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Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back
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- De Miller en 05-04-23
De: Howard Bryant
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Republicans Buy Sneakers, Too
- How the Left Is Ruining Sports with Politics
- De: Clay Travis
- Narrado por: Clay Travis
- Duración: 9 h
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 635
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 555
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 551
Sports media superstar Clay Travis wants to save sports from the social justice warriors seeking to turn them into another political battleground. Having ruined journalism and Hollywood, far-left-wing activists have now turned to sports. Travis argues it’s time for right-thinking fans everywhere to put down their beers and reclaim their teams and their traditions. In Republicans Buy Sneakers, Too, he replays the arguments he’s won and lays out all the battles ahead. His goal is simple: to make sports great again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love or hate him you should love this book
- De Mike en 10-03-18
De: Clay Travis
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Sidelined
- Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America
- De: Julie DiCaro
- Narrado por: Julie DiCaro
- Duración: 6 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
In a society that is digging deep into the misogyny underlying our traditions and media, the world of sports is especially fertile ground. From casual sexism, like condescending coverage of women’s pro sports, to more serious issues, like athletes who abuse their partners and face only minimal consequences, this area of our culture is home to a vast swath of gender issues that apply to all of us - whether or not our work and leisure time revolve around what happens on the field.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get Fired Up
- De Amazon Customer en 10-08-21
De: Julie DiCaro
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Forty Million Dollar Slaves
- The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete
- De: William C. Rhoden
- Narrado por: William C. Rhoden
- Duración: 9 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 358
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 306
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 303
From Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe, African American athletes have been at the center of modern culture, their on-the-field heroics admired and stratospheric earnings envied. But for all their money, fame, and achievement, says former New York Times columnist William C. Rhoden, Black athletes still find themselves on the periphery of true power in the multibillion-dollar industry their talent built. Provocative and controversial, Rhoden's Forty Million Dollar Slaves weaves a compelling narrative of Black athletes in the United States.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Book and Narrator Review
- De Leonor en 12-26-17
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Indentured
- The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA
- De: Joe Nocera, Ben Strauss
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman
- Duración: 15 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
The National Collegiate Athletic Association has come under fire. Fans have begun to realize that the athletes involved in the two biggest college sports, men's basketball and football, are little more than indentured servants. Millions of teenagers accept scholarships to chase their dreams of fame and fortune - at the price of absolute submission to the whims of an organization that puts their interests dead last.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Armament agnst NCAA: Enlightening, Infuriating
- De W Perry Hall en 03-15-16
De: Joe Nocera, y otros
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The Real Madrid Way
- How Values Created the Most Successful Sports Team on the Planet
- De: Steven G. Mandis
- Narrado por: Charles Constant
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Real Madrid is the most successful sports team on the planet. The soccer club has more trophies than any other sports team, including 11 UEFA Champions League trophies. However, the story behind the triumph goes beyond the players and coaches. Generally unnoticed, a management team consisting mostly of outsiders took the team from near bankruptcy to the most valuable sports organization in the world. How did Real Madrid achieve such extraordinary success? Columbia Business School adjunct professor Steven G. Mandis investigates.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Football, business, analytics
- De Anonymous User en 10-09-23
De: Steven G. Mandis
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Raise a Fist, Take a Knee
- Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports
- De: John Feinstein, Doug Williams
- Narrado por: John Feinstein
- Duración: 10 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 80
Based on dozens of shocking interviews with some of the most influential names in sports, this is the urgent and revelatory examination of racial inequality in professional athletics America has been waiting for. With an encyclopedic knowledge of professional sports, and shrewd cultural criticism, John Feinstein uncovers not just why, but how, pro sports continue to perpetuate racial inequality.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Feinstein triumph
- De Glenn Canning en 12-06-21
De: John Feinstein, y otros
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NFL Century
- The One-Hundred-Year Rise of America's Greatest Sports League
- De: Joe Horrigan
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins
- Duración: 11 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 95
The NFL has come a long way from its founding in Canton, Ohio, in 1920. In the 100 years since that fateful day, football has become America’s most popular and lucrative professional sport. The former scrappy upstart league that struggled to stay afloat has survived a host of challenges to produce American icons like Vince Lombardi, Joe Montana, and Tom Brady. It is an extraordinary and entertaining history that could be told only by Joe Horrigan, former executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and perhaps the greatest living historian of the NFL.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Details of the formation and growth of the NFL
