Future Sports

A timely, illuminating plan for how trans and cis athletes can both fairly play sports Fair Game offers an insightful, timely examination of the ongoing battle for equality in athletics. As LGBTQ athletes break barriers in the Olympics, transgender athletes still face harsh restrictions in many...

Black love. A love built on something true. A love so pure. A godsent love is what Kaivon Lewis and Harlee Rivers found within one another. Something worth fighting for. Something that could be built on a trauma bond. After two extremely beautiful years, the duo's past starts to interlock with...

Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society—and what this technology means for us all. An AI learned to win chess by making moves human grand masters had never conceived. Another...

In The Messi Effect, Paul Tenorio, national soccer writer for The Athletic, draws on coveted insider access to bring listeners behind the ropes and into the inner sanctum and chronicle the last act of Lionel Messi. The Messi Effect takes you inside the locker room as Messi’s arrival turned a...

This program is read by Kyle Petty and Includes his performance of his original song, "Under the Big Top." Stock-car racing star, country singer, and sports broadcaster Kyle Petty shares his familial legacy, intertwined with NASCAR’s founding and history, in Swerve or Die—written with...

In the last two decades, innovation, data analysis, and technology have driven a tectonic shift in the sports business. Game of Edges is the story of how sports franchises evolved, on and off the field, from raggedly run small businesses into some of the most systematically productive companies around.

From USA Today best-selling author Ellie Wade comes an emotional, enemies-to-lovers, second-chance hockey romance. Finn Callahan is living the dream as a professional hockey player for the Cranes. With a promising career and a reputation for keeping things light, the last thing he expects is for his past to walk back into his life—especially the one woman he’s never been able to forget… or forgive. Kelsey Albright is the coach’s daughter, and returning home was never part of the plan. But life has a way of pulling you back to where it all fell apart.

In the 1960s, on the heels of the “Greatest Game Ever Played”, professional football began to flourish across the country - except in Texas, where college football was still the only game in town. But in an unlikely series of events, two young oil tycoons started their own professional football franchises in Dallas the very same year: the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, and, as part of a new upstart league designed to thwart the NFL’s hold on the game, the Dallas Texans of the AFL. Almost overnight, a bitter feud was born.

In what is being hailed by many, probably, as the best literary work since the New Testament, PFT Commenter takes you on a realistic-fiction journey through the backdoor politics of today's NFL. Set in the 2014 offseason, Roger Goodell and President Barack Obama become locked in a mano-a-mano battle over the future of the Dallas Cowboys, culminating in a literal fight to the death.

Successful soccer coaches are constantly seeking new ways to learn, evolve, and improve. Very often, footballing success is defined by mindset, and the real winners are the coaches, players, and teams who enter the competitive arena best prepared mentally and emotionally. They can perform in the moment, under pressure. Psychology plays a pivotal part in creating and sustaining peak levels of performance. Coaches who cultivate positive, healthy, winning attitudes and build a culture of competitive toughness to be at their best when it matters the most, achieve the highest results. Successful...

An inside look at how women athletes are leading the fight for equality—on and off the field Women’s sports receive a fraction of the airtime allotted for men’s sports, as well as a fraction of the marketing dollars, media coverage, and training resources. For every dollar that the NBA’s...

With its crisp white uniforms and fifth-day miracles, Test cricket has always held a sacred place in the hearts of fans. It is a game of deep tradition - a showcase for top talent, and an epic clash of nations - yet for all its claims to legend, it has continually evolved to suit the times. At...

Soccer has been America's Sport of the Future since 1972. Propelled by the rise of the World Cup, Premier League, the glory of the United States Women's National Team, Lionel Messi's DemiGod-esque talent and repeat exposure to Cristiano Ronaldo's preening abs, that Future has finally arrived...

From a Nevada sideline to a nationwide phone-in-your-pocket industry, sports betting in America changed faster than anyone expected. This book explains how — and what’s coming next. After the Supreme Court struck down PASPA in 2018, the U.S. didn’t get one betting market. It got fifty. In just a few years, legalization, mobile apps, and media partnerships transformed sports wagering into a mainstream billion-dollar ecosystem. Inside you’ll find: How PASPA fell and why that ruling mattered Why mobile betting became the dominant model A clear state-by-state view of who’s legal, ...

Will fly fishing survive the 21st century? Author and angler Paul Guernsey argues that angling and the natural resources it depends upon - clear rivers, unpolluted oceans, and much more - are threatened by a host of increasingly complex social and environmental factors.

Carter Brooks and Riley Carter finally have what they fought their way back to. A championship. A shared home. A relationship no longer defined by the mistake that separated them. Then the next campaign begins. When a league investigation threatens the New York Falcons, Riley is responsible for controlling the story before anyone else can define it. But the investigation is only the beginning. A powerful rival PR firm wants her. Someone inside the Falcons is feeding information to the press. Carter's contract becomes headline material, and their relationship risks becoming ammunition ...

Women’s sports are no longer a side story in the business of sports. They are becoming one of its most important growth engines. Game Changers explains how an undervalued part of the sports world turned into a powerful force in media, branding, fan culture, and long-term investment. Beginning with a modern championship moment that showed the scale of the shift, this book follows the deeper transformation behind the headlines: the rise of audience demand, the expansion of media rights, the role of college sports, the emergence of athlete-driven brands, and the changing behavior of younger ...

'This is a wonderful book. I love it. Mark's research is amazing, with the in-depth interviews and level of detail providing great insights into who Carlos Alcaraz is.' - Annabel Croft, broadcaster and former tennis player: 'A perfect match of author and subject. Mark Hodgkinson's mix of style...

Bloomsbury presents The Final Test: The Uncertain Future of Cricket’s First-Class Game by Huw Turbervill read by Tom Lawrence ‘[A] compelling book… Test cricket is hanging on. It’s a worry’ – Graham Gooch 'Huw Turbervill is the ultimate passionate polemicist for the Test format with...

⭐Messi vs. Ronaldo Two GOATs Lessons in Confidence, Resilience & Teamwork ⭐A powerful guide to help young athletes build character, confidence, and lifelong skills. What if your child could learn confidence, resilience, and teamwork from two of the greatest players in soccer history?What if they could discover how to bounce back from setbacks, stay motivated, and believe in themselves — even when things get tough? This book makes that possible. ⭐ A Motivational Playbook for Kids and Teens Messi vs. Ronaldo Two GOATs Lessons in Confidence, Resilience & Teamwork brings readers into ...