Professional Athletes

Written without collaborators and based on decades of tape recordings he made throughout his career, Hitman is Bret Hart's brutally honest, perceptive and startling account of his life in and out of the ring that proves once and for all that great things come in pink tights...

Discover the transformative New York Times bestseller—a step-by-step manual for mastering your inner mind for peak performance and living your life to the fullest. As a professional baseball player, Jim Murphy’s sense of worth revolved around results. He was focused on achievement but also...

“Sometimes, I felt like I’d give it all up if we could just have a normal life, to have him next to me at night because Lord knows, I was so over sleeping in a cold bed...” - Alsina Knight Most women would kill to live the life of a baller’s wife, but Alsina knows all too well that everything that glitters ain’t gold. She found love in the most unexpected way, but with Jokari playing ball overseas for months at a time, Sina starts to wonder what really has his attention: basketball or another chick? Kari has big plans to make this Valentine’s Day epic, but will he get caught up ...

Fourth And Goal A SPICY GAY FOOTBALL ROMANCE Fourth and Goal is a sizzling, slow-burn, emotionally charged gay sports romance that blends high-stakes football with tender vulnerability, second chances, and the kind of chemistry that hits harder than any tackle on the field. Evan Marshall is America’s Quarterback—iconic, adored, and trapped. At 28, the world believes he has it all: fame, fortune, a spotless public image, and the strongest arm in professional football. But behind the confident interviews and carefully controlled smile lies a man terrified of losing everything if the truth...

A guide to self-mastery and other lessons based on the principles of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, by the sport's greatest practitioner of all time. This program includes a foreword written by actor Tom Hardy and read by Mark Meadows. As a ten-time Brazilian jiu jitsu World Champion and a former MMA...

Athletic success comes from a strong mindset more than strong muscle power. You don’t have to be born mentally tough–you can develop this vital trait with hard work and consistency. Loaded with simple, actionable strategies, this guidebook will help you build mental strength, become resilient, and achieve the top spot in your game.

I was only supposed to serve drinks and smile. I ended up trapped at 40,000 feet with four alphas and no way down. I’m the last-minute fill-in on a private charter. Four hockey players flying to an awards ceremony. Easy money, easy flight. Then my heat hit somewhere over the Midwest, and easy became impossible. The cockpit is sealed. The pilots can’t help. And the four alphas in the cabin can smell exactly what’s happening to me: Cormac—the pack alpha whose quiet authority makes me want to kneel. Leif—the gentle giant who takes care of everyone, especially me. Thane—the intense ...

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.

Lucas Byrne has built his life on control. Captain of his country’s rugby team. Relentless on the pitch. Disciplined off it. He knows how to carry pressure, how to lead men into collision, how to keep every want neatly folded away where it can’t cost him everything he’s worked for. Elijah Kaine is a problem. Too talented. Too open. Too easy with laughter and touch and the kind of attention Byrne has spent years convincing himself he doesn’t need. Kaine plays like he has nothing to lose—and looks at Byrne like he already knows the truth he refuses to name. They’re supposed to be ...

Never have the best sportspeople seemed so far removed from the rest of us. So how are these extraordinary athletes made, and what do their achievements tell us about success? The Best reveals how the most incredible sportspeople in the world got that way. It is a unique look at the path to sporting greatness. This is a story of origins, training, luck, and serendipity, as well as of sports science and cutting-edge technology.

I boarded that flight to start over. I landed with four hockey players who refuse to let me go. New Year’s Eve. Red-eye home. My cheerleading squad just got cut, my apartment lease is up, and my five-year plan is in ashes. All I wanted was to survive the flight and figure out my life later. Then my heat hit at 30,000 feet. No suppressants. No warning. Just me, a cramped cabin, and a pack of professional hockey players in the rows around me. Pax—the pack alpha whose commanding voice makes my knees buckle. Emeric—the charmer who offers me champagne and makes me laugh through the panic. ...

Includes a bonus episode from the podcast I Am Kobe. The inside look at one of the most captivating and consequential figures in our culture—with never-before-heard interviews. Kobe Bryant’s death in January 2020 did more than rattle the worlds of sports and celebrity. The tragedy of that...

No Bathroom Breaks in the NFL: What it Takes to Play in the National Football League, is an All Pro’s perspective of what goes on behind the scenes in the NFL. Today’s football league–and its players are entirely different than when the game originated. Authors Jason Babin and Matthew Cooper lift the curtain on the minutiae you may have often wondered...but did not know who to ask. Together they expose everything from how players are picked and how many Superbowl tickets players in the NFL receive, to how much players pay to wear their favorite jersey number and the definition of ...

Beyond the Game NFL Suicides and the Question of Why What happens after the final whistle blows? Over the past two decades, a troubling number of former and active NFL players—men who once competed at the highest level of professional football—have died by suicide. For years, these deaths were treated as isolated tragedies. One headline at a time. One name at a time. But when similar outcomes repeat across different eras, teams, positions, and personal backgrounds, coincidence is no longer a sufficient explanation. Beyond the Game is a carefully researched, fact-driven examination of ...

From rivals on the court to lovers in New Orleans... some games are worth playing. 🏀💕 When the Miami Starlight visits New Orleans, sparks fly between two of professional women's basketball's biggest stars. Evangeline "Eva" Boudreaux is the hometown hero—New Orleans Jazz's golden girl who carries the weight of an entire city's expectations on her shoulders. She's focused, driven, and definitely not looking for distractions. Sophia Chen is Miami's ice-cold point guard with deadly precision and a reputation for getting under opponents' skin. She's calculated, ambitious, and always ...

From “national treasure” (Steve Harvey) Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders, the ultimate playbook of inspiring personal stories, winning strategies, and the motivation required to help us “elevate and dominate” in all aspects of our lives. A natural-born leader, Deion Sanders demands and...

*A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2022* The definitive biography of Charles Barkley, exploring his early childhood, his storied NBA career, and his enduring legacy as a provocative voice in American pop culture He’s one of the most interesting American athletes in the past fifty years...

He's Buffalo's hometown hero. She's the one who got away. When fate and a little Christmas magic bring them back together, love might just score the biggest comeback of all. A Pro Quarterback, a Magical Baker and a Talking Cat. This Christmas the games not over yet... When Buffalo’s hometown quarterback Nash Jordan gets traded back just before Christmas, his career—and his heart—are both on thin ice. A lingering injury threatens his future, until help arrives in the most unexpected form: Eden Landers, the woman he never stopped loving. Eden’s a talented chef with a hint of magic in ...

A riveting story of personal hardship, the cost of political dissent, and the quest for justice that recounts how NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom became a leading activist for human rights around the world. Enes Kanter Freedom was born to play basketball. But he risked it all when he realized that...

Pro athletes are in a unique situation. They have a shot clock ticking down the time until retirement more quickly than nonathletes do. The Money Playbook offers athletes a way to enjoy their post-career days just as much as their playing days.