Sports Humor

In sports, everybody loves redemption stories, the underdog who no one believes in but through sheer hard work wins it all. But no one tells the stories of the players who work hard and don’t make it. In pro football, 53 guys get on the roster. Ten make it to the practice squad. And then there’s the 64th Man - that’s Billy Logan (Cena), who seems to always be one spot from glory.

Sixth-grader Milo Neal plans to do a science project on "The Complete Life Cycle of a Link in the Food Chain". But when he brings his specimen - a baby chick - to class, everyone falls in love with the cute ball of fluff. Soon she has a name: Henrietta. Not only is Henrietta the class pet, she's even chosen as mascot for the school hockey team! How can Milo finish his project, which calls for frying up his specimen and serving it to the judges of the science fair?

Missing Links is the story of four middle-class buddies who live outside Boston and play golf together at Ponkaquogue Municipal Golf Links and Deli, not so fondly known as Ponky. An 18-hole garbage dump with hazards that include a concrete river surrounded by a chain-link fence and the pillars of the elevated train that runs through the course, it is reputed to be the worst golf course in America.

I inherited my boss's ranch, and his niece comes with the territory. James From the moment I saw her, Kate got under my skin. She's feisty, pretty, and her body is hotter than the fireworks in July. But I find out her late uncle Hank left his ranch to both of us. There's just one catch: we both have to live at Hank's homestead for at least six months to get our share of the inheritance. After that, half of Hank's ranch is mine. I soon find out that the two of us under one roof isn't just hot, it's combustible. I'll have a hard time keeping my hands off her, but come hell or high water, I ...

I just want to be naughty for one night of my life. I think I’d be really good at it... I need to escape. I’m a bad girl trapped in a good girl’s body. Perfect grades, star volleyball player, lead in the drama club. I know it’ll lead to a great career. But I need more. Just one night. In Ireland. On St. Patrick’s Day. Thousands of miles away from anyone who knows me. That’s how I met Dare Mackenzie. With fire in his emerald eyes, sinful promises on his lips. And an accent as intoxicating as the darkest stout. He keeps saying I’m too sweet, too innocent, too good. I dare you, ...

Dan Jenkins, sports novelist and writer for Golf Digest, continues the story of Bobby Joe Grooves in Slim and None.

The aging pro-golfer is now 44, and he just has to win a major this time around. Since the days when golfing was done with a shepherd's crook, only seven men have won a major after the age of 44. Bobby Joe figures his chances are slim and none.

Legendary golf writer Dan Jenkins’s latest has been praised as “catnip for golf lovers” by Publishers Weekly. He delights with this hilarious sporting spoof of the PGA tour. Golf pro Bobby Joe Grooves is on a mission to qualify for the Ryder Cup team, but first he has to contend with his rival Knut Thorssun: “Knut the Nuke.”

Fake dating the university hockey team captain was supposed to be business. It was NOT supposed to turn my life upside-down. I'm Bella Lawson—straight A's and zero tolerance for chaos. So when I offer to tutor Ryan O'Sullivan, academic disaster and Seattle's most desired bachelor, for one fake date...I’ve definitely lost my mind. My plan? Make my longtime crush jealous by showing up to his party with the hottest guy on campus. Simple. Clean. Foolproof. Except Ryan O'Sullivan doesn't do anything simple. He kisses me like he owns me. Shows up when I need him most and makes me forget this ...

Kamaria Love and Shea Wolfe feel like a wall separates them as a sweet romance builds between them. All because he's white, and she's black. Will their fragile new love end before it begins? Or can the two prevail past the prejudice directed at them because some believe they are better off with their own race. They meet in a restaurant on the night his team gets to the city to take part in the biggest basketball tournament of the year. Not only does Shea have to deal with the drama on the court. Going head-to-head with one of his teammates who doesn’t think Shea is the right man for ...

“Funny, Sexy, Romantic. Each book is adorable, but if you only read one, read book five. In Love.” -- RomanceLMHLaugh out loud and fall in love with a fake fiancé, a baseball super star, a genius, and tortured soulmates in this captivating Rom-Com bundle.Whether you like your heroinesAmbitious…but in loveSporty…but fascinatedBookish…but enthralledUnflappable…but with a secret fortuneorSweet…but determinedThis series has a book for you. Read along as these couples find their happily-ever-after.Now available--the complete series:Book 1: Fake Fiancé for Christmas (Chance & ...

Mickey and the gang head to Italy to compete in the Race for the Rigatoni Ribbon. Between the stiff competition and a giant runaway meatball, do the Roadster Racers have a chance at winning the race?

