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The Night Climbers of Cambridge by Whipplesnaith
mobi |eng | 2010-11-04 | Author:Whipplesnaith

North Face of Pembroke. Get a knee on to the lower cross-bar, using half a pull-up and half a press-up on the bar above, avoiding the slippery dust with the ...
( Category: History of Sports January 10,2016 )
The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour De France: Doping, Cover-Ups, and Winning at All Costs by Tyler Hamilton & Daniel Coyle
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-09-05 | Author:Tyler Hamilton & Daniel Coyle [Hamilton, Tyler]

Normally, we skipped the Tour of Switzerland, because of its timing. It was usually scheduled two weeks from the start of the Tour de France, which was a problem, because ...
( Category: Cycling January 9,2016 )
Sweet As Honey by Honey
epub, mobi |eng | 2016-01-05 | Author:Honey [Honey]

My Funny Valentine Today in my opinion is the worst day of the year. The day in question is February 14th, which is also known as “Valentine’s Day.” I had ...
( Category: Contemporary Romance January 8,2016 )
The Great White Hopes by Graeme Kent
epub |eng | 2013-03-27 | Author:Graeme Kent

The first semi-official gathering of some of the White Hopes occurred on 11 May 1911 at the National Sporting Club in New York. Promoter Tom O’Rourke announced that, in order ...
( Category: Boxing January 8,2016 )
Shooter's Bible Guide to Extreme Iron by Stan Skinner
epub |eng | 2013-12-31 | Author:Stan Skinner

Several ammo manufacturers now offer sub-sonic ammo for use with an AR-15 chambered for .300 Whisper and equipped with a suppressor. Subsonic ammo also is available for suppressor-equipped tactical rifles ...
( Category: Shooting January 8,2016 )
Ultimate Book of Sports by Scott McNeely
epub |eng | | Author:Scott McNeely

The team on offense (in possession of the ball) has four downs to score or move the ball a minimum of 10 yards toward the opponent’s end zone. When the ...
( Category: Reference January 5,2016 )
The Arc of Boxing by Mike Silver
epub |eng | 2012-09-05 | Author:Mike Silver

“Fighting Willie Pep is like trying to stamp out a grass fire,” said one opponent after fighting the elusive “Will-o-the-Wisp.” Pep (left) jabs the great Chalky Wright in 1942. Pep ...
( Category: Boxing December 26,2015 )
Fearless on Everest: The Quest for Sandy Irvine by Julie Summers
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-12-01 | Author:Julie Summers [Summers, Julie]

A selection of bills from Sandy’s collection showing equipment he purchased for the expedition When I read the reference to camp equipment I really began to get a feeling for ...
( Category: History of Sports December 14,2015 )
Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon by Ed Caesar
epub |eng | 2015-10-26 | Author:Ed Caesar [Caesar, Ed]

Chapter Six Kids, That Was Real 2010–2012 BY 2010, Mutai knew he possessed rare talent. He also knew that talent was not enough. For the best runners, money swirled around ...
( Category: Running & Jogging December 11,2015 )
My Year of Running Dangerously by Tom Foreman
epub |eng | 2015-09-16 | Author:Tom Foreman

FOURTEEN Over the next couple of weeks, I hit the same trails repeatedly. I kept falling. I kept twisting my ankles and knees in all sorts of unpleasant ways. I ...
( Category: Running & Jogging December 10,2015 )
Foggy by Carl Fogarty
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-07-04 | Author:Carl Fogarty [Fogarty, Carl]

CHAPTER ELEVEN Reaching my Peak Being world champion had increased my bargaining powers. Neil Tuxworth was still desperate for me to be back on a Honda and approached me again ...
( Category: Motorcycle Racing December 5,2015 )
The Champion's Mind by Jim Afremow
epub |eng | 2013-12-02 | Author:Jim Afremow

REGENERATION: RELAX YOUR BODY SO YOU CAN TAX YOUR BODY Relaxation means releasing all concern and tension and letting the natural order of life flow through one’s being. —DONALD CURTIS, ...
( Category: Sports Psychology December 3,2015 )
Find a Way by Diana Nyad
epub |eng | 2015-10-19 | Author:Diana Nyad

TWENTY Buck Up, Another Go: 2011 Back in California, my huge duffle bags of gear loom as a reminder of unfinished business. I am as unsettled as my swim stuff, ...
( Category: Women November 30,2015 )
Among the Thugs by Bill Buford
mobi, epub |eng | 1991-01-01 | Author:Bill Buford [Buford, Bill]

DAWES ROAD, FULHAM I was reading the morning newspapers in the coffeehouse in Ober Sankt Veit. I can still feel the indignation that overwhelmed me when I took hold of ...
( Category: Essays November 27,2015 )
American Hunter by Willie Robertson
epub |eng | | Author:Willie Robertson

As another hunter, William “Billy” Dixon wrote, “It was deadly business, without sentiment; it was dollars against tender-heartedness, and dollars won.” Congress passed a measure in 1874 to place limits ...
( Category: Hunting November 26,2015 )

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