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Rules of the Red Rubber Ball: Find and Sustain Your Life's Work

Kevin Carroll

ESPN, 2005

Fantastic little powerful book
I loved this book which is cleverly illustrated. It put a big smile on my face! Certainly inspirational in a very light but profound way Kevin Carroll takes us through his journey with the Red Rubber Ball (pages have colorful drawings and excellent design) and how he ...

Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, ...

Bill Simmons

ESPN, 2006

If you have ever read Bill Simmons, it's a must read!
I have read some of the articles before but not many of them. But I have followed him on ESPN and he is one of the most entertaining sportswriters that I know. I don't even like the Red Sox because I'm an Oakland fan, but he does make it very enjoyable. Definitely ...

Ten Men You Meet in the Huddle: LESSONS FROM A FOOTBALL LIFE

Bill Curry

ESPN, 2008

hard to put down
Hard to put down, and not just because it's well written. If you're old enough to remember the players and coaches in this book, you probably need the wonderfully readable typeface and font seen here. Would that more publishers were as sensitive to boomer eyestrain. ...

What's Your Red Rubber Ball?!

Kevin Carroll

ESPN, 2008

I wish there was a TEN STAR option!
This book is an absolute must have if you're aged 8 - 80! Kevin has an amazing way of bringing life's biggest challenges into the simplest concepts through words, activities, and pictures. His message is inspiring and is one that should be shared with many. I have ...

Dick Vitale's Fabulous 50 Players and Moments in College Basketball: From the Best Seat in the House During ...
Dick Vitale with Dick Weiss

Ascend Media, 2008

In Dick Vitale's Fabulous 50 Players and Moments in College Basketball: From the Best Seat in the House During My 30 Years at ESPN, America's self-confessed number one college basketball junkie will go on the record, ranking his players and moments from 1 to 50. His personal pantheon might surprise you. The legends are here, of course. And they ...

Meat Market: Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Football Recruiting

Bruce Feldman

ESPN, 2007

Interesting Book, Even If It Is Dated
I graduated from the University of Arkansas. Reading this book and knowing that Houston Nutt replaced Ed Orgeron gave me a different perspective. I liked how the book had Orgeron's life history, which influenced how he and Ole Miss recruited. The anecdotes about ...

The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition (Espn Baseball Encyclopedia)

Sterling, 2008

Baseball Encyclopedia
This is a wonderful and reasonably priced book for referencing the statistical record of the greatest game ever invented.

ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Game

ESPN, 2005

Comprehensive
I keep this book chair side throughout the college football season and refer to it other times as well. There is great info on each Div 1 team, and it's great to learn how certain names, traditions, etc. were started. A season by season schedule with scores is great ...

ESPN Sports Almanac 2009 (Espn Information Please Sports Almanac)

Ballantine Books, 2008

Great resource on sports trivia
I love books like this. Jam-packed with facts, including sometimes little known facts. Sports trivia catches my attention. . . . The ESPN Sports Almanac exemplifies the genre. It begins with a look at the past year in sports. My favorite section in this part of ...

It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium: Football and the Game of Life

John Ed Bradley

ESPN, 2007

It gave me goose bumps, Go Tigers.
If you are a fan of college football, this if a must read book! If you want much more than a football story, THIS IS THE ONE! I could not put this book down, it literally gave me goose bumps. If you ever played football you will find this book chilling. This is a ...

Steroid Nation: Juiced Home Run Totals, Anti-aging Miracles, and a Hercules in Every High School: The Secret ...

Shaun Assael

ESPN, 2007

Must Read For Sports Fans.
Shaun Assael, in his book Steroid Nation*, does a great job of weaving the threads of the steroid story from its less than humble beginnings as part of the Venice Beach bodybuilding underground to the Tour de France scandal, use by NFL stars and Major League Baseball ...

Breaker Boys: The NFL's Greatest Team and the Stolen 1925 Championship

David Fleming

ESPN, 2007

An Amazing True Story
I have read a lot of sports books over the years, but this one just might be the best. The story of the Pottsville Maroons is one that you will not soon forget.

Fathers & Sons & Sports: Great Writing By Buzz Bissinger, John Ed Bradley, Bill Geist, Donald Hall, Mark ...

Mike Lupica

ESPN, 2008

RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "FATHER & SON SHORT SPORTS STORIES: SOME GREAT-SOME NOT."
ESPN has put together twenty previously published "short" stories built around the FATHER & SON dynamic with sports as the stage and or backdrop. Some stories are twenty plus pages and some are one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half pages. And unlike the old saying "size ...

Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children

Tom Farrey

ESPN, 2008

Game On is right on
Game On should be required reading for all parents currently spending their weekends in the stands watching their beloved child grind through a hockey, lacrosse, soccer, basketball, baseball or football game. With hard statistical data (don't be counting on that ...

ESPN Sports Almanac 2008: America's Best-Selling Sports Almanac (Espn Information Please Sports Almanac)

Gerry Brown, Mike Morrison

ESPN, 2007

Can't be beat as a reference tool
I believe I am an expert at reviewing reference books because as a freelance writer focusing on sports they are an absoulte essential in my line of work. I find it curious that one of the other reviews would be somewhat critical of the layout or design of this book. ...