Enjoyable Sports Books

[FGators]

Okay, I haven't read a good sports book in a long time. In the past I enjoyed books by Mike Lupica and John Feinstein. I pretty much would like to stick to reading books on either basketball (college or pro), football (college or pro), tennis, golf, or hockey. I have no interest in Olympic sports/X Games/swimming,etc. Pretty much just what I listed.

Can anybody give me any solid suggestions or point me in a direction of a good author (Is Feinstein still the way to go).

By the way this Bill Plaschke book with Tommy Lasorda ("I Live for this!" looks like it could be a solid choice when it gets released.

[XXXNoahXXX]

Might want to post in Sporting Events.

[miajag]

lol, Matt Christopher.

Is there any chance that guy wasn't a boy-hungry pedophile?

[Slow Play Ray]

Moneyball is a good read.

[En Passant]

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Moneyball is a good read.

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[bobman0330]

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Moneyball is a good read.

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So is The Blind Side.

[FGators]

lol I love Matt Christopher. You really think Catcher with A Glass Arm was his best?

I was a big fan of "The Kid Who Only Hit Homers"

[BretWeir]

"The Miracle of St. Anthony," about Bob Hurley's basketball program at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, is a great read.

[StevieG]

"Friday Night Lights" by H. G. Bissinger

If you have seen the movie, you have seen the drama of the team that year, but you are missing the detailed portrait that Bissinger paints of the whole town.

At the time, the residents thought it was a hatchet job (Bissinger reports the explicit racism he encounters, contrasts the funds funneled into football versus academics, etc). In fact it led to a de-emphasis on football. Ironic considering how the movie then seems to celebrate the football achievements again.

Very good read.

[XXXNoahXXX]

This list was made in '02 and is mostly old books, but some great ones in there.

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Season on the Brink is great, inside look at Knight and the Hoosiers.