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Recent movers and shakers in sports and leisure.

Updated March 23, 2026
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Make Me Commissioner: I Know What's Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It
Jane Leavy
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
Giri Nathan
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
Seth Wickersham
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...
Brady vs. Belichick: The Dynasty Debate
Gary Myers
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...
Expensive Basketball
Shea Serrano
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...
Misunderstood: A Memoir
Allen Iverson
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...
Every Day Is Sunday: How Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft, and Roger Goodell Turned the NFL into a Cultural & Economic Juggernaut
Ken Belson
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...
Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson
Mark Kriegel
Paper Book
"Remarkable . . . Do not think of this as a boxing book, but boxing does make a colorful and primal backdrop for a uniquely American book, filled with enough mentors and monsters to do any Dickens novel justice." --Chicago Tribune From the acclaimed New York Times...
Shot Ready
Stephen Curry
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....
Madden & Summerall: How They Revolutionized NFL Broadcasting
Rich Podolsky
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...
Together We Roared: Alongside Tiger for His Epic Twelve-Year, Thirteen-Majors Run
Steve Williams
Paper Book
Steve Williams, arguably the greatest caddie in golf history, teams up with renowned golf journalist Evin Priest to give his definitive account of his 12-year partnership with the legendary Tiger Woods, sharing personal, never-before-told moments of their friendship on and off the...
On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports
Christine Brennan
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...
Skipper: Why Baseball Managers Matter and Always Will
Scott Miller
Paper Book
From the award-winning baseball writer and coauthor of Ninety Percent Mental, an unprecedented look at the job of Major League Baseball managers--showing how they shape the game, and how the ever-changing game shapes them. Skipper takes on an...
Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three
Dawn Staley
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For the first time, Dawn Staley shares powerful and inspiring stories that have shaped her journey on and off the court. A three-time Olympic gold medalist, six-time WNBA All-Star, and the first person to win the...
The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay
Christopher Clarey
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Master comes an intimate biography of tennis's enduring champion Rafael Nadal.  In The Warrior, Christopher Clarey illuminates the skill and determination it took to accomplish...
The American Game: History and Hope in the Country of Lacrosse
S.l. Price
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...
Runs in the Family: An Incredible True Story of Football, Fatherhood, and Belonging
Sarah Spain
Paper Book
A revelatory examination of the choices we make as parents and children, explored through the true story of an adopted Black man on a journey to find his biological family and discover where and to whom he truly belongs. Runs in the Family follows the remarkable true story...
Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Pro-Wrestling's New World Order Changed America
Marc Raimondi
Paper Book
From ESPN reporter Marc Raimondi comes a compelling, gripping narrative history of professional wrestling's legendary faction, The NWO (New World Order), from their inception in 1996 to their influence on American pop culture today. In 1996, professional wrestling was one of the...
Don't Call It a Comeback: What Happened When I Stopped Chasing PRs, and Started Chasing Happiness
Keira D'Amato
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...
Death of a Racehorse: An American Story
Katie Bo Lillis
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?
American Coach: The Triumph and Tragedy of Notre Dame Legend Frank Leahy
Ivan Maisel
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 Can-Do Mindset: How to Cultivate Resilience, Follow Your Heart, and Fight for Your Passions
Candace Parker
Paper Book
One of the most decorated and celebrated women's basketball players of all time breaks down her ultimate recipe to success, using her own deeply inspiring journey to teach readers how to live bravely, unapologetically, and with purpose. 'Candace Parker has been a trailblazer on and off the court,...
Beyond Fast: How a Renegade Coach and His Unlikely High School Team Revolutionized Distance Running
Sean Brosnan
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...
The Playing Lesson: A Duffer's Year Among the Pros
Michael Bamberger
Paper Book
You are cordially invited to join Michael Bamberger on a year-long golfing adventure--playing alongside the pros of the PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour, LIV Golf, and more--as he seeks to unlock golf's most stubborn secrets in various and surprising ways, all in the name of...improvement!
It's Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Pursuit of Common Ground
David Litt
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * 2025 BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE SELECTION A former Obama speechwriter moves to the Jersey Shore and learns to surf with the help of his brother-in-law: a tattooed, truck-driving Joe Rogan superfan. David, the Yale-educated writer...
Enough: Climbing Toward a True Self on Mount Everest
Melissa Arnot Reid
Paper Book
A searching, uplifting memoir by the celebrated, groundbreaking climber- a journey of overcoming where the mountain's highest peaks can only be reached by traversing the dark crevasses of the soul At twenty-seven, when Melissa Arnot Reid accepted a tank of oxygen just short of...
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 Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports
Nicholas Thompson
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...
Rivers Always Reach the Sea: Angling Stories
Monte Burke
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of Saban and Lords of the Fly comes an exquisite collection of angling stories that span the twenty-first century. The thirty-one pieces in Rivers Always Reach the Sea--essays, as well as profiles of some of...
Never Stop: Life, Leadership, and What It Takes to Be Great
Dan Hurley
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...
Surviving the Trail: Five Essential Skills to Prepare Every Hiker for Adventure's Most Common Perils
scanlondrrob
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...
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