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What's New in Sports? August 2018
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Game, Set, Match - Everything Tennis
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A Terrible Splendor : Three Extraordinary Men, A World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played
by Marshall Jon Fisher
Before Federer versus Nadal, before Borg versus McEnroe, the greatest tennis match ever played pitted the dominant Don Budge against the seductively handsome Baron Gottfried von Cramm. This deciding 1937 Davis Cup match, played on the hallowed grounds of Wimbledon, was a battle of titans: the world's number one tennis player against the number two; America against Germany; democracy against fascism. For five superhuman sets, the duo’s brilliant shotmaking kept the Centre Court crowd–and the world–spellbound. But the match’s significance extended well beyond the immaculate grass courts of Wimbledon. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression and the brink of World War II, one man played for the pride of his country while the other played for his life.
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Open : an autobiography
by Andre Agassi
A candid memoir by the tennis champion includes coverage of his Grand Slam wins, establishment of a charitable foundation for underprivileged children and marriage to Stefanie Graf.
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Venus envy : a sensational season inside the women's tennis tour
by L. Jon Wertheim
An exciting behind-the-scenes glimpse into the women's tennis tour, from the Grand Slam tournament in Australia to the Williams sisters' triumpant victory at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, details the characters and psyches of the top players and discusses such topics as race, sexuality, and dysfunctional families.
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Improve your tennis IQ : The Intelligent Workout to Improve Your Skills on Court
by Charles Applewhaite
A self-help guide for tennis players who want to improve their performance and get more satisfaction from the game. The author’s ingenious combination of instructive illustrations and succinct text give players an opportunity to analyze their game and correct their mistakes. Charles Applewhaite is a top tennis coach who advises that whether playing tennis competitively or just for fun, every player can improve his or her game.
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Believe it : my journey of success, failure, and overcoming the odds
by Nick Foles
When the Philadelphia Eagles’ starting quarterback went down with a torn ACL in week 14 of the 2017 NFL season, many fans―and commentators―assumed the Eagles’ season was over. Instead, Nick Foles came off the bench and, against all odds, led the Eagles to their first Super Bowl victory in history. "Believe It" offers a behind-the-scenes look at Nick’s unlikely path to the Super Bowl, the obstacles that threatened to hold him back, his rediscovery of his love for the game, and the faith that grounded him through it all. Learn from the way Nick handled the trials and tribulations that made him into the man he is today―and discover a path to your own success.
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Astroball : How a Gang of Outsiders Went Beyond Stats to Win the World Series
by Ben Reiter
When Sports Illustrated declared on the cover of a June 2014 issue that the Houston Astros would win the World Series in 2017, people thought Ben Reiter, the article's author, was crazy. The Astros were the worst baseball team in half a century, but they were more than just bad. They were an embarrassment, a club that didn't even appear to be trying to win. The cover story, combined with the specificity of Reiter's claim, met instant and nearly universal derision. But three years later, the critics were proved improbably, astonishingly wrong. How had Reiter predicted it so accurately? And, more important, how had the Astros pulled off the impossible?
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Fly Girls : How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
by Keith O'Brien
Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. Thousands of fans flocked to multi‑day events, and cities vied with one another to host them. The pilots themselves were hailed as dashing heroes who cheerfully stared death in the face. Well, the men were hailed. Female pilots were more often ridiculed than praised for what the press portrayed as silly efforts to horn in on a manly, and deadly, pursuit. Fly Girls recounts how a cadre of women banded together to break the original glass ceiling: the entrenched prejudice that conspired to keep them out of the sky.
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Jim Brown : Last Man Standing
by Dave Zirin
A unique biography of Jim Brown--football legend, Hollywood star, and controversial activist--written by acclaimed sports journalist Dave Zirin.
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