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Below the belt
by Jeanette Murray
An athletic trainer for the Marine Corps boxing team, Marianne Cook must use covert tactics to get hard-bodied marine First Lieutenant Brad Costa, who is pushing twice as hard as his younger counterparts, to admit he is injured as they fight against each other in a ring where passion calls the shots. Original.
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Gold
by Chris Cleave
Sharing a close friendship and rivalry throughout their Elite training, world-class athletes Zoe and Kate find the limits of their physical and emotional realities tested on the eve of London 2012, where they consider difficult sacrifices and weigh their senses of mortality. By the author of the best-selling Little Bee. (general fiction).
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The redshirt : a novel
by Corey Sobel
"Corey Sobel challenges tenacious stereotypes in this compelling debut novel, shedding new light on the hypermasculine world of American football. The Redshirt introduces Miles Furling, a young man who is convinced he was placed on earth to play football. Deep in the closet, he sees the sport as a means of gaining a permanent foothold in a culture that would otherwise reject him. Still, Miles's body lags behind his ambitions, and recruiters tell him he is not big enough to compete at the top level. His dreams come true when a letter arrives from King College. The elite southern school boasts one of the best educations in America and one of the worst Division One football programs. King football is filled with obscure, ignored players like Miles-which is why he and the sports world in general are shocked when the country's top recruit, Reshawn McCoy, also chooses to attend the college. As brilliant a student as he is a player, the intensely private Reshawn refuses to explain why he chose King over other programs. Miles is as baffled as everyone else, and less than thrilled when he winds up rooming with the taciturn Reshawn. Initially at odds with each other, the pair become confidants as the win-at-all-costs program makes brutal demands on their time and bodies. When their true selves and the identities that have been imposed on them by the game collide, both young men are forced to make life-changing choices"
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Sooley
by John Grisham
After seventeen-year-old Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon receives a college scholarship to play basketball for North Carolina Central, he moves to Durham from his native, war-torn South Sudan, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season, but Sooley has a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America, working tirelessly on his game until he dominates everyone in practice, and when Sooley is called off the bench, the legend begins
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The total package by Stephanie EvanovichStar quarterback, first-round draft-pick, and heartthrob Tyson Palmer has made a name for himself with his spectacular moves. When the head coach of the Austin Mavericks refuses to let him waste his million-dollar arm, Tyson makes a Hail Mary pass at redemption and succeeds with everyone . . . except Dani, whose negative comments about his performance draw high ratings and spectacular notices of her own. Dani can’t forgive Tyson’s transgressions or forget the sizzling history the two of them shared in college, a passionate love Tyson casually threw away. And even more infuriating, he doesn’t realize that the bombshell with huge ratings is the cute girl whose heart he once broke. But can a woman trying to claw her way to the top and a quarterback who knows all about rock bottom make it to the Super Bowl without destroying each other? And what will happen when Tyson—riding high now that he’s revived his career—realizes he needs to make an even more important comeback with Dani? Can he make some spectacular moves to get past her defenses—or will she sideline him for good?
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Running the rift : a novel
by 1951- Benaron, Naomi
Rwandan runner Jean Patrick Nkuba dreams of winning an Olympic gold medal and uniting his ethnically divided country, only to be driven from everyone he loves when the violence starts, after which he must find a way back to a better life.
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Angels walking
by Karen Kingsbury
After suffering a career-ending injury, Tyler Ames finds a maintenance job at a retirement home where he meets Virginia Hutcheson, a patient with Alzheimer's who seems to have the answers he is seeking
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Slam! Volume one
by Pamela Ribon
Jennifer and Maisie become fast friends after meeting at the Fresh Meat Orientation for the Eastside Roller Girls, but when they are drafted to opposing teams, their personal lives and new friendship are put to the test
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Raleigh-Durham
by Treasure Hernandez
Destined to be an NFL star, Amir instead wants to be a hustler like his father and, adhering to the code of the streets, must make some difficult decision when a devastating betrayal brings about dire consequences.
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The art of fielding : a novel
by Chad Harbach
A baseball star at a small college near Lake Michigan launches a routine throw that goes disastrously off course and inadvertently changes the lives of five people, including the college president, a gay teammate and the president's daughter. 75,000 first printing.
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Racing the rain : a novel
by Jr. Parker, John L.
A prequel to the best-selling Once a Runner follows the coming-of-age of future world-class athlete Quenton Cassidy, who races against the forces of nature near his mid-20th-century Gold Coast home before befriending a regional eccentric.
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Miracle at Augusta
by 1947- Patterson, James
Years after his unexpected PGA win catapults him to fame, Travis struggles with feelings of inadequacy in the face of personal setbacks before mentoring a promising teen outcast. By the authors of Miracle on the 17th Green. 300,000 first printing.
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The singles game
by 1977- Weisberger, Lauren
Hiring a legendary new coach after a devastating Wimbledon loss and injury, young tennis star Charlie Silver endures a campaign to transform her good-girl image into that of a ruthless competitor
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We ride upon sticks
by Quan Barry
Nearly three centuries after their coastal community’s witch trials, the women athletes of the 1989 Danvers Falcons hockey team combine individual and collective talents with 1980s iconography to storm their way to the state finals.
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