Sports and Leisure

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Updated December 8, 2025
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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 "Baseball books don't get any better than this...Earl Weaver has at last been given his due." --George F. Will "Vivid...Most sports books are...
Lucky loser : adventures in tennis & comedy /
Kosta, Michael,
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...
The Tiger Slam: The Inside Story of the Greatest Golf Ever Played
Kevin Cook
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARD GOLF BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 "A captivating tale." --Kirkus Reviews * "Masterful." --Mark Frost * "The rare must-read." --Alan Shipnuck * "This book is truly as grand as it gets." --Jim Nantz Twenty-five...
The white ladder : triumph and tragedy at the dawn of mountaineering /
Light, Daniel
Paper Book
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 America to the great snowy ranges of the Himalaya, The White Ladder follows a cast of extraordinary characters--conquistadors and...
The Wonder Boy: Luka Doncic and the Curse of Greatness
Tim MacMahon
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...
Death of a Racehorse: An American Story
Katie Bo Lillis
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?
WHY SO SERIOUS?: THE UNTOLD STORY OF NBA CHAMPION NIKOLA JOKIC
Singer, Mike
Paper Book
A revealing, intimate biography of basketball savant and enigmatic NBA superstar Nikola Jokic, filled with news-breaking interviews and deep reporting from Mike Singer, the Nuggets' former beat writer for the Denver Post. Why So Serious takes readers on Nikola Jokic's long,...
THE BROKEN KING
Thomas, Michael
Paper Book
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2025 "There's a bridge of beautiful American prose--lyrical, powerful, fearlessly candid--running straight from James Baldwin to Thomas, who is obviously Baldwin's worthy heir . . . An utterly immersive book."--Francisco...

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