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Humor is the best part of baseball. To survive a long season, the everyday schedule, and the failure that is inherent in the game people have always needed a good laugh about a ballgame from time to time. The stories in Baseball Humor: A Collection of Stories by Master Storytellers poke good fun at the struggles, ambition, greed, romance, envy, wisdom, and quirks of the players, managers, wives, and fans. Included are “The Pitcher and the Plutocrat” by P G Wodehouse, “Horseshoes” and “Alibi Ike” by Ring Lardner, “The Red-Headed Outfield” and “The Rube” by Zane Gray, and many others.

Die Jahrgangsbeste und der Quarterback – kann das gut gehen? Die prickelnde Sports Romance vom Bay Rouge College! Die ehrgeizige Studentin Taylor kann sich wirklich besseres vorstellen, als ihr nächstes Projekt mit dem arroganten Quarterback Zack Wilson als Partner zu absolvieren. Doch Zack muss bestehen, um weiterhin bei den Bay Rouge Lions spielen zu dürfen und Taylors Professor verspricht ihr ein Empfehlungsschreiben für ein Austauschjahr in Oxford, wenn sie Zack durch das Semester bringt. Zunächst sind die beiden wie Feuer und Wasser und halten nur an der Partnerarbeit fest, um ihre eigenen Ziele zu erreichen.

Genevieve Michaels didn’t realize how much emotional preparation she needed to do for her brother’s wedding. But when Leo Bishop walks into the bar five days before the big day, she’s reminded of exactly why she can’t stand her brother’s best friend...and exactly why she plans to steer clear of him all week.

Esta es la historia de un joven resignado a que su vida jamás será como él quisiera. Su lesión de rodilla, su entrenador exigente y su novia, que lo acompaña sólo en una parte del camino, no son más que pruebas de ello.

After landing her dream job as an assistant buyer for a luxury fashion retailer in Minneapolis, Taylor Hartigan's life becomes a nightmare. Performing mundane tasks and catering to the ridiculous whims of the boss from hell, she sees no opportunity for advancement. Though she's never quit anything in her life, Taylor walks out and heads home to Chicago, the city that holds her heart. With her confidence shaken and no job on the horizon, she knows she has to find herself again.

I never asked for the spotlight, but inheriting a pro hockey team pulls me into a world of chaos. All eyes are on me now. I’m no stranger to the world of hockey, but watching from the sidelines and calling the shots are two very different things. Especially when you’re not wanted.

There has been a long-standing belief that a woman slipped into the 1951 Boston Marathon undetected and ran the race. If that could be proven it would make her the first woman to have run a marathon on American soil. She wore “red,” as claimed by a group of Canadian runners who say they tried to bring the matter to the attention of race Director Jock Semple and other race officials. But to no avail, their story was never corroborated, and so today the “Runner in Red” remains a mystery and an urban legend.

Edna Coffman, School Board Chairperson and community icon, hires thirty-something coaches Luke Carter and Madison Danielsen with the specific directive of returning the town sports fortunes to its former championship status. The unique-to-small-town interactions are at the forefront in this tale, and clearly demonstrate the close interconnections between school, sport and community in rural small-town America.

An unexpected tragedy at a community pool. A family’s unrelenting expectation of victory. The desire to gain or lose control; to make time speed up or stop; to be frighteningly, undeniably good at something. Each of the eight teenage girl boxers in this blistering debut novel has her own reasons for the sacrifices she has made to come to Reno, Nevada, to compete to be named the best in the country.

Once in a great while a writer comes along who can truly capture the drama and passion of the life of a family. David James Duncan, author of the novel The River Why and the collection River Teeth, is just such a writer. And in The Brothers K he tells a story both striking and in its originality and poignant in its universality.

In 'Punching Through: The Tommy Malone Legacy,' follow the gripping journey of Tommy Malone, a young boxer who discovers a pair of legendary gloves with mystical powers. As he