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What's New in Sports? October 2017
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October Baseball - Everything MLB Playoffs
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The Chicago Cubs : story of a curse
by Rich Cohen
Combining reportage with memoir, the author chronicles the history of the Chicago Cubs and—drawing on interviews and travels with recent Cubs players, owners and coaching staff—tracks the famous curse that was placed on the team in 1945 by the owner of the Billy Goat Tavern. By the author of Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football.
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October 1964
by David Halberstam
An acclaimed chronicle of the World Series in a seminal year finds the dynastic but aging Yankees and the upstart Cardinals facing off as America confronts its feelings about race.
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The boys who were left behind : the 1944 World Series between the hapless St. Louis Browns and the legendary St. Louis Cardinals
by John Heidenry
When the New York Times sportswriter Arthur Daley called the 1944 St. Louis Browns "the most astonishing ball club ever to reach the World Series," he wasn't handing out bouquets. An ill-assorted collection of castoffs, 4-Fs, no-accounts, farm boys, and brawlers with not much more than a few minor league games under their belts, the team was playing professional ball for only one reason: the best players had been drafted or had enlisted. Adding to the drama, these misfits were facing the fabled St. Louis Cardinals and their mvp, Stan Musial, one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. The story of this unlikely meeting between crosstown rivals--dubbed the "Streetcar Series" because so many fans took the trolley to Sportsman's Park--is told here for the first time.
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Major LeagueThe new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her. Starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, and Wesley Snipes.
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The First Major : The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup
by John Feinstein
A dramatic chronicle of the bitterly fought 2016 Ryder Cup discusses the multiple losses and recent death of Arnold Palmer that spurred a vengeful match between the American and European teams, citing the particular contributions of such figures as Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed.
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The Quarterback Whisperer : How to Build an Elite NFL Quarterback
by Bruce Arians
The coach known as the “quarterback whisperer,” who has coached the very best in football, including Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, Andrew Luck and Carson Palmer describes what he looks for in and what it takes to be an elite quarterback.
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The Tb12 Method : How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance
by Tom Brady
Tom Brady explains how he developed his groundbreaking approach to long-term fitness, presenting a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to his personal practice. Brady offers the principles behind pliability, which is at the heart of a new paradigm shift and movement toward a more natural, healthier way of exercising, training, and living, and one that challenges some commonly held assumptions around health and wellness.
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