Professional Athletes

If we hope to interrupt educational inequities and create schools in which every child thrives, we must open our hearts to purposeful conversation and hone our skills to make those conversations effective. With characteristic honesty and wisdom, Elena Aguilar inspires us to commit to transforming our classrooms, lays bare the hidden obstacles to equity, and helps us see how to overcome these obstacles, one conversation at a time. 

She knew exactly what she wanted. He was willing to give her everything. Neither of them knew the cost. Cole Ashford reads the ice the way most men read a room — ahead of the play, trusting his instincts, never missing a signal. As a Chicago Blackhawks left wing, he's built his career on composure. His marriage to Maya is built on something rarer: trust that runs deeper than jealousy, and a shared life where desire gets to be honest. When Maya tells him what she's been thinking about — the specific, carefully examined thing she's been carrying since February — Cole doesn't flinch. He ...

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...

Luke Dufort is hockey royalty. The son of a Hall-of-Famer, captain of Liberty Gardens, and the steady force behind a franchise built on discipline and legacy, he knows exactly what’s expected of him: win games, protect the name, and never become the story. Owen Hart doesn’t fit neatly into anyone’s system. Fierce, instinctive, and unapologetically himself, he plays with heart instead of caution—and he isn’t interested in disappearing to make anyone else comfortable. Their connection starts in silence—late-night film sessions, quiet corrections on the ice, hands lingering a ...

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...

“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...

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.

"With Every Shot Counts, I hope that you’ll be as inspired by Carlos' journey as I’ve been."—Shaquille O’Neal From NBA All-Star and ESPN commentator Carlos Boozer, a gripping, intimate and inspiring memoir about overcoming trauma, achieving your dreams and staying true to who you are in...

The OKC Thunder's big man shares the unlikely story behind his indomitable sense of determination and his journey from Rotorua, New Zealand to stardom in the NBA. Steven Adams overcame extreme odds to become a first-round prospect in the 2013 NBA draft. From there he signed a major contract with...

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...

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.

Hadley Crewe wakes at six-thirty every tour-day morning and calls her father. On a good morning Walt knows she is calling from Melbourne or Paris or Riyadh. On a bad morning he does not. Hadley has been managing the bad mornings for four years, in press conferences and tactical-experimentation excuses and the polite smile she has been photographed in since she was sixteen, and she has told no one on tour. Macaria Cordeaux has hated her on principle for three years. Mac is world #6, Yorta Yorta, foul-mouthed, brilliant, and certain — until the apparel deal she is certain Hadley's mother ...

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...

Tennis star Rafael Nadal reveals the secrets of the sport and the inspiring stories behind his success in this riveting memoir, written with award-winning journalist John Carlin. What makes a champion? What does it take to be the best in the world at your sport? Rafael Nadal has the answers. It...

She built her career on reading the ice… Sloane Bennett knows how to spot weakness before anyone else does. As the Halifax Tempest’s brilliant Director of Performance Analytics, she reads pressure, fatigue, and bad decisions for a living. But when a private fight with her longtime boyfriend -- franchise golden boy Gavin Mercer -- turns into public gossip, Sloane suddenly becomes the story everyone in hockey wants to dissect. If she wants to protect everything she’s built, she’ll have to take control of the narrative…even if that means letting the quiet, maddeningly perceptive new ...

In Brave Enough, Jessie Diggins reveals the true story of her journey from the American Midwest into sports history. With candid charm and characteristic grit, she connects the dots from her free-spirited upbringing in the woods of Minnesota to racing in the bright spotlights of the Olympics. Going far beyond stories of races and ribbons, she describes the challenges and frustrations of becoming a serious athlete. 

One of the greatest basketball players of all time finally tells—with relentless honesty—the incredible story of his life. He is one of basketball's towering figures: "Mr. Clutch," who mesmerized his opponents and fans. The coach who began the Lakers' resurgence in the 1970s. The general...

Trapped alone with your ultimate daydream crush while a storm rages around you… do you dare take the chance? Forced proximity · She’s also an athlete · Celebrity athlete and his fan · European alpine settings · High‑stakes sport · Overcoming traumatic past · Exotic settings and fresh sports After seven years with a toxic ex, Czech language teacher Zlata knows a new relationship is the last thing she needs. She’s finally thrown herself into ski racing, the real kind, with after-hours training and no rewards but the rush. But a girl is allowed to dream… and sometimes, dreams ...

She skates faster. She shoots harder. And now the entire city wants her to fix him. Mia Hartley is the PWHL's most feared forward. She does not smile for cameras. She does not lose to men. And she absolutely does not babysit injured boys. Especially not Cole Beckett, the impossibly charming captain of the Boston Comets, the rich kid who has been losing to her since they were fourteen at hockey camp. So when the Comets organization hands Mia a six-figure offer to privately train Cole back from a torn ACL, she has exactly one answer. No. Until her father's surgery bill lands. And her senior ...