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  • Good for a Girl cover art

    • Good for a Girl

    • A Woman Running in a Man's World
    • Written by: Lauren Fleshman
    • Narrated by: Lauren Fleshman
    • Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 2023-01-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

    • Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her inspiring personal story and a rallying cry for reform of a sports landscape that is failing young female athletes....

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    • The Mannings

    • The Fall and Rise of a Football Family
    • Written by: Lars Anderson
    • Narrated by: Ian Alan Carlsen
    • Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 2016-08-23
    • Language: English
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    • From New York Times best-selling author Lars Anderson comes a revealing portrait of the first family of American sports. What the Kennedys are to politics, the Mannings are to football....

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    • The Secret Race

    • Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
    • Written by: Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 2012-09-05
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • A definitive look at the world of professional cycling—and the doping issue surrounding this sport and its most iconic rider, Lance Armstrong....

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  • The AAU Basketball Bible: Everything You'd Better Know About Playing Youth Basketball and College Recruiting cover art

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  • Baseball cover art

    • Baseball

    • Written by: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
    • Narrated by: Ken Burns
    • Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 2010-09-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • The companion to Ken Burns’s magnificent PBS television series—updated and expanded to coincide with the broadcast of a new, two-part "Tenth Inning"....

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    • Blackness Is a Gift I Can Give Her

    • On Race, Community, and Black Women in Hockey
    • Written by: R. Renee Hess
    • Narrated by: R. Renee Hess
    • Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 2024-10-08
    • Language: English
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    • From the founder of Black Girl Hockey Club comes a collection of piercing essays shedding light on the history of Black excellence in hockey, the future of Black joy within the sport, and the ways we can all do better when it comes to recognizing—and upheaving—systemic and institutionalized racism.

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    • Toolbox

    • Building Better Pro-Wrestling
    • Written by: Mike Quackenbush
    • Narrated by: Mike Quackenbush
    • Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 2020-10-13
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating

    • Pro wrestling has always been wrapped in mystery. After a century of masquerading as legitimate sport, at last pro wrestling has begun to show the potential of its form. At its core, it is live combat theatre, and no one has done more to codify and analyze this art form than Mike Quackenbush....

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    • The Masters

    • Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia
    • Written by: Curt Sampson
    • Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
    • Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 2004-04-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • The Masters golf tournament weaves a hypnotic spell....

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    • Conflicted Scars

    • An Average Player’s Journey to the NHL
    • Written by: Justin Davis, Brian Kilrea - foreword
    • Narrated by: David Attar
    • Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 2022-11-04
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

    • Our minor hockey system is rife with problems. But most hockey books don’t represent the real story of the journey from novice to pro. Justin Davis has won at every level and provides the real scoop only a true hockey insider can....

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    • Friday Night Lights

    • A Town, a Team, and a Dream
    • Written by: H. G. Bissinger
    • Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
    • Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 2015-12-03
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • Socially and racially divided, Odessa isn't known to be a place big on dreams, but every Friday night from September to December, when the Panthers play football, dreams can come true....

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    • The Ball Is Round

    • A Global History of Soccer
    • Written by: David Goldblatt, David Goldblatt - foreword
    • Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
    • Length: 38 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 2020-04-21
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet

    • In this extraordinary tour de force, David Goldblatt tells the full story of soccer's rise from chaotic folk ritual to the world's most popular sport - now poised to fully establish itself in the USA....

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    • The Ball in the Air

    • Written by: Michael Bamberger
    • Narrated by: David Morse
    • Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 2023-03-28
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating

    • After a lifetime of writing about the professional sport, Michael Bamberger, “the poet laureate of golf” (GOLF magazine), delivers an exhilarating love letter to the amateur game as it’s played—and lived—by the rest of us....

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    • The Why Is Everything

    • A Story of Football, Rivalry, and Revolution
    • Written by: Michael Silver
    • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
    • Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 2024-10-01
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating

    • The Why Is Everything is the story of old dogmas falling before astonishingly creative new strategies and game plans.

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    • Two Hours

    • The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon
    • Written by: Ed Caesar
    • Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
    • Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 2015-11-03
    • Language: English
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    • Two hours to cover 26 miles and 385 yards. Its running's Everest, a feat once seen as impossible for the human body. Now we can glimpse the mountaintop....

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    • The Barcelona Complex

    • Lionel Messi and the Making—and Unmaking—of the World's Greatest Soccer Club
    • Written by: Simon Kuper
    • Narrated by: Steve West
    • Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 2021-08-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

    • With rare and unrivaled access, best-selling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper tells the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful club in the world—and how that era is now ending....

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    • Bare Knuckle

    • Bobby Gunn, 73–0 Undefeated. A Dad. A Dream. A Fight Like You’ve Never Seen.
    • Written by: Stayton Bonner
    • Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
    • Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 2024-04-23
    • Language: English
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    • Bare Knuckle is the remarkable true tale of Bobby Gunn, the 73–0 undisputed champion of bare-knuckle boxing.

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    • Talk of Champions

    • Stories of the People Who Made Me: A Memoir
    • Written by: Kenny Smith
    • Narrated by: Kenny Smith
    • Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 2023-05-09
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating

    • Kenny Smith reveals memorable inside stories of his playing and broadcasting careers, focusing on the star players, coaches, and mentors who inspired him along the way....

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    • Take Back the Game

    • How Money and Mania Are Ruining Kids' Sports--and Why It Matters
    • Written by: Linda Flanagan
    • Narrated by: Abby Craden
    • Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 2022-08-23
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet

    • Some 75% of American families want their kids to play sports. Athletics are training grounds for character, friendship, and connection; at their best, sports insulate kids from hardship and prepare them for adult life....

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    • Slaying the Tiger

    • A Year Inside the Ropes on the New PGA Tour
    • Written by: Shane Ryan
    • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
    • Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 2015-09-15
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • For more than a decade, golf was dominated by one galvanizing figure: Eldrick "Tiger" Woods. But as his star has fallen, a new, ambitious generation has stepped up....

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    • Forty Million Dollar Slaves

    • The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete
    • Written by: William C. Rhoden
    • Narrated by: William C. Rhoden
    • Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 2017-10-03
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings

    • Provocative and controversial, Rhoden's Forty Million Dollar Slaves weaves a compelling narrative of Black athletes in the United States, from the plantation to their beginnings....

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