Sport-Related Books
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Based on a book discussion thread in the Locker Room, below are some favorite sport-related books that SportsFilter members have mentioned. The username of the first person to mention the title is in parenthesis:
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Baseball
- The Great American Novel by Philip Roth (kickerofelves)
- You Gotta Have Wa by Robert Whiting (kickerofelves)
- The Catcher Was A Spy: The Mysterious Life Of Moe Berg by Nicholas Dawidoff (kickerofelves)
- Feeding the Monster: How Money, Smarts, and Nerve Took a Team to the Top by Seth Mnookin (justgary)
- Summer of '49 by David Halberstam (The_Black_Hand)
- Tales From the Dugout: The Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told by Mike Shannon (littleLebowski)
- Baseball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Batter's Box by Eric Bronson. (The Crafty Sousepaw)
- The Natural by Bernard Malamud (The_Black_Hand)
- Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series by Eliot Asinof (rcade)
- Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis (rcade)
- Ball Four: The Final Pitch by Jim Bouton (rcade)
- Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong Edited by Jonah Keri (SummersEve)
- The Universal Baseball Association Inc., J.Henry Waugh, Prop. by Robert Coover
- Throwing Heat: The Autobiography of Nolan Ryan by Nolan Ryan (Texan_lost_in_NY)
- Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks by Zack Hample (NoMich)
- Wrecking Crew: The Really Bad News Griffith Park Pirates by John Albert (NoMich)
- The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract by Bill James (grum@work)
- Baseball as America: Seeing Ourselves Through Our National Game by National Baseball Hall Of Fame and National Geographic (The Crafty Sousepaw)
- Blood Feud: The Red Sox, the Yankees, and the Struggle of Good versus Evil by Bill Nowlin and Jim Prime (The_Black_Hand)
- Veeck As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck by Bill Veeck (kickerofelves)
- Bang The Drum Slowly by Mark Harris (kickerofelves)
- Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy by Jules Tygiel (kickerofelves)
- Babe Ruth and the 1918 Red Sox by Allan Wood (trox)
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Basketball
- A March to Madness: A View from the Floor in the Atlantic Coast Conference by John Feinstein (tieguy)
- Four Corners: How Unc, N.C. State, Duke, and Wake Forest Made North Carolina the Center of the Basketball Universe by Joe Menzer
- Season on the Brink by John Feinstein (tieguy)
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Football (American)
- Everybody's All-American by Frank Deford (The_Black_Hand)
- Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H. G. Bissinger (lil_brown_bat)
- I Am Third by Gale Sayers (Texan_lost_in_NY)
- Landry: The Legend And The Legacy by Bob St. John (Texan_lost_in_NY)
- Mad Ducks and Bears by George Plimpton (NoMich)
- North Dallas Forty by Peter Gent (The_Black_Hand)
- Paper Lion by George Plimpton (NoMich)
- Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan Mania by Warren St. John (tieguy)
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Football (Soccer)
- Red Mist: Roy Keane and the Football Civil War by Conor O’Callaghan (Fence)
- My Favourite Year: A Collection of New Football Writing edited by Nick Hornby (terrapin)
- Among the Thugs by Bill Buford (terrapin)
- Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby (terrapin)
- How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization by Franklin Foer (Texan_lost_in_NY)
- Football Against the Enemy by Simon Kuper (owlhouse)
- Up Where Cazaly? by Ian Turner and Leonie Sandercock (owlhouse)
- The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer by David Goldblatt (trox)
- Soccer in a Football World: The Story of America's Forgotten Game by David Wangerin (trox)
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General Sports
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Culture of Sports
- A Fan's Notes by Frederick Exley (Venicemenace)
- Road Swing: One Fan's Journey Into The Soul Of America's Sports by Steve Rushin (owlhouse)
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Martial Arts
- Autumn Lightning by Dave Lowry (lil_brown_bat)
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Women in Sports
- In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle by Madeleine Blais (lil_brown_bat)
- Whatever It Takes: Women on Women's Sports edited by Joli Sandoz and Joby Winans (lil_brown_bat)
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Golf
- The Bogey Man: A Month on the PGA Tour by George Plimpton (NoMich)
- Missing Links by Rick Reilly (hawkguy)
- Train: A Novel by Pete Dexter (Fat Buddha)
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Hockey
- Behind the Red Line by Tod Hartje (kickerofelves)
- Brodeur: Beyond the Crease by Damien Cox, Martin Brodeur, and Denis Brodeur (MrFrisby)
- Cold War by Roy Macskimming (kickerofelves)
- The Game by Ken Dryden (WeedyMcSmokey)
- Goon by Doug Smith (kickerofelves)
- Open Net: A Professional Amateur in the World of Big-Time Hockey by George Plimpton (NoMich)
- Tropic Of Hockey by Dave Bidini (kickerofelves)
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Outdoors / Adventure Sports
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Kayaking
- The Last River by Todd Balf (lil_brown_bat)
- Every Crushing Stroke by Scott Shipley (lil_brown_bat)
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Sports Photography
- Game Face by Jane Gottesman (lil_brown_bat)
