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Updated February 1, 2026
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The Last Manager : How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented, and Reinvented Baseball
Miller, John W.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "" open="">* A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025 WINNER OF THE CASEY AWARD FOR BEST BASEBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR "Baseball books don't get any better than this...Earl Weaver has at last been...
Lucky Loser : Adventures in Tennis and Comedy
Kosta, Michael.
Paper Book
From a host of The Daily Show and stand-up comic, Michael Kosta, comes a wildly funny and insightful comedian 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?).<...
Death of a Racehorse : An American Story
Lillis, Katie Bo.
Paper Book
Named one ofFinancial Times's Best Books of 2025 The inside story of the crisis within the country's most classic sport--horseracing--and why money is killing thoroughbreds at the top of their game. Every year, hundreds of horses die on the racetrack. Why?
The Wonder Boy : Luka Doncic and the Curse of Greatness
MacMahon, Tim.
Paper Book
ESPN's Tim MacMahon goes behind the scenes of Luka Dončić's years with the Dallas Mavericks--before his trade to the Lakers stunned the basketball world--telling the story of a franchise's quest to build a championship team around a prodigy. In 2018, the...
Dad Coach : How to Lead Kids to Succeed on and off the Baseball Field
Matheny, Mike
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Mike Matheny offers the definitive guide to coaching youth baseball and instilling positive values on and off the field. In 2009, former manager of the St. Louis Cardinals Mike Matheny penned a strongly worded letter urging parents and...
The Broken King
Thomas, Michael.
Paper Book
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2025 LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD "There's a bridge of beautiful American prose--lyrical, powerful, fearlessly candid--running straight from James Baldwin to Thomas, who is obviously...

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