Despite the howling protests from his peers, no one's ever been more willing to spill the beans on what it's really like inside the pro cycling peloton than the sarcastic scribe Phil Gaimon. Building on the outrageous success of his hilarious 2014 debut, Pro Cycling on $10 a Day: From Fat Kid to Euro Pro, Gaimon gathers the absolute gems from his monthly Q & A feature column in VeloNews magazine into his new book, Ask a Pro.

The third book in the #1 New York Times best-selling series from Jeff Kinney, The Last Straw is sure to please young readers. Greg Heffley makes a New Year's resolution to help others improve, but his brand of truthful advice doesn't go over well. Plus, Greg's dad thinks military school might be just the attitude adjustment Greg needs.

I’m stuck in a fake marriage with my sister’s best friend. She’s curvy, loud, and allergic to rules. I’m the reformed bad boy trying to fix a scandal before it ends my hockey career. We used to hate each other. Now she’s my fake wife. Bridget Harrington was supposed to save my image. One year. No feelings. No strings. But she moves in and tears down every wall I built. Steals my hoodies. Dominates my kitchen. Challenges my rules. I see her fight back against cruel gossip. I feel her soften when no one’s looking. And somehow, I fall for her. Then she shows up to the gala ...

Ci sono bar e bar ma il Bar Sport è qualcosa di più. Un classico dell'umorismo, Bar Sport ritorna con la sua irresistibile brigata di compagni di ventura, i suoi flipper, il telefono a gettoni e la Luisona, la brioche paleolitica in perenne attesa del suo consumatore. Un catalogo di "eroi", ormai coronati dalla stralunata aureola del mito: la sparapalle e il professore, il tennico e il carabiniere, il ragioniere innamorato e la cassiera dalle grandi poppe, il leggendario calciatore e il lavapiatti che sogna di diventare cameriere.

Tanner Holt neither wants nor needs a wife. For the wealthy rancher, his daughter Chloe, foreman Josiah, and ranch hands are all the family he needs. Chloe Holt loves her dad, but she needs a mom. So, armed with her dad’s credit card, the ten-year-old finds them the perfect wife and mother. Hopefully, the pretty lady with the kind eyes will give them a chance… and her dad won’t ground her for life! Heather Ayer is down on her luck and has just done the craziest thing. She applied to a mail-order bride agency. Marrying a man she’s never met is crazy. Then again, maybe it’s the ...

I discovered I was switched at birth... and my world shattered. Now I’m fake engaged to the son of the family I always believed was mine. The only man I shouldn’t touch—and the only one I burn for. Logan LaRue is hot as hell and knows it. Funny too. A New York billionaire hockey star with a line of fans who DM him 'Marry me.' He has nothing in common with a nerdy small-town vet like me. And everything that was rightfully mine. To uncover the truth—and infiltrate the families we were taken from—we pretend to be engaged. It’s supposed to be simple. Temporary. Controlled. But the ...

Confessions of a Golf Pro Round 2 takes up the story where book one ends as our hero leaves his private club to manage a daily fee course in Orlando, there he finds the course a total disaster, the employees mutinous and the competition fierce. No one would be dumb enough to buy a daily fee golf course in the land of the mouse, would they? Well, no one but an avid golfer who was also a doctor, a lawyer or airline pilot. Professions where they get to play god in everyday life and think that the superpowers they possess naturally transfer to running a golf course better than the last group, ...

Here I am, on the butt end of thirty—the black sheep, the screw-up, the major disappointment—fresh out of rehab and trying to get my crap together. *sigh* Dr. Baker, my shrink, says I should quit obsessing over my dream guy because he’s not real. He was merely a hallucination during a psychotic break I suffered nearly twenty years ago. *sigh* Well, when Dream Guy comes walking into Mimi's Cabana, a local tiki bar, maybe I’m hallucinating again. And maybe I don’t care. *sigh* I really am hopeless. This is a short, standalone shifter novella set in the P.O.L.A.R., Cybermates, and ...

It's always been just me and my girl, Stanley Puck. Now I'm fake engaged to a fierce vet who hates me, to win a team dog contest. And winning isn't about the $100,000 prize anymore. It's about her. Everyone knows me as the hockey star with the Instagram-famous golden retriever. They see the matching sunglasses, the cocky smile, the perfect life. They think they know my story. They don't. When I enter dog show competitions, it's not for the cameras. I have my reasons. What I don't have is time for distractions—especially not a sexy small-town vet. Morgan Bailey. With her rescue dog, ...