- De Donald J. Bentley en 03-17-24
De: Joe Horrigan
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Billion-Dollar Ball
- A Journey Through the Big-Money Culture of College Football
- De: Gilbert M. Gaul
- Narrado por: Tom Stechschulte
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 40
In the spring of 2013, a study showed that despite huge economic problems, 27 states were awarding their highest salaries to college football coaches. College football has doubled in size in the last decade thanks to generous tax breaks, lavish TV deals, and corporate sponsors eager to slap their logos on everything from scoreboards to footballs and uniforms. In one recent year, the 10 biggest programs took in $800 million from football, with profit margins far surpassing those of Fortune 500 companies.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Much Better Books Out There On This Subject
- De Andrew N Dobson en 01-19-16
De: Gilbert M. Gaul
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Glory Days
- The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever
- De: L. Jon Wertheim
- Narrado por: Chris Abell
- Duración: 9 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 95
The summer of 1984 was a watershed moment in the birth of modern sports when the nation watched Michael Jordan grow from college basketball player to professional athlete and star. That summer also saw ESPN’s rise to media dominance as the country’s premier sports network and the first modern, commercialized, profitable Olympics. Magic Johnson and Larry Bird’s rivalry raged, Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe reigned in tennis, and Hulk Hogan and Vince McMahon made pro wrestling a business, while Donald Trump pierced the national consciousness as a pro football team owner.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great sports summer
- De Hebern en 07-06-21
De: L. Jon Wertheim
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The Kaepernick Effect
- Taking a Knee, Changing the World
- De: Dave Zirin
- Narrado por: Terrence Kidd
- Duración: 7 h y 1 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 25
In 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of African Americans, the celebrated NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a series of quiet protests on the field, refusing to stand during the US national anthem. By "taking a knee", Kaepernick bravely joined a long tradition of American athletes making powerful political statements. This time, however, Kaepernick's simple act spread like wildfire throughout American society, becoming the preeminent symbol of resistance to America's persistent racial inequality.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- De steve finkelstein en 09-30-21
De: Dave Zirin
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Tanking to the Top
- The Philadelphia 76ers and the Most Audacious Process in the History of Professional Sports
- De: Yaron Weitzman
- Narrado por: Yaron Weitzman
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 153
When a group of private equity bigwigs purchased the Philadelphia 76ers in 2011, the team was both bad and boring. Attendance was down. So were ratings. The Sixers had an aging coach, an antiquated front office, and a group of players that could best be described as mediocre. Enter Sam Hinkie - a man with a plan straight out of the PE playbook, one that violated professional sports' Golden Rule: You play to win the game.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great history of tanking by Sixers
- De Alan Bernstein en 03-11-23
De: Yaron Weitzman
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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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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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Players
- The Story of Sports and Money - and the Visionaries Who Fought to Create a Revolution
- De: Matthew Futterman
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 9 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 43
For fans of Michael Lewis, the astounding untold story of how professional sports transformed, in the span of a single generation, from a cottage industry into a massive global business. In the cash-soaked world of contemporary sports, where every season brings news of higher salaries, endorsement deals, and television contracts, it is mind-boggling to remember that as recently as the 1970s elite athletes earned so little money that many were forced to work second jobs in the off-season to make ends meet.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Starts slow...
- De John en 08-09-16
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Winning Fixes Everything
- How Baseball’s Brightest Minds Created Sports’ Biggest Mess
- De: Evan Drellich
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 13 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
Baseball has been defaced and consumed by corporate America. As Moneyball-thinking and Ivy League graduates grabbed hold of the sport, the Astros set out to build a cost-efficient winning machine on the principles of the outside business world, squeezing every dollar out of every transaction, player and employee. In less than a decade, Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow helped revolutionize the game and create an environment that led to one of the worst cheating scandals in baseball history, a Shakespearean tragedy of innovation and failed change management.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Houston Trashstros
- De DavidF en 02-20-23
De: Evan Drellich
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The National Team (Updated and Expanded Edition)
- The Inside Story of the Women Who Dreamed Big, Defied the Odds, and Changed Soccer
- De: Caitlin Murray
- Narrado por: Andi Arndt
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 182
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 160
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 158
The US Women’s National Soccer Team has won three World Cups and four Olympic gold medals, set record TV ratings, drawn massive crowds, earned huge revenues for FIFA and US Soccer, and helped to redefine the place of women in sports. But despite their dominance, and their rosters of superstar players, they’ve endured striking inequality: low pay, poor playing conditions, and limited opportunities to play in professional leagues.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Too much swearing
- De Rebecca Sheldon en 01-23-20
De: Caitlin Murray