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ESPN’s Rich Eisen, host of The Rich Eisen Show and anchor of the NFL Draft for over two decades, explores our strange love affair with the draft in a definitive book that chronicles nearly a century of colorful history, strategic jostling, and insider secrets—with input from coaches, players...

A cycling race from frost to palm trees, this is the untold story of the celebrated Paris–Nice where the world’s greatest riders are made The annual Paris–Nice race – aka the Race to the Sun – takes frostbitten riders from the chill of the Paris suburbs to the palm tree-fringed balm of...

In The Pantheon, Tim Wigmore uses a combination of revelatory historical perspective, enlightening statistical analysis and personal insight to rank the top 50 Test cricketers of all time. Along the way, he dares to answer questions that all cricket lovers ask. Brian Lara or Sachin Tendulkar?...

Brought to you by Penguin. As one of Brazil’s footballing stars once said: ‘I would say before Pelé football was just a sport. Pelé has changed it all. He turned football into art, into entertainment…He's gone but his magic remains. Pelé is FOREVER!!’ Along with Muhammad Ali, Pelé...

In the wake of The Athletic’s popular Football 100, Basketball 100, and Soccer 100, the world’s leading authority on sports reporting presents The Hockey 100—the comprehensive ranking and in-depth stories behind the 100 most accomplished hockey players to ever slap the puck. Ice hockey is...

The inside story of a football transformation that changed a club – and a country – forever. When Graeme Souness answered an unexpected call in 1986, he left Italy's Sampdoria to rebuild a Rangers side in decline. What followed was five years of upheaval, controversy and brilliance: the...

From the legendary football writer, an extraordinary front-row-seat to the modern NFL, chronicling the defining moments, teams, controversies, and more. For forty years, Peter King has gotten the stories no one else could. From riding the Madden Cruiser cross-country with John Madden, to...

This book examines, for the first time, how and why the Kop became the globally-renowned stand it is today. It is told through the eyes of Brian Reade, an award-winning journalist, Sunday Times best-selling author and Anfield regular for 60 years, the majority spent on the Kop where he is still...

While many books have been written about Super Bowl games, never has one been written about how the Super Bowl itself became the greatest sporting event created in the twentieth century. Only one person can tell that story, truthfully, completely, and in the utmost detail, and that is Jim Steeg. Publicly known as “Mr. Super Bowl,” Steeg spent almost four decades at the upper-most management levels in professional football, twenty-six of those years as the NFL’s Senior Vice President of Special Events.

'Wayne Barton's knowledge of Manchester United is unparalleled' The Mirror 'The pre-eminent writer on Manchester United' Martin Edwards ON THE 40TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF SIR ALEX FERGUSON'S ARRIVAL AT UNITED, THIS IS THE STORY OF THE CLUB’S GREATEST MANAGER – TOLD THROUGH PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD...

The vivid story of the fanzine movement that gave supporters a voice and changed football forever Demonised and left to watch games in decrepit stadiums, life as a football supporter in the 1980s was a demoralising experience. While some fans turned to violence, many more turned to typewriters...

From the club’s inception in the late ’70s to winning the division for the first time in the ’80s, Joe Carter’s epic home run, the two World Series titles in the early ’90s, the reign of Roy Halladay, and everything in between, the Blue Jays have continued to build a storied history as one of baseball’s most exciting teams. In Tales from the Toronto Blue Jays Dugout, Jim Prime, who has written several books on the AL East rival Boston Red Sox, captures all of the best moments in Blue Jays history, from the most thrilling to the most humorous, and so much more.

Bloomsbury presents Rulebreakers and Ghost Runners: The British women who asserted their right to run by Katie Holmes, read by Lydia Thomson The incredible untold stories of the British women who broke the rules and pioneered female running today Did you know that until April 1975 women in the...

'EPIC' Financial Times 'PERCEPTIVE' The Sunday Times 'BLISSFUL' Daily Telegraph 'FASCINATING' Independent on Sunday 'TERRIFIC' Henry Winter 'EXCELLENT' Simon Kuper The fascinating story of football in Eastern Europe following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, from the award-winning author of...

Vince Russo, known as the most successful writer in the history of professional wrestling, brought the World Wrestling Federation to its greatest success during the Attitude Era, creating a brand of wrestling that brought the industry to record heights. Three decades later, Russo is still talked about as one of the most influential men in the industry.

Have you ever wondered what really happens behind the scenes of a high-stakes athletic program? In AT the End of the Bench, Dr. Robert Bradley draws on 35 years of experience to provide an unfiltered, literal guide to the world of athletic training. From the high school sidelines to the program director's office at Arkansas State University, this audiobook is the essential companion for anyone navigating the complex intersections of sports, education, and professional longevity. Dr.

Trading on the sterling reputation that enabled him to survive a widely publicized doping confession, American cyclist “Big George” Hincapie—a record seventeen-time Tour de France participant, Olympian, and key witness in the Lance Armstrong doping case—offers an insightful account of...

The definitive audiobook on British mountaineer Sandy Irvine and the mystery of his and George Mallory’s disappearance on Mount Everest in June 1924. The fates of Mallory and Irvine, who were last seen disappearing into the clouds as they headed for the summit of Everest on 8 June 1924, still...

Bestselling author Harry Sidebottom takes readers on a thrilling journey through a day in the life of the most iconic figure of the ancient world: the Roman gladiator Dressed in armour and clutching a bloody sword, the Roman gladiator is the most iconic figure of the ancient world. Both...

Cambiar la historia juega un partido con el futbol y la memoria. Va sobre lo que recordamos de los mundiales y lo que nos gustaría poder recordar, sobre la ilusión, la identidad, los rivales, la afición y el mundo en torno de la pelota, pero también del negocio del deporte y la política.