Sports and Leisure

Recent movers and shakers in sports and leisure.

Updated July 1, 2026
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Sports and Leisure

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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
Pull back the curtain on the most powerful position in all of sports. 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. *** The Instant New York Times...
Misunderstood: A Memoir
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
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...
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...
The Last Hart Beating: From the Dungeon to WWE
Neidhart, Nattie
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...
Moses and the Doctor: Two Men, One Championship, and the Birth of Modern Basketball
Epplin, Luke
Paper Book
The rousing story of two trailblazing superstars--Julius "Dr. J" Erving and Moses Malone--whose improbable alliance and unsung legacies shaped the wildest and most innovative era of basketball history.   In the early 1970s, playground courts across the United...
The Open Era
Schmit, Edward
Paper Book
AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Heated Rivalry for the tennis set...charming, funny, and big-hearted."--Town & Country "[A] debut romance novel that will capture your heart."--Cosmopolitan Love evens the score between two tennis players in this...
Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling
Funt, Danny
Paper Book
This jaw-dropping book pulls back the curtain on the alluring yet perilous world of American sports gambling. Built around explosive interviews with the power players of the betting boom at FanDuel, DraftKings, and beyond, it reveals the troubling methods that are being used to bleed...
The Girl Who Changed Little League: The True Story of Maria Pepe and Her Battle to Play Ball
Pepe, Maria
Paper Book
The story of Maria Pepe, an eleven-year-old girl who changed the course of Little League history. Maria Pepe loved baseball. When Little League formed in her hometown in 1972, she was eager to prove herself as a competitor. There was only one problem: Little League was not...
The broken king : a memoir
Thomas, Michael
Paper Book
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR 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...
Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America
Bryant, Howard
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "I loved this book.... I looked forward to [it] more than any other in a long time, and Howard Bryant exceeded my great expectations. Kings and Pawns is brilliantly conceived and powerfully written." -- David Maraniss, author of Path Lit by Lightning...
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