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Number of Titles Found: 62
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| Title: A Mic for All Seasons |
| By (author): Kenny Albert |
| ISBN10-13: 1637272170 : 9781637272176 |
When Kenny Albert was growing up, family gatherings sounded a lot like a dispatch from the first all-sports radio station. There was his father, Marv, whose voice shaped the sound of modern basketball, and there too were his uncles Al and Steveâ a trio of professional play-by-play men with a listenership that spanned the country.
It was only a matter of time before Kenny, armed with a toy tape recorder, yearned to follow in their footsteps.
Some 3,000 broadcasts later, Kenny Albert has amassed countless stories from the world of sports and media. A Mic for All Seasons is his chronicle of a charmed yet unlikely journey, from a youth spent calling games in his bedroom for a fictitious audience to ten-hour bus rides with a minor-league hockey team, plus the time he worked five different sports in one chaotic, 19-day stretch.
The only play-by-play broadcaster who currently calls all four major sports in North America, Albert details the stand-out moments from his three-decade career, including the 1994 Stanley Cup Final, Jose Bautista's bat flip in the 2015 ALCS, and the U.S. womenâ s hockey Olympic gold-medal winning shootout in Pyeongchang in 2018.
Part memoir, part behind-the-scenes look at the world of broadcast media, A Mic for All Seasons also features stories about life in the booth, game preparation, travel hijinks, marquee events, meetings with star athletes and coaches, and much more. |
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Pages: 256
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| Published: Triumph Books - October 2023 |
| Format: Hardback |
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| List Price: 24.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 3 |
| Title: 1 of: 62 |
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| Title: B is for Baller |
| Sub-title: The Ultimate Basketball Alphabet |
| By (author): James Littlejohn Illustrated by: Matthew Shipley |
| ISBN10-13: 1629375888 : 9781629375885 |
Featuring dozens of iconic NBA superstars like Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, LeBron James, Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, and Steph Curry, B is for Baller is the ultimate alphabet book for young hoops fansâ whether they're taking their first shot at the ABCs or already perfecting their threes! James Littlejohn's words leap off the page and bring legends to life, while Matthew Shipley's colorful, stylish illustrations are sure to delight fans young and old. What started as a successful Kickstarter project from two passionate NBA fans is now the perfect read for little ballers everywhere! |
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"The dynamic, eyecatching artwork is appealing, and the breathless enthusiasm of the text is pretty infectious. For little ones with die-hard NBA-fanatic adults in their lives, this could be a lot of fun." -- Booklist
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Pages: 32
Size: 279.4x215.9mm
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| Published: Triumph Books - October 2018 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: People & places (Children's / Teenage) |
| List Price: 15.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 4 |
| Title: 2 of: 62 |
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| Title: Baseball: The Movie |
| By (author): Noah Gittell Foreword by: John Sayles |
| ISBN10-13: 1637272642 : 9781637272640 |
â Finally, someone takes baseball movies seriously! Baseball: The Movie blends the passion of a fan with the rigorous analysis of a film critic to create a persuasive argument that the baseball movie mattersâ to baseball, to Hollywood, even to America.â
â â Ben Mankiewicz, host, Turner Classic Movies
Featuring Field of Dreams, The Bad News Bears, A League of Their Own, and more: a probing and entertaining work at the intersection of pop culture and sports
Baseball has always been a symbol as much as a sport. With a blend of individual confrontation and team play, a luxurious pace, and an immaculate urban parkland setting, it offers a sunny rendering of the American Dream, both the hard work that underpins it and the rewards it promises.
Film, America's other national pastime, which magnifies and mythologizes all it touches, has long been the ideal medium to canonize this aspirational idea.
Baseball: The Movie is the first definitive history of this film genre that was born in 1915 and remains artistically and culturally vital more than a century later. Writer and critic Noah Gittell sheds light on well-known classics and overlooked gems, exploring how baseball cinema creates a stage upon which the American ideal is born, performed, and repeatedly redefined.
