February 11, 1990 was the day that changed boxing. In August of 1986, the barely 20-year old Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. Four years later, he was still undefeated, a vicious puncher with stunning technical acumen and an almost animalistic taste for blood. He seemed worthy of comparisons with Muhammad Ali, Rocky Marciano and Sonny Liston. But on that fateful day in February, James “Buster” Douglas took Tyson down to become the heavyweight champion of the world. It was the greatest upset in the history of boxing. In The Last Great Fight: Mike Tyson, Buster Douglas and the Day That Changed Boxing, Joe Layden tells the whole story behind the fighters, their careers, their personal lives, and the fight that clashed them together.

Buy It Now

T.O.
by Terrell Owens

New York Times Bestseller

T.O. by Terrell Owens with Jason Rosenhaus is a no-holds-barred memoir of T.O.'s two year roller coaster ride while starring for the Philadelphia Eagles. This gritty account includes never-before-told stories of his relationship with quarterback Donovan McNabb and team management as well as his David vs. Goliath struggle and triumph against the NFL. The story of T.O.'s journey as one of the NFL's most controversial players is finally accessible from the man who lived it. This truly is a modern day North Dallas Forty. Simon and Schuster published T.O. in to coincide with the start of 2006 training camp for the NFL.

Buy It Now

It's Only A Game
by Terry Bradshaw with David Fisher

New York Times Bestseller

Whether on the gridiron or sitting in front of a camera, speaking to a Fortune 500 company or singing a sad song, Terry Bradshaw is one of America's favorite personalities. Winner of four Super Bowl championships as quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bradshaw has met great success as the co-host of Fox network's top-rated NFL Sunday.

It's Only A Game, Bradshaw's new memoir written with David Fisher, hit the New York Times bestsellers list shortly after publication. It's Only A Game is the insightful, inspiring, revealing and often hilarious chronicle of a fascinating life.

Buy It Now

Thunder and Lightning
by Phil Esposito

Phil Esposito, the center from the SOO (Sault St. Marie, Ontario) documents the life of a legend skating on thin ice. In this memoir, Espo covers the various aspects of his colorful life in hockey: from being a legendary player, commentator and coach to general manager, founder and part owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Esposito saw it all: the booze, the drugs, the women, the financial shenanigans, the good times and the camaraderie, the bad times and the backstabbing. In telling co-author Pete Golenblock what it was really like, Esposito takes readers into the boardrooms, back rooms- and even the bedrooms- of the men who make their lives in the NHL.

Buy It Now

The Emmitt Zone
by Emmitt Smith

With his blend of humility and charisma, natural talent and fierce determination, Emmitt Smith has soared to the top of the NFL. But the league's Most Valuable Player-both in the regular season and in the Super Bowl-still isn't satisfied. "There's so much more I need to accomplish," Emmitt says. "If you're satisfied, you're finished." Now, in the same way he plays the game, Emmitt takes us onto the field and into his life.

Buy It Now

Sports Cinema
by Randy Williams

From passion (The Cup) to cynicism (North Dallas Forty), from fantasy (Field of Dreams) to culture clashes (Mr. Baseball) and racism (The Jackie Robinson Story), and from celebrating our need for heroes (Knute Rockne: All-American) to questioning it (Cobb), sports movies have covered a broad range of topics as an allegory of the human condition, an insightful window on society, and we are passionate about them.

In this first-of-its-kind tribute to sports-oriented movies, Mr. Williams, a longtime devotee to sports, cinema and the media, counts down and ranks his top 100 sports movie picks from more than nine decades. Complete with a synopsis, cast list, film highlights, commentary and trivia, along with "the story behind the film" from actors, directors, producers and crew members, Sports Cinema delivers new perspectives on our favorite sports movies.

Buy It Now

Idiot: Beating "The Curse" and Enjoying the Game of Life
by Johnny Damon

New York Times Bestseller

Dear Baseball Fan:

I know what you’re thinking: Couldn’t he have come up with a better title? My mother agrees with you, but unfortunately Genius just doesn’t have the same ring. Let’s get something straight right away. I may be an idiot, but I’ve tried to do more in this book than just revisit the Red Sox’s Miracle Season. I want to give you a sense of what it’s like to grow up with baseball dreams and to spend years climbing the ladder to success.

