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名手・エビショー、５２歳からの挑戦。牝馬三冠、有馬記念２勝、天皇賞（春）３勝など30年間で通算２５４１勝（うち重賞１２９勝）をあげた名手が、「生涯競馬に携わるため」にステッキを置き…

工藤公康は、なぜ七年間の監督生活で五度も日本一になれたのか？29年間の現役生活で224勝を挙げた名投手でありながら、監督としても突出した結果を残した工藤公康は、チームや選手のどこを見ているのか。

２０２３年３月のWBCで日本を世界一に導き大会MVPを獲得する大車輪の活躍をした大谷翔平。

Let Stephen Curry, Charles Barkley, Grant Hill, Reggie Miller, and more tell you what it was like to take the floor against one of the greatest of all time. With a foreword by Jerry West and a new tribute from the author about Kobe’s tragic death.

Written by one of the most revered surfers of his generation, Gerry Lopez's Surf Is Where You Find It is a collection of stories about a lifetime of surfing. But more than that, it is a collection of stories about the lessons learned from surfing. It presents 38 stories about those who have...

À 20 ans, il devient le plus jeune champion de l'histoire dans sa saison rookie, avant de dominer la discipline avec six couronnes en sept ans. Puis vient le drame : une chute, un bras brisé, quatre opérations, quatre années d'épreuves et de doutes. Là où d'autres auraient abandonné, Márquez s'accroche, se reconstruit et revient au sommet. Dans ce récit haletant, le journaliste Mat Oxley – référence du MotoGP, vainqueur du Tourist Trophy et second aux 24 Heures du Mans – retrace l'ascension, les combats et les victoires d'un pilote unique.

The Fishing Life is an entertaining anthology of fishing anecdotes and well-researched articles from across Paul Schullery’s research and fishing career. The author offers up stories, essays, farces, daydreams, and ruminations that will engage listeners of all kinds. Of course, being a fisherman and living the fishing life goes beyond just those days spent with rod and reel in hand. It is something that occupies your mind and your heart, not just your hands.

Steve House, world-class climber and Patagonia ambassador, and Scott Johnston, coach of US national champions and World Cup Nordic skiers, translate training theory into practice to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal. Applying training practices from other endurance sports, House and Johnston demonstrate that following a carefully designed regimen is as effective for alpinism as it is for any other endurance sport and leads to better performance. They deliver detailed instruction on how to plan and execute training tailored to your individual circumstances.  

In over 75 chapters, Alex Jacques tells the story of Formula 1’s rise, fall and recovery through the extraordinary moments that shaped the direction of the world’s most dramatic sport. Covering the teams, the drivers, the bosses, and the pit crews, Alex Jacques truly takes us trackside to feel the energy and hear from the personalities we love to watch.

Updated 2026 World Cup Edition In this modern classic, a leading sportswriter and an acclaimed sports economist apply high-powered analytical tools to everyday soccer topics. “Soccernomics is the most intelligent book ever written about soccer.” ―San Francisco Chronicle Why do clubs almost...

How is a person changed by commitment to their passion, and how does their commitment change over time? These are questions that esteemed climber Sonnie Trotter asks as he reflects on the most thrilling adventures of his sport and his life. 2025 is Sonnie Trotter’s 30th year climbing. He’s...

Jim Harrison, Pam Houston, Ted Leeson, Nick Lyons, Thomas McGuane, and more, share stories of fly fishing and life on the river. This marvelous collection features stories from some of America’s finest and most respected writers about one of the world’s most solitary and satisfying sports: fly fishing. For the first time, the stories of thirty-one acclaimed writers including Kim Barnes, Walter Bennett, Russell Chatham, Guy de la Valdne, Robert DeMott, Chris Dombrowski, Ron Ellis, Jim Fergus, Kate Fox, Charles Gaines, Bruce Guernsey, Jim Harrison, Pam Houston, Michael Keaton, Greg Keeler, Sydney Lea, Ted Leeson, Nick Lyons, Craig Mathews, Thomas McGuane, Joseph Monninger, Howard Frank Mosher, Jake Mosher, Craig Nova, Margot Page, Datus Proper, Le Anne Schreiber, Paul Schullery, W. D. Wetherell, and Robert Wrigley come together in one collection. Fly fishers and non-fly fishers alike will recognize in these poignant tales the universal aspects of the appreciation of nature, the necessity of conservation, and the joy and knowledge that come from time spent on fresh and salt water. This is a delightful, handsome volume that captures the allure and spirit of fly fishing and those that love it.

In the 1960's, California's Yosemite Valley was the center of the rock-climbing universe. Young nonconformists—many of them the finest rock climbers in the world—channeled their energy toward the largely untouched walls and cracks. Soon climbers from around the globe were coming to Camp 4—gathering spot for the creators of the Golden Age of Yosemite climbing—to see what all the fuss was about.

Artist and ardent angler Bill Bishop tackles all aspects of tarpon fishing—from building leaders to bringing them in quickly. Each chapter explores the core aspects of tarpon fishing in detail, including step-by-step instructions for tying IGFA leaders, the nuances of finding, casting to...

