Thursday, May 30, 2019

Best Damn Sports Books Part 2

Over 10 years ago, I posted a list of my favorite sports books. Here is an updated list of new sports books that I have enjoyed by sports category:

Basketball


A Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at Princeton by John McPhee

The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy by Bill Simmons

Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever by Jack McCallum

On the Court and Inside the Heads of Basketball's Best Players by Idan Ravin

Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success by Phil Jackson

Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s by Jeff Pearlman


Tennis

Open by Andre Agassi

But Seriously by John McEnroe

Hardcourt Confidential: Tales from Twenty Years in the Pro Tennis Trenches by Patrick McEnroe

Trophy Son by Douglas Brunt (fictional story about tennis prodigy. Excellent!)

Golf

Tiger Woods by Jeff Benedict

Football

Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL by Jeff Pearlman

Three and Out: Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football by John U. Bacon

Boxing

Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World World by Mike Stanton


Drama in the Bahamas: Muhammad Ali's Last Fight by Dave Hannigan


John Feinstein


One on One: Behind the Scenes with the Greats in the Game by John Feinstein


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