Best sports novels and go, fiction or nonfiction.
Best sports novels and go, fiction or nonfiction.
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What is go fiction? Sorry. Just clarifying to see if I can assist
I forgot the comma it’s been a very long day.
Ohhhh. Sorry. Usually I can figure it out. This time not so much.
Sorry. I’m not a sports follower. Wish I could help. ?
It’s ok I’ll forgive you this time lol.
“Ali: A Life” by Jonathan Eig. So good. It’s not even a year old yet. Fabulous book.
Loved his book about Al Capone. I read it bc I was taking a class from him a few years ago. Good class.
@Bonnie Really? I’ll have to add it. He writes well!
@Mitchell he’s very good, I never would have read a book about Al Capone but I wanted to read something he had written before the class and it was great. He also wrote a book about the birth control pill which was good too.
“League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth” by Mark Fainaru-Wada is good too.
This is on my tbr list! CTE interests me more than it should.
Me too. It’s a bit dated, but still covers the cover up etc. Movie with Will Smith draws off a lot of the material I believe.
Concussion is the movie. But the movie is based on the book “concussion” by Jeanne Marie Laskas. Also on my tbr list! I’m a forensic psychology major and CTE and other traumatic brain injuries have been the focus of many papers I have written. ?
lol, ok. I stand corrected. Thank you. Heavy and important stuff! Good luck on your major.
Thank you! If all goes well, I will have my BA in October.
I am surprised you have time to read leisurely with that major.
Oh I don’t. ? my to be read list is currently at 526 books and growing.
Mine is 889
Blindside by Michael Lewis…non fiction. Moneyball was also good (although I found all the baseball statistics a bit much).
Mneyball by Michael Lewis
Field of Dreams
Also known as shoeless joe comes to Iowa read it. Many parts missing in the movie but I just turned on the movie lol
Money ball by Micheal Lewis
Hoop Dreams’
Great one. That is an adaptation of the classic and timeless documentary.
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach and The Brothers K by David James Duncan (both about baseball)
Beartown by Fredrik Backman – hockey, exquisitely drawn characters, and edge of your seat plot line.
Moneyball. The Spirit of St. Louis: A History of the St. Louis Cardinals and the St. Louis Browns. Benji. by Benji Molina. Friday Light Nights. Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend.
The St Louis browns one might be interesting because they were one of the worst draws in all of baseball they said if you went their your career was gonna die.
There is also a new documentary about the St. Louis Browns on PBS.
Really?
Moneyball by Lewis, it is about Oakland A’s, and even I am a Giants fan, still a good read.
Oakland needs a new stadium and out of the old cookie cutter
Seabiscuit. Laura Hillenbrand
Boys of Winter, about the 1980 hockey team
Bottom of the 33rd, about the longest professional baseball game ever played.
Harlan Cohen’s Myron Bolitar series
Oh yes!
The prologue of Underworld by Don DeLillo
My husband wrote a book about baseball. If you read it, let him know what you think. You can get it here: http://danjkirk.com/
Harold Larwood by Duncan Hamilton, one of the very best sports biographies..
Pat Summits biography.
One Goal by Amy Bass
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Moneyball is good NF.
I just watched an interview with Jeff Benedict author of Tiger Woods. It sounds really good. The book will be out tomorrow.
Tim Green
John Feinstein
Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back
Boys in a Boat by Daniel James Brown is good too
The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn
Friday Night Lights
My absolute favorite!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6562380-when-the-game-was-ours?from_search=true
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand. Hands down.
“Among the Thugs” by Bill Buford. Intense and fascinating
I’m Still Standing by Fabrice Mwamba. The incredible autobiography of an English premier league footballer who had an heart attack and died during an FA Cup semi final match. He was down for 76 minutes and an incredible medical team bought him back and he survived. This book is his life story, it’s amazing
Harvey Penick by Kevin Robins ❤️⛳️
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach (Fiction); Slow Getting Up by Nate Jackson
The perfect mile by Neil Bascomb. It is about the struggle in the 1950’s to break the 4 minute mile. Great book.
Flatbellies is wonderful! It’s a coming of age story about some boys who are on a golf team. My husband and I read it over 15 years ago, but we both LOVED it!