Sports and Leisure

Recent movers and shakers in sports and leisure.

Updated May 12, 2025
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Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments
Joe Posnanski
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Book of the Fall A moving celebration of the history of American football from the New York Times bestselling author of Why We Love Baseball After his bestselling home run...
Just Add Water: My Swimming Life
Katie Ledecky
Paper Book
A New York Times bestselling memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and the most decorated US female Olympian in history: Katie Ledecky. Katie Ledecky has won more individual Olympic races than any female swimmer in history. She is a four-time Olympian, a nine...
Grand Prix: An Illustrated History of Formula 1
Will Buxton
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A thrilling illustrated history of Formula 1 racing, from its fascinating origins and inner workings to the top drivers of the twentieth century and today, by a celebrated motorsports broadcaster and star of Formula 1: Drive to Survive
Lucky Loser: Adventures in Tennis and Comedy
kostamichael
Paper Book
From a host of The Daily Show and stand-up comic, Michael Kosta, comes a wildly funny and insightful memoir about his unlikely journey from professional tennis player (#864 in the world) to professional comedian (there's no ranking system in comedy but he's probably . . . top 50?). Before...
Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers
Ian O'Connor
Paper Book
Instant New York Times Bestseller "A masterwork. ... O'Connor answers every question, deftly and deeply, that we've had about the most controversial person in America's biggest game." --Peter King Four-time New York Times bestselling sport biographer Ian O'Connor pulls...
The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory
Thomas Fuller
Audiobook
NAMED A BEST BOOK BY BOOK RIOT, AND MORE! * The incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team's triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the...
The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering
Daniel Light
Paper Book
A sweeping history of mountaineering before Everest, and the epic human quest to reach the highest places on Earth. Whether in the name of conquest, science, or the divine, humans across the centuries have had myriad reasons to climb mountains. From the smoking volcanoes of South...
Tiger, Tiger: His Life, As It’s Never Been Told Before
James Patterson
Paper Book
Instant New York Times Bestseller! "Patterson's account is compelling" (Daily Mail). The only major author to have nine holes-in-one gets inside the mystery of Tiger Woods in a biography that reads like an unputdownable...
The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports
Michael Waters
Audiobook
Stugotz's Personal Record Book: The Real Winners and Losers in Sports
Jon "Stugotz" Weiner
Paper Book
Sports radio legend Stugotz rewrites the record books, taking rings away from undeserving champions and giving them to the rightful winners.   "I've been accused of rooting against every team in America, but I am rooting FOR Stugotz's Personal Record Book."--Joe...
Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women
Maggie Mertens
"From foot-binding to corsets, patriarchal societies have found ways to immobilize women, but now, marathoners and Olympians are proving that women can run like the wind!" --GLORIA STEINEM "A look behind the curtain that all women who love running and sport should...
The Basketball 100: An Epic Basketball History with In-Depth Player Profiles, Perfect for Fall 2024, Celebrate the Game's Greatest Players (Sports series, 2)
The Athletic
Paper Book
A celebration of basketball by way of the 100 greatest players to ever grace the court in the history of the NBA--from The Athletic's foremost basketball writers and analysts the game has to offer. With a foreword by Charles Barkley. Over the course of 100 luminous player profiles, the...
The Stadium: An American History of Politics, Protest, and Play
Frank Andre Guridy
Ebook
The "deep and impactful" story of the American stadium (Howard Bryant, author of Full Dissidence)--from the first wooden ballparks to today's glass and steel mega-arenas--revealing how it has made, and remade, American life. Stadiums are monuments to recreation, sports,...

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