 15 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
The extraordinary story of how Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and Joe Namath, his star quarterback at the University of Alabama, led the Crimson Tide to victory and transformed football into a truly national pastime. During the bloodiest years of the civil rights movement, Bear Bryant and Joe Namath - two of the most iconic and controversial figures in American sports - changed the game of college football forever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love Alabama football? Read this!!
- De Miss Faulk en 07-16-15
De: Randy Roberts, y otros
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Ty Cobb
- A Terrible Beauty
- De: Charles Leerhsen
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 15 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 815
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 742
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 740
Ty Cobb is baseball royalty, maybe even the greatest player who ever lived. His lifetime batting average is still the highest of all time, and when he retired in 1928, after twenty-one years with the Detroit Tigers and two with the Philadelphia Athletics, he held more than ninety records. But the numbers don't tell half of Cobb's tale. The Georgia Peach was by far the most thrilling player of the era: "Ty Cobb could cause more excitement with a base on balls than Babe Ruth could with a grand slam," one columnist wrote.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Two Cobb Books, One Review of a Maligned Legacy
- De Jonathan Love en 05-17-16
De: Charles Leerhsen
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His Ownself
- A Semi-Memoir
- De: Dan Jenkins
- Narrado por: Henry Strozier
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
The colorful, sentimental, funny, affectionate, cantankerous memoir by the most colorful, funniest, most cantankerous-- and probably the most revered-- sportswriter of the last fifty years. Dan Jenkins is accepted as one of the greatest (if not the greatest) golf writer of all time, wrote beloved bestselling novels and abused more corporate expense accounts than anyone who ever lived. It's a touching, laugh-out-loud tribute to the romanticism of old-time sportswriting-- and the glory days of sports.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved this book!
- De Flannery Abrahamson en 05-23-19
De: Dan Jenkins
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A Flame of Pure Fire
- Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s
- De: Roger Kahn
- Narrado por: Kevin Yon
- Duración: 17 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
Through most of the Roaring '20s, Jack Dempsey was the heavyweight champion of the world. With his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill, he was a fighter perfectly suited to his time. In A Flame of Pure Fire, renowned sports writer Roger Kahn not only chronicles the thrilling, brutal bouts of the Manassa Mauler, but also illustrates how the tumultuous 1920s shaped Dempsey - and how the champ, in turn, left an indelible mark on sports and American history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ambitious but poorly executed
- De Keith en 10-02-19
De: Roger Kahn
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The Breaks of the Game
- De: David Halberstam
- Narrado por: Brian Troxell
- Duración: 17 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 304
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 266
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 265
A New York Times best seller, David Halberstam's The Breaks of the Game focuses on one grim season (1979-80) in the life of the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers, a team that only three years before had been NBA champions. The tactile authenticity of Halberstam's knowledge of the basketball world is unrivaled. Yet he is writing here about far more than just basketball. This is a story about a place in our society where power, money, and talent collide and sometimes corrupt, a place where both national obsessions and naked greed are exposed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book is a must read for all NBA junkies.
- De Kyle en 06-13-18
De: David Halberstam
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Showtime
- Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
- De: Jeff Pearlman
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 18 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,008
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 891
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 888
Best-selling sportswriter Jeff Pearlman draws from almost 300 interviews to take the first full measure of the Lakers’ epic Showtime era. A dazzling account of one of America’s greatest sports sagas, Showtime is packed with indelible characters, vicious rivalries, and jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes stories of the players’ decadent Hollywood lifestyles. From the Showtime era’s remarkable rise to its tragic end - marked by Magic Johnson’s 1991 announcement that he had contracted HIV - Showtime is a gripping narrative of sports, celebrity, and 1980s-style excess.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Offended at the style used to voice black characters.
- De NP en 01-15-22
De: Jeff Pearlman
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Their Life's Work
- The Brotherhood of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers
- De: Gary M. Pomerantz
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 16 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 68
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970s won an unprecedented and unmatched four Super Bowls in six years. A dozen of those Steelers players, coaches, and executives have been inducted into the Hall of Fame, and three decades later their names echo in popular memory: "Mean" Joe Greene, Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Mike Webster, Jack Lambert, Lynn Swann, and John Stallworth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book
- De cap en 07-18-18