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My Fight/Your Fight by Ronda Rousey
azw3 |eng | 2014-12-31 | Author:Ronda Rousey

* * * On Sundays, these two hip-hop producer dudes would pedal up on Tour-de-France-caliber racing bikes and order surf-and-turf and Cadillac margaritas. They tipped me thirty dollars in cash ...
( Category: Biographies September 25,2017 )
No Limits by Michael Phelps
epub |eng | | Author:Michael Phelps

4 DETERMINATION: THE 200 FLY One thing that separates Michael from other swimmers, Bob likes to say, is that if they don’t feel good they don’t swim good. That’s not ...
( Category: Water Sports September 25,2017 )
Don't Stop Me Now by Vassos Alexander
epub |eng | | Author:Vassos Alexander

14 Scissor Sisters, Running Out ‘Outlaw’ Ironman Triathlon, Mile 14 Nearly there now... almost... wait for it... wait for it... here it comes... closer... closer still... just a few more ...
( Category: Individual Sports September 25,2017 )
Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution by Abrams Jonathan
azw3 |eng | 2016-03-15 | Author:Abrams, Jonathan [Abrams, Jonathan]

At the age of 14, Moses Malone scribbled in the back of his Bible that he wanted to be a professional athlete. He turned pro in 1974 after an ABA ...
( Category: Miscellaneous September 25,2017 )
Death Grip by Matt Samet
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Matt Samet

PART THREE THE LAST MILLIGRAM CHAPTER 9 Four milligrams a day, Xanax, January 2005: “You’re chewing?” It’s my psychiatrist on the phone. I stand beneath the Highway 82 bridge over ...
( Category: Mountaineering September 25,2017 )
Chelsea Girls by Eileen Myles
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2015-08-12 | Author:Eileen Myles

NEUROMANCER I wish I was tripping now, said Chris, her face lit by the glowing candles on the table at the Orchidia. I loved the color it made her, honey ...
( Category: Women September 25,2017 )
Wreck My Life by Mo Isom
epub |eng | 2016-06-04 | Author:Mo Isom

7 Revelation in the Wreckage I’m not sure how long I hung unconscious in the wreckage of my Jeep before I finally came to. I could feel the seatbelt cutting ...
( Category: Biographies September 24,2017 )
Moods by Helen Thomas
epub |eng | | Author:Helen Thomas

PICTURE SECTION Quintessential: Peter Moody ‘at the office’, on track. (Scott Barbour/Getty Images) Top team: General Nediym, Tony Haydon and Moody at Caulfield in 1997. (Vince Caliguri) Top team #2: ...
( Category: Biographies September 24,2017 )
Carl Hiaasen by The Downhill Lie
epub, mobi |eng | 2008-01-01 | Author:The Downhill Lie [Lie, The Downhill]

The Tiger Beat For me, the only thing more nerve-wracking than golfing with strangers is boarding airplanes with strangers. Or boarding alone, for that matter. Or with 250 nuns, each ...
( Category: Biographies September 23,2017 )
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and Off the Court by John Wooden
epub |eng | 2010-01-29 | Author:John Wooden [Wooden, John]

Bill Walton came to my office one afternoon at Pauley Pavilion with a serious question for me. His knees had been causing him increasing pain over the last several months, ...
( Category: Miscellaneous September 22,2017 )
Big Papi by David Ortiz
epub |eng | | Author:David Ortiz

SEÑOR OCTUBRE For us, the Red Sox 2004 season began the day the 2003 season ended. After Grady got fired, our owners and our general manager went right to work ...
( Category: Biographies September 22,2017 )
Why Football Matters by Mark Edmundson
epub |eng | 2014-08-04 | Author:Mark Edmundson

5 * * * SPIRIT IN THE SKY: PATRIOTISM One day at practice behind Hormel Stadium, something strange appeared in the sky. I can date the event with some precision. ...
( Category: Biographies September 22,2017 )
Bellies and Bullseyes by Sid Waddell
epub |eng | 2009-10-16 | Author:Sid Waddell

Three months later, there was another crisis, and this one was much nearer home. I was made redundant from my job as assistant producer at the BBC in Manchester. Since ...
( Category: Biographies September 22,2017 )
My Conference Can Beat Your Conference by Paul Finebaum
epub |eng | | Author:Paul Finebaum

Spurrier had been at South Carolina for two seasons when Alabama athletic director Mal Moore decided to fire Mike Shula in late 2006. The speculation immediately centered on Saban—who was ...
( Category: Biographies September 22,2017 )
Football Games by Donovan Michael
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-05-05 | Author:Donovan, Michael [Donovan, Michael]

“Good day. Carolyn Michaelsons’ table, please?” “Right this way, sir.” The maitre’d said. This restaurant was opulent and exclusive. It was obvious that you had to know someone who knew ...
( Category: Biographies September 21,2017 )

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