Traversing history and mythmaking, cynicism and nostalgia, this thoroughly researched book takes readers on a multifaceted tour of baseball on film. |
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Pages: 304
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| Published: Triumph Books - May 2024 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: People & places (Children's / Teenage) |
| List Price: 27.00 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Title: 3 of: 62 |
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| Title: Belfry Hockey |
| By (author): Darryl Belfry, Scott Powers Foreword by: Patrick Kane |
| ISBN10-13: 162937928X : 9781629379289 |
Darryl Belfry is hockey's premier development coach, with clients including Sidney Crosby, Patrick Kane, John Tavares, and Auston Matthews. But his highly sought-after training methods aren't only for elite NHL stars; Belfry's unique approach has helped players of all levels uncover new pathways to performance excellence. Belfry Hockey details this powerful curriculum, developed over years of studying relentlessly to identify strategic advantages others were missing. It's a system that emphasizes discovering authentic identity, pinpointing translatable skill, building a personal performance matrix, and more. Belfry also expounds on topics including his "leading from behind" technique and how to create time and space through stick handling, skating, and body position. |
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Pages: 352
Size: 228.6x152.4mm
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| Published: Triumph Books - January 2022 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Sports training & coaching : Ice hockey |
| List Price: 14.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon |
| Title: 4 of: 62 |
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| Title: Blue Reign! |
| Sub-title: The Story of the 2023 Michigan Wolverines' Legendary Run to the National Championship |
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| ISBN10-13: 1637276621 : 9781637276624 |
Blue Reign! chronicles the Michigan Wolverinesâ dominant run to their first national championship in 26 years and the 12th in their storied history. This commemorative book showcases stunning action photography, memorable stories and in-depth analysis from the Detroit Free Press and its award-winning writers, including Mitch Albom, Shawn Windsor, Rainer Sabin and Tony Garcia.
In a season defined by the mantra "Michigan vs. Everybody," Jim Harbaugh's squad proved they were capable of conquering any obstacle in their path.
As the Wolverines vanquished opponents by three, four, five or more touchdowns, Michigan captured its 1,000th victory in 144 years of playing football. That was but one highlight in a campaign filled with memorable plays and players, from J.J. McCarthy, Blake Corum and Roman Wilson on offense to Mike Sainristil, Junior Colson and Mason Graham on defense.
The perfect souvenir for any Michigan fan, Blue Reign! also features the shutout in East Lansing, an assistant coachâ s lovingly profane, on-the-field interview at Happy Valley, a third straight victory over the Buckeyes and the overtime thriller against Alabama. |
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Pages: 128
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| Published: Triumph Books - January 2024 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Sports training & coaching : Ice hockey |
| List Price: 14.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Title: 5 of: 62 |
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| Title: Boston Bruins |
| Sub-title: Blood, Sweat & 100 Years |
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| ISBN10-13: 1637274742 : 9781637274743 |
Celebrate the Boston Bruins' centennial with this essential coffee table book
In celebration of the Original Six franchiseâ s 100th season,â ¯the Boston Bruins present a visually stunning retrospective featuring hundreds of archival images and vivid, in-depth writing.
This official illustrated history tells the stories behind all the iconic moments, the legendary players and people, and so much more. Fans will treasure this commemorative book as a definitive portrait of Boston's rich hockey heritage. |
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Pages: 320
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| Published: Triumph Books - November 2023 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Sports training & coaching : Ice hockey |
| List Price: 41.00 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 87 |
| Title: 6 of: 62 |
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| Title: Brave Face |
| Sub-title: Wild Tales of Hockey Goaltenders in the Era Before Masks |
| By (author): Rob Vanstone |
| ISBN10-13: 1637272162 : 9781637272169 |
A fascinating and immersive chronicle of hockey's original maskless warriors
More than 400 stitches decorated Terry Sawchuk's face during his 16 years as a goaltender in the National Hockey League, the result of high-speed collisions and slapshots that whizzed directly at his skull. All in a day's work for an elite goalie of his era.
Before facemasks became standard equipment in the 1960s and '70s, men like Sawchuk, Glenn Hall, and Jacques Planteâ the first goalie to ever wear a mask in the NHLâ put their bodies on the line in the name of hockey, enduring broken bones, damaged organs, and even psychological turmoil.
In this thoroughly researched book, Rob Vanstone illuminates the stories of these intrepid warriors while examining how the goaltender position has changed throughout the decades. As masks evolved from ghoulish-looking creations not out of place in horror films to today's caged helmets with custom artwork, goalies' body positioning and tactics were similarly transformed along with NHL regulations.
Told with charm and verve, this is an essential portrait of a uniquely brutal and harrowing chapter in hockey history. |
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Pages: 256
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| Published: Triumph Books - November 2023 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Sports training & coaching : Ice hockey |
| List Price: 24.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 4 |
| Title: 7 of: 62 |
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| Title: Championship Behaviors |
| Sub-title: A Model for Competitive Excellence in Sports |
| By (author): Hugh McCutcheon Foreword by: Thad Levine |
| ISBN10-13: 1637274734 : 9781637274736 |
From an Olympic gold medal-winning coach, a new playbook for effective athlete education and team building
Championship results require championship behaviorsâ itâ s as simple as that. In this essential book, Hugh McCutcheon provides a proven framework for competitive excellence based in motor learning, psychology, and decades of coaching experience and success.
