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Jail Blazers by Eggers Kerry;
epub |eng | 2018-03-21 | Author:Eggers, Kerry;

Portland entered the playoffs as the No. 6 seed with a 49–33 record, having gone 6–7 since its high-water mark of 43–26 on March 23. The opponent, as expected, was ...
( Category: History of Sports March 22,2020 )
Farewell to Sport by Paul Gallico
epub |eng | | Author:Paul Gallico

XIV COME ON—MY HORSE! All I know about the ancient and occasionally honorable sport of horseracing is the excitement of going down to the betting pits and watching money change ...
( Category: Journalism March 22,2020 )
The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate by Dan Jenkins
epub |eng | | Author:Dan Jenkins

Wide Open I’m gonna be a Spaniard instead of a Mexkin as soon as I get some more money. —LEE TREVINO, on the eve of winning the U.S. Open championship ...
( Category: Essays March 21,2020 )
Still Life with Brook Trout by John Gierach
epub |eng | | Author:John Gierach

During the drought, some of my friends and I had gotten almost smug about beating the conditions by fishing in the high country, hitting the controlled tailwaters now and then ...
( Category: Fishing March 21,2020 )
Fastnet, Force 10 by John Rousmaniere
epub |eng | 2013-04-28 | Author:John Rousmaniere

Looking astern from Hamburg during the 1936 transatlantic race In conditions that the photographer described as “a regular Fastnet sea.” Taken forty-three years apart, these photographs show the waters of ...
( Category: Essays March 21,2020 )
Game of My Life Rams by Jay Paris
epub |eng | 2017-03-19 | Author:Jay Paris

The Game By Nolan Cromwell The interesting thing about the game of my life is I don’t even remember it. It was probably the best quarter and a half of ...
( Category: Essays March 20,2020 )
Taking Your First Shot by Lynne Finch
epub |eng | 2012-12-31 | Author:Lynne Finch [Finch, Lynne]

Chapter 11 STORING AND CARING FOR YOUR GUN Part of being a responsible gun owner is protecting your gun from unauthorized access. If you have children in the home, do ...
( Category: Firearms March 20,2020 )
To Chase a Dream by Paul "Whitey" Kapsalis & Ted Gregory
epub |eng | 2015-03-26 | Author:Paul "Whitey" Kapsalis & Ted Gregory [Kapsalis, Paul "Whitey"]

Chapter 6: THE RUINS OF REDEMPTION Walking up the hill for my first-ever career start. Flanked by JJ (#11) and Stoyo (#10) with Kenny Godat, I was ready to go. ...
( Category: Soccer March 19,2020 )
Boise State of Mind by Joel Gunderson
epub |eng | 2018-03-18 | Author:Joel Gunderson

With a weight room on the way, and the new, softer surface of the playing field, the familiarity of the program was drifting … but the majority of players who ...
( Category: Essays March 19,2020 )
Shooter's Bible Guide to Deer Hunting by Peter J. Fiduccia
epub |eng | 2019-03-18 | Author:Peter J. Fiduccia

When I used carrots before they didn’t work well because I only used several and planted them too deeply, leaving only the green tops and a little of the carrot ...
( Category: Wildlife March 19,2020 )
A Fish Come True by Paul Schullery
epub |eng | 2019-06-27 | Author:Paul Schullery

Young Men and the Salmon Trout MIDSHIPMAN MALCOM CAMERON, A YOUNGER SON OF THE SCOT-tish borderlands, was at unexpectedly loose ends in Monterey that summer of 1816. His ship, the ...
( Category: Fisheries & Aquaculture March 18,2020 )
Simple Fly Fishing by Yvon Chouinard
epub |eng | | Author:Yvon Chouinard

One of the world’s greatest freestone rivers: The Madison, with its boulders and pockets, is ideal water for nymphing. Photo: John Juracek As soon as the fly touches the water, ...
( Category: Fish & Sharks March 17,2020 )
Great Hunting Rifles by Terry Wieland
epub |eng | 2019-03-15 | Author:Terry Wieland

Savage Model 99E. CHAPTER VIII THE .250-3000—SAVAGE’S VELOCITY KING PROLOGUE In 1914, Savage Arms unveiled its own latest entry in the high-velocity sweepstakes: The .250-3000. It earned its name because ...
( Category: Ammo & Grenades March 16,2020 )
Surf Survival by Andrew Nathanson
epub |eng | 2019-03-14 | Author:Andrew Nathanson

Jet Ski and rescue sled. Treatment for Near Drowning (Conscious Victim) Once the person has been safely brought to shore, lay them down and roll them on their side if ...
( Category: Surfing March 15,2020 )
No Shortage of Good Days by John Gierach
epub |eng | 2011-05-17 | Author:John Gierach

12 ROAD TRIP The price of gas that summer (at historic highs through most of July) sucked some of the glamour out of a thousand-mile road trip, but not so ...
( Category: Rhythm & Blues March 15,2020 )

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