Few books have captured the haunting world of music and rivers and of the sport they provide as well as A River Never Sleeps. Roderick L. Haig-Brown writes of fishing not just as a sport, but also as an art. He knows moving water and the life within it - its subtlest mysteries and perpetual delights. He is a man who knows fish lore as few people ever will, and the legends and history of a great sport. Month by month, he takes you from river to river, down at last to the saltwater and the sea.

This wonderful 1980 horse racing classic never loses its luster or charm. Author Bill Barich explores the day-to-day internal world of horse racing - from the backside to the backstretch. This entertaining story of the lives and tribulations of various racetrack personalities is sure to extract every human emotion. The author's summer adventure after a family tragedy finds him living the life many diehard racing enthusiasts wish they could.

'Heads and Tasker, legends themselves, set out to write a book that would continue the trail laid by early-days sporting scribes of long ago. I could not put it down.' John Coates AC, President of the Australian Olympic Committee 'I know readers will enjoy the many stories and anecdotes that...

Rescue offers riveting stories about what happens when things go terribly wrong in some of the world's most perilous places: Himalayan peaks, African plains, vast oceans, remote Arctic wilderness. The result is a collection of first-rate prose read by masterful narrators that makes for compulsive listening.

El nuevo libro de Martí Perarnau descifra el código genético del fútbol. Describe la evolución táctica del juego desde su reglamentación en 1863: la Pirámide de Cambridge, el mediocentro de ataque, el líbero uruguayo, la WM británica, el Método italiano, el 4-2-4 húngaro, el cerrojo suizo o el 3-2-5 argentino. El libro recorre los distintos desarrollos tácticos de la mano del falso 9, la figura más compleja y sutil que existe en el fútbol.

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...

Las crónicas sobre fútbol de Juan Villoro alternan el sabroso tono de la tertulia con la épica recuperación de los grandes lances: «El juego sucede dos veces, en la cancha y en la mente del público. Dios es redondo pretende situarse en esta encrucijada. No es un libro de historia del deporte ni una valoración de sus logros, sino una exploración narrativa de las pasiones que suscita».

Las crónicas de Balón dividido abarcan a excepcionales figuras del balompié —Piqué, Messi, Guardiola, Cristiano Ronaldo, Hugo Sánchez— y establecen conexiones con la literatura, la historia y la psicología. El tono general del libro es celebratorio, pero no faltan historias trágicas, como la de Robert Enke, portero de la selección alemana que se tiró a las vías del tren, o la de los hermanos Boateng, que reactivan la vieja rencilla entre Caín y Abel. Como ningún otro deporte, el fútbol representa una peculiar manera de reunir a la gente.

Dans ce livre, l'auteur nous offre encore une autre facette de ce sport et de la réalité de ses coulisses. Pour la première fois en F1, une écurie a autorisé son directeur d'équipe à raconter l'histoire d'une saison. Au travers de la saison de 2022, montez dans les montagnes russes palpitantes de la vie au cœur de la catégorie reine des courses automobiles.

A brilliant and entertaining deconstruction of the most popular sport in the world, just in time for the 2026 World Cup in North America, from the bestselling author of How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius In How to Watch Soccer Like a Genius, Nick Greene calls on a turf manager, an expert on...

Michail Antonio wants you to know what it actually feels like to earn a living from playing professional football. Michail Antonio has been around the block and done the hard yards, breaking through the tough way, via grassroots non-league football not through an Academy – a testament to his...

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...

From the frozen wilds of Alaska's treacherous trails and the rugged majesty of Colorado's peaks to the unyielding currents of Puget Sound and Canada's Inside Passage, The Unforgiving Hours offers us an intimate window into the toughest contests in sports. Whether it's a blistering race across...

Allen Iverson n'a jamais ressemblé à personne. Trop petit pour régner sur les parquets ? Il a dynamité la NBA avec sa vitesse et sa créativité. Dans Incompris, Iverson raconte son histoire sans détour : une enfance marquée par la pauvreté et la violence, une ascension fulgurante vers les sommets, ses erreurs, ses combats et ses triomphes. Plus qu'un joueur, il est devenu une icône culturelle, à la hauteur d'un Michael Jordan dans une autre époque, symbole d'une génération qui s'est reconnue en lui.

De Rouen aux podiums de la Formule 1, Pierre Gasly s'est imposé comme l'un des visages les plus inspirants du sport automobile français. À vingt-quatre ans, Pierre Gasly entre dans la légende de la F1 en remportant sa première victoire avec AlphaTauri. Dans ce livre, le journaliste spécialiste de la F1, Emmanuel Touzot retrace l'incroyable parcours d'un pilote qui n'a jamais cessé d'y croire — de ses débuts en karting jusqu'à ses exploits au plus haut niveau. Une histoire de persévérance, de rêves et de vitesse.

“This collection of Grant’s work is a great testament to not only what he did when he was here, but what he’s still doing to impact others.”—LeBron James The definitive collection of beloved late journalist Grant Wahl’s work—a masterclass in the art of sportswriting After Grant...