I’ll give you the straight dope, including who’s got the biggest mouth (hint: his first name is Kevin); what Pedro Martinez was doing all those times when you couldn’t find him on the bench; what game David Ortiz should never play; and why I sometimes question Curt Schilling’s sanity. Memo to Curt: the statue of you is being erected. What I’ve tried to do in these pages is bring you inside, show you the black humor and the immense joy when 25 guys took turns picking each other up, and by sheer force of will reached baseball’s summit.

Buy It Now

Golden Boy
by Paul Hornung

New York Times Bestseller

Paul Hornung was football's "Golden Boy" -- handsome, talented, and wildly successful. He had a great career at Notre Dame, where he won the Heisman Trophy (the only player ever to win it on a team with a losing record). He was the #1 draft pick in the NFL and went to the Green Bay Packers, a terrible team soon transformed by a new head coach, Vince Lombardi. Hornung's Packer teams would become a dynasty, and ten of his teammates (as well as Lombardi) would eventually join him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Hornung led the NFL in scoring from 1959 to 1961, setting a single-season scoring record in 1960 that still stands. He was Player of the Year in 1960 and 1961.

For Hornung, the good life came at a price: his gambling cost him a year's suspension from the NFL in 1963. He accepted his punishment, refusing to implicate anyone else, but in this autobiography he reveals just how widespread gambling was in the NFL.

However, on the playing field Hornung and his Packer teammates made football history. They're all here, and Hornung has great stories to tell about them and about some of their biggest games together.

Buy It Now

The Perfect Yankee: The Incredible Story of the Greatest Miracle in Baseball History
by Don Larsen Foreword by Yogi Berra

By all accounts, the no-hit, perfect game pitched by New York Yankee right-hander Don Larsen in the 1956 World Series qualifies as a true miracle. No one knows why it happened, or why an unlikely baseball player like Don Larsen was chosen to perform it. In The Perfect Yankee, Larsen and co-author Mark Shaw describe for the first time the facts surrounding one of the most famous games in baseball history. Larsen, who compiled an ordinary career record of 81 wins and 91 losses, probably shouldn't have even been the starting pitcher that October 8 afternoon ... especially against the Hall of Fame lineup of the defending champion Brooklyn Dodgers!

Ninety-seven pitches later, Larsen had firmly entrenched himself as a part of the lore that only the game of baseball can produce. His feat ranks with the great underdog efforts of all time. Leatherbound edition autographed by Don Lasen and Yogi Berra available.

Buy It Now

Bird Watching
by Larry Bird

New York Times Bestseller

Just as he stunned opponents with over-the-shoulder passes, killer steals, and jaw-dropping long-range jumpers on the court, in Bird Watching Larry Bird offers one startling revelation after another as he candidly recounts his rise to becoming one of the most respected NBA coaches in the game today.

Bird reveals what it was like to start a new coaching career, from his first meeting with Pacers president Donnie Walsh to his first look at his new players. But Bird Watching is more than a book about basketball. Recalling his own painful shyness, battles with the press, and the demands of stardom, Bird also talks about the world he never left behind: drinking a beer at JubilÕs bar in French Lick, doing his own yard work, and remembering the lessons he learned from his hardworking mother.

Buy It Now

Bob Feller's Little Black Book of Baseball Wisdom
by Bob Feller and Burton Rocks

Find advice, history, and answers galore in Bob Feller's Little Black Book of Baseball Wisdom, written with Burton Rocks. Born in Iowa just after WWI, signed to the Cleveland Indians at age 16 and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, Feller now presents the accumulated lessons and memories from a life of hard work, great success and sincere enjoyment. With much attention devoted to other leading lights of the sport, this loving chronicle will please baseball fans of all ages.

Buy It Now

Raising The Bar: The Championship Years of Tiger Woods
by Tim Rosaforte

New York Times Bestseller

Raising the Bar is the story of how Tiger Woods changed his life, his game and the way America views golf. Many biographies have dealt with Tiger's early days with the PGA Tour, but each ends with his triumph in the 1997 Masters Championship. Tiger's experiences in the last three years, however, could fill a lifetime.

Buy It Now