NATIONAL BESTSELLER Veteran sports journalist George Vecsey finally gives this twenty-time All-Star and St. Louis Cardinals icon the biographical treatment he deserves. Stan Musial is the definitive portrait of one of the game's best-loved but most unappreciated legends'told thr…
Sports journalist George Vecsey finally gives this twenty-time All-Star and St. Louis Cardinals icon the kind of prestigious biographical treatment previously afforded to his more celebrated contemporaries. More than just a recounting of Musial's life, this is the definitive por…
Sports journalist George Vecsey finally gives this twenty-time All-Star and St. Louis Cardinals icon the kind of prestigious biographical treatment previously afforded to his more celebrated contemporaries. More than just a recounting of Musial's life, this is the definitive por…
Imagine George Plimpton. Except with real athletic ability. And he's a woman. And she's taken on a challenge that makes Paper Lion look like a brisk game of Go Fish. Meet Kathryn Bertine, elite triathlete, former professional figure skater, and starving artist. Just as her perso…
Documents the tri-athlete author's decision to make an Olympic squad in her thirties, describing her efforts to qualify for a number of events while tackling such obstacles as jet lag, jellyfish attacks, and breakups.
'Steroid Nation' presents a chilling portrait of a nation enamored of artificially pumped-up success. Chronicling steroid use far beyond the headlines, it begins with the bodybuilders of Venice Beach in the 1970s and continues through to the NFL's Raiders of the '80s and '90s an…
An investigative journalist looks at America's complex relationship with steroids and how it has become the country's most dangerous and pervasive drug addiction, examining the high incidence of steroid use throughout the world of sports.--[Résumé de l'éditeur].
An investigative journalist looks at America's complex relationship with steroids and how it has become the country's most dangerous and pervasive drug addiction, examining the high incidence of steroid use throughout the world of sports.
An investigative journalist looks at America's complex relationship with steroids and how it has become the country's most dangerous and pervasive drug addiction, examining the high incidence of steroid use throughout the world of sports.
From the power of a great nickname to the story of Lou Gehrig's farewell speech, this gift book of time-honored wisdom for sports fans captures essential knowledge in lively text and colorful illustrations.
From the power of a great nickname to the story of Lou Gehrig's farewell speech, this gift book of time-honored wisdom for sports fans captures essential knowledge in lively text and colorful illustrations.
""The Red Sox won the World Series." To Citizen No. 1 of Red Sox Nation, those seven words meant "No more '1918' chants. No more smug glances from Yankee fans. No more worrying about living an entire life-that's eighty years, followed by death-without seeing the Red Sox win a Se…
