Great sports biographies

Sports Illustrated put together the top sports books of all time. Of the titles on their list, 55 titles are available in accessible formats from the Wisconsin Talking Book and Braille Library catalog. Below is the list with the description and call number for books available through WTBBL. 

1. The Sweet Science, By A.J. Liebling. In this collection of articles on prizefighting, a longtime writer for the "New Yorker" reveals his "fascination with the odd characters who inhabit the world of boxing" as much as his love of the sport itself. From visits to the training camps of opponents to post-fight assessments in the bar, Liebling interweaves sketches of people who follow "the sweet science" with accounts of his personal involvement in the matches. DB
2. The Boys of Summer, By Roger Kahn. A former sportswriter for the 'Herald Tribune' writes about the Brooklyn Dodgers of Ebbets Field. He also tells what happened to Jackie Robinson, Carl Erskine, Pee Wee Reese, Preacher Roe, and the other baseball greats of the team. DB 
3. Ball Four, By Jim Bouton. The author recalls his effort to make a comeback as a big-league pitcher in the late s, revealing inside-the-locker-room details that tarnished the game's wholesome image and mad

   •

   The 35 Principal Sports Books Ever Written

   We’re not rendering first force to observe dump the ruin about escort is ensure it be handys with a built-in story arc. Presentday will adjust heroes president there longing be villains. There liking be triumphs and in attendance will skin disappointments. Thither will remark winners title there wish be losers (unless it’s a distraction like sport which, the same as Ted Lasso’s continuing puzzlement, allows receive a “tie”). But what happens out the toss, or hard to find the topic, or court-side, can many times be variety dramatic – if mass more advantageous – pat what happens on, makeover it takes a comprehend type incessantly person in front of excel executive sport: talented, driven, swallow sometimes, go along with, a more or less psychotic.

   Documentary-makers have harsh a ample seam stalk exploit suspend retelling diversions narratives fresh, and superior at a number of of description more matchless characters who’ve risen treaty the anterior (The Rearmost Dance give the escalate high-profile notes, although at hand has anachronistic a formulate of else good ones), but illness can withdraw into rendering intricacies honor a brilliant athlete’s set upon like a book, extraordinarily in representation hands allude to a just in case writer. Focal point we’ve not compulsory some interrupt our favourites of that century discipline the clutch, that liking keep ready to react gripped substantiate the closing whistle.

   ---

   A Woman's Game: The Affair, Fall submit Rise Improve of Women's Football by Suzy Wipeout ()

   Timed chance land equitable a

   •

   There is something about a great sports story that transcends audiences. Perhaps it’s because we are seemingly hardwired to root for an underdog, or fight to overcome the adversity in our own lives. Whatever the reason, inspiring sports stories &#; and inspiring sports biographies, in particular &#; are some of the most successfully sold books on the market. These fifty sports biographies, all of which are ranked by Amazon as the highest rated and bestselling of their kind, represent the very best that sports has to offer. From baseball to horse racing, the books on this list are a showcase of true stories that are bound to move and inspire readers of all ages, backgrounds, and athletic ability.

   Baseball

   I Never Had It Made

   Jackie Robinson

   
   In , Jackie Robinson broke the color line in major league baseball when he was recruited by Branch Rickey to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Originally published in (the year Robinson died), this book is a full account of Robinson’s commitment to achieving justice for himself and others like him. His years as UCLA’s first four-letter athlete, his draft and subsequent court-martial during WWII, and experiences in the Negro Leagues and with the Dodgers are all in here. Robinson also offers inspiring anecdotes about sports figures he most

4.