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A New York Times bestseller, David Halberstam's The Breaks of the Game focuses on one grim season (1979-80) in the life of the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers, a team that only three years before had been NBA champions. More than six years after his death David Halberstam remains one of...

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. Already celebrated internationally, The Ball Is Round illuminates soccer's role in the political and social histories of modern societies, but never loses sight of the beauty, joy, and excitement of the game itself. 

Barcelona and Real Madrid: two of the most powerful and popular clubs in world football, and one of the world's most bitter sporting rivalries. Going far beyond the boundaries of just sport alone, this is a rivalry at the heart of Spanish life, taking in politics and culture and splitting a country in two. El Clasico gets to the heart of that rivalry, investigating the intrigue, the larger-than-life characters, the key flashpoints and their consequences.

'There are only three things wrong with England: they can’t bat, they can’t bowl, and they can’t field’ Martin Johnson, Sunday Times THE THRILLING ACCOUNT OF ENGLAND'S UNEXPECTED ASHES VICTORY 1986–1987 - TOLD BY THE MAN WHO MADE IT HAPPEN The Clean Sweep tells the story of one of...

Bringing the Heat by Mark Bowden is a fascinating, brutally candid look inside the Philadelphia Eagles during one of the most memorable eras in franchise history. Centered largely on the 1992 season, Bowden goes far beyond wins and losses to explore the personalities, conflicts, friendships, and enormous egos that made the Eagles of that era so compelling. At the heart of the story is the larger-than-life Jerome Brown, whose tragic death in a car accident before the season left an emotional void throughout the organization.

'A master at telling football's greatest ever stories... Breathtaking. Wilson's eye for detail and his elegant writing brings the World Cup to life like no other book on the topic I have ever read' ELIS JAMES 'Epic in scope, awesomely rich in detail, and compulsively entertaining' TOM HOLLAND...

Full of adventure, mishaps and audacious attempts at cheating, the first Tour de France in 1903 was a colourful affair. Its riders included characters like Maurice "The White Bulldog" Garin, an Italian-born Frenchman whose parents were said to have swapped him for a round of cheese in order to smuggle him into France as a 14-year-old; and Hippolyte Aucouturier, who, with his jersey of horizontal stripes and handlebar moustache, looked like the villain from a Buster Keaton movie.

The riveting autobiography of iconic American sportscaster Tom Durkin Sports have become indelibly linked to the voices that describe the action, from Al Michaels at the Olympics to baseball's Vin Scully and basketball's Marv Albert. In horseracing, perhaps no single voice did as much to reshape...

The Olympic Games have become the single greatest festival of a universal and cosmopolitan humanity. Seventeen days of sporting competition watched and followed on every continent and in every country on the planet. Simply, the greatest show on earth. Yet when the modern games were inaugurated...

The series you thought you knew: the first book written with the complete co-operation of the whole team “They’d stolen our beer and our steaks, and then to make it worse . . . they give us this Russian beer—the warm, skunky sh*t, and not the good, cold Labatts our sponsor sent. I remember...

England invented football, codified it, became champions of the world in 1966 but humiliatingly then forgot how to play the greatest game of all. England took their eye off a ball they arrogantly thought they owned, allowing other nations to run off with it. It has been 50 years of hurt since Bobby Moore lifted the World Cup trophy at Wembley, and in this groundbreaking book Henry Winter addresses the state England are in on the golden anniversary of their greatest moment.

Experience the gritty reality of ancient Roman sports where death and glory collided inside the famous Circus Maximus. Perfect for your daily commute or an intense focus session, this thrilling historical deep-dive transports you directly into the roar of the ancient crowd. Feel the thunder of...

Discover how primal survival games became a global sports obsession in this energetic history, perfect for your daily commute. Trace the intense evolution of human competition from ancient ritualistic festivals to the multi-billion-dollar athletic leagues of today. Uncover exactly why billions...

Explore the wild sports history of how a medieval pub pastime became a high-definition global television spectacle. Perfect for your daily commute, this engaging narrative tracks a chaotic journey from smoky English taverns to roaring world championship arenas. Unwind and relax as you listen to...

Watch brutal dueling transform into an elegant Olympic sport in this thrilling history. Journey from muddy killing fields to brightly lit modern pistes, turning your daily commute into an immersive exploration of armed combat. Hear how early societies trained with blades, fearing and admiring...

Experience the awe-inspiring sports history of physical limits, evolving from ancient training grounds to Olympic grace. Perfect for your daily commute, this energetic cultural journey explores how a simple urge to leap and balance transformed into the world's most fiercely watched athletic...

Trace the raw sports history of a sidewalk toy's collision with counterculture rebellion and athletic performance. Perfect for an energizing commute or an intense workout, this high-energy cultural study captures the gritty street sessions and drought-era pool drops that defied gravity and the...

Trace the gripping history of humanity’s ultimate intellectual battleground, from ancient strategy to modern AI warfare. Whether you need an engaging companion for your daily commute or a deep-focus escape, this cultural journey delivers. Witness how a quiet pastime shaped empires, mirrored...

Discover the thrilling sports history of how primitive winter survival became an adrenaline-fueled outdoor adventure. Whether you are fueling your morning commute or dreaming of a snowy mountain escape, this immersive journey drops you directly into the frozen landscapes of human prehistory...

Trace the sweeping historical evolution of human survival into a global competitive sport through our bond with water. Perfect for an energizing walk or a morning commute, this immersive narrative reveals how navigating the depths became a profound reflection of human freedom, fear, and cultural...