Sports and Leisure

Recent movers and shakers in sports and leisure.

Updated April 12, 2026
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Make me commissioner : I know what's wrong with baseball and how to fix it
Leavy, Jane
Paper Book
"Make Jane Commissioner... Leavy has a voice demanding to be heard--and Major League Baseball should listen."-- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL A New York Times bestselling biographer and lifelong baseball devotee takes readers on an epic journey...
Changeover : a young rivalry and a new era of men's tennis
Nathan, Giri
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2025 BY * THE NEW YORKER * NPR * TOWN & COUNTRY * The story of Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, and their epic rivalry, as told by "the best tennis writer in America" (Brian Phillips,...
American kings : a biography of the quarterback
Wickersham, Seth
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling author of It's Better to be Feared examines football's QB lifecycle: high school, college, the NFL, retirement - and all that comes with it. Before the Super Bowl trophies, massive contracts, brand deals, and millions of social media followers comes the dream. From the...
Every day is Sunday : how Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft, and Roger Goodell turned the NFL into a cultural & economic juggernaut
Belson, Ken
Paper Book
A New York Times Notable Book of 2025 - One of Barnes & Noble's Best Sports Books of 2025 From veteran New York Times Business & NFL reporter, Ken Belson, a deeply-reported account of how the NFL's Commissioner, Roger Goodell, and its two most...
Misunderstood
Iverson, Allen
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A compelling and candid memoir from Allen Iverson, the NBA's most misunderstood Hall of Famer, detailing his tough childhood in Virginia, his entry into the league as the number one overall pick, and his controversial, culture-changing pro...
Expensive Basketball
Serrano, Shea
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - One of Barnes & Noble's Best Sports Books of 2025 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Rap Year Book and Basketball (and Other Things), a clever and inventive examination of some of...
Never Stop : Life, Leadership, and What It Takes to Be Great
Hurley, Dan/ O'Connor, Ian
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Dan Hurley is one of the most famous head coaches in America today--in any sport. He returned the UConn Huskies men's basketball team to their rightful place among the nation's elite, winning back-to-back NCAA Championships, and he did it with...
Brady vs. Belichick : the dynasty debate
Myers, Gary
Paper Book
A unique and unparalleled look into the nature and relationship of two of the pillars in the NFL's greatest dynasty. The greatest dynasty in NFL history stood on two pillars - Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. Together they forged a working relationship that provided thrilling...
A Hollywood ending : the dreams and drama of the LeBron Lakers
Weitzman, Yaron
Paper Book
NBA journalist Yaron Weitzman lays out the high stakes drama happening inside the Lakers' organization as they try to juggle the warring priorities between LeBron James and the Buss family. When LeBron James signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2018, it looked like a match made...
Heartbeats : a memoir
Borg, Bjr̲n
Paper Book
Idol. Legend. Enigma. For the first time, one of the all-time greatest sportsmen is finally ready to share his astonishing story: the long-awaited tell-all memoir from Björn Borg, now a Sunday Times bestseller. No one had ever played tennis quite like Björn Borg. With his...
Shot ready
Curry, Stephen
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Shot Ready is a powerful distillation of Stephen Curry's transformative philosophy of success--centered on preparation, constant improvement, creativity, connection, mindfulness, and joy--delivered in his incomparable voice and style....
Mamba & Mambacita forever
Bryant, Vanessa
Paper Book
A beautiful and moving testament to the enduring life of Kobe Bryant and the Mamba Mentality. When Kobe and Gianna Bryant died, tragically and unexpectedly, in 2020, the world mourned with a wholehearted ferocity. In perhaps the largest and most intense outpouring of public...
Madden & Summerall : how they revolutionized NFL broadcasting
Podolsky, Rich
Paper Book
Madden & Summerall tells the inside story of how two unlikely partners became the greatest broadcast duo in NFL history. This is the story of how John Madden and Pat Summerall got to CBS and, although very different, how they became the greatest broadcast team of...
The running ground / a father, a son, and the simplest of sports
Thompson, Nicholas
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A profound meditation on what running can teach us about our limits and our lives by a record-setting distance runner who is now the CEO of The Atlantic. "This is not just an engaging memoir about...
On her game : Caitlin Clark and the revolution in women's sports
Brennan, Christine
Paper Book
Instant New York Times Bestseller! A news-making and electrifying portrait of sports phenomenon Caitlin Clark, whose dramatic ascendance in college basketball and now in the WNBA has captured the attention of media and fans unlike any other female team-sport athlete in...
The last Hart beating : from the Dungeon to WWE
Natalya
Paper Book
While most children grow up running around with their friends, Nattie Neidhart was schooled in the Hart family Dungeon, in the shadow of her grandfather Stu Hart, father Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart, and legendary uncles Bret and Owen Hart. With every body slam and piledriver, Nattie fought her own way...
Don't call it a comeback : what happened when I stopped chasing PRs, and started chasing happiness
D'Amato, Keira
Paper Book
"D'Amato populates the book with lessons learned from her own experiences--about being open to opportunities, celebrating small wins, embracing failure." --New York Times A victorious tale of coming back in middle age to topple marathon records, from the running...
American coach : the triumph and tragedy of Notre Dame legend Frank Leahy
Maisel, Ivan
Paper Book
Award-winning sportswriter Ivan Maisel brings the forgotten legend of Notre Dame head football coach Frank Leahy back to life, based on rare and complete access to Fighting Irish football historical archives and the Leahy family.   When Frank Leahy retired from...
The American game : history and hope in the country of lacrosse
Price, S. L.
Paper Book
From "the master of new journalism [who always] hits it over the fence" (New York Times) and "one of the finest writers on sports anywhere" (USA Today), the scintillating story of lacrosse--the game invented by the Haudenosaunee, played with more passion than any other, that...
Fair Game: Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports
Roscher, Ellie
Paper Book
Foreword by Chris Mosier 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,...
Beyond fast : how a renegade coach and his unlikely high school team revolutionized distance running
Brosnan, Sean
Paper Book
The true story of a high school cross country team that went from obscurity to becoming the fastest squad the country, and perhaps the world, has ever seen, called "inspiring and entertaining" (Jerry Schumacher) and "a deliciously rich tale" (Neal Bascomb). When Sean Brosnan...
Surviving the trail : five essential skills to prepare every hiker for adventure's most common perils
Scanlon, Rob (Dr.)
Paper Book
Equip yourself with the knowledge to avoid common hiking hazards and stay safe on the trail The statistics are difficult to believe, but every week more than ten hikers die and at least another two hundred require rescue in North America, amounting to more than 500 lives lost and...
Rivers Always Reach the Sea: Angling Stories
Burke, Monte
Paper Book

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