Championship Behaviors provides athletes, parents of athletes, and coaches a defined path to the "how" of significant achievement while simply and clearly explaining the research behind the "why." McCutcheon speaks to the need for aspiring athletes to work, learn, and compete and the responsibility coaches have to teach, coach, and mentor. As he says, "We wonâ t always have five-star talent, but we can often make up the difference by being five-star teachers, learners, and competitors."
A sought-after coach and consultant, McCutcheon also illuminates the value of integrating the physical, mental, and social aspects of sport to maximize chances of competitive success. |
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Pages: 224
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| Published: Triumph Books - October 2023 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Sports training & coaching : Ice hockey |
| List Price: 16.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 16 |
| Title: 8 of: 62 |
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| Title: Cornfields to Gold Medals |
| Sub-title: Coaching Championship Basketball, Lessons in Leadership, and a Rise from Humble Beginnings |
| By (author): Don Showalter, Pete Van Mullem |
| ISBN10-13: 1637272049 : 9781637272046 |
Blending personal narrative with practical guidance, Cornfields to Gold Medals delivers well-traveled leadership principles for on and off the court.
Coach Don Showalterâ s rise to international recognition as a coach can be traced to his time at the helm of USA Basketballâ s Junior National Team, where he went 62-0 and brought home 10 gold medals. Yet, for all his international success he remains grounded in the Midwestern values that shaped his character; principles have made him a passionate ambassador for the sport of basketball and one of its great teachers.
Cornfields to Gold Medals is an all-American story that takes the reader on Showalterâ s life journey through the sport he has coached for nearly half a century. It begins humbly, on a family farm perched atop the rolling hills of southeastern Iowa, and extends to gymnasiums in every corner of the world.
Interspersed in this compelling personal narrative are 10 lessons in leadership, strategies Showalter employed throughout his 44-years coaching young athletes. Each is accompanied by key points in how to teach the lesson, and shares effective strategies for readers to implement in daily practice.
Rooted in heartland principles of community, hard work, and service, this essential book offers leaders insight into guiding others and time to reflect on what is truly important.
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Pages: 272
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| Published: Triumph Books - June 2023 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Sports training & coaching : Ice hockey |
| List Price: 24.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 3 |
| Title: 9 of: 62 |
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| Title: Dewey |
| Sub-title: Behind the Gold Glove |
| By (author): Dwight Evans, Erik Sherman |
| ISBN10-13: 163727565X : 9781637275658 |
Finalist for the 2024 Casey Award and selected as a â Best Baseball Book of 2024â by Sports Collectorâ s Digest
For twenty Major League seasons, the name Dwight Evans was synonymous with sterling defense and a potent bat. A Red Sox legend, he played in 2,505 games in Boston â second only to Carl Yastrzemski â and hit 379 home runs for the club, trailing only Yastrzemski and Ted Williams. Nobody hit more home runs in the American League and no player had more extra base hits in all of baseball than the man affectionately known as Dewey did during the decade of the 1980s, but it was his rifle-like right arm â and eight Gold Glove Awards â that established him as the best right fielder of his era. In Dewey, Evans and baseball historian Erik Sherman take Red Sox fans back to a glorious time in baseball, filled with unforgettable World Series appearances in 1975 and 1986, legendary teammates including fellow outfield mainstays Jim Rice and Fred Lynn, and some of the most memorable games in MLB history.
Yet for all his greatness on the baseball field, the immense challenges that Evans and his family dealt with off it were even more impressive, a journey that Evans poignantly explores in detail like never before. A man who would become known for his class, dignity, and strength, Evans would use those attributes along with his wife Susan to help nurture and comfort two sons, Timothy and Justin, as they battled neurofibromatosis (NF) â commonly known as elephant manâ s disease â a condition that causes tumors to form in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. Part charming memoir of an underrated star from bygone era of baseball and part exploration of a man whose inner strength sustained him through the trials and tribulations surrounding the diagnosis, treatment, and deaths of two sons who were tragically afflicted with NF, Dewey is the long-awaited full story of Dewey from the man himself. |
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Pages: 256
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| Published: Triumph Books - July 2024 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Sports training & coaching : Ice hockey |
| List Price: 27.00 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 5 |
| Title: 10 of: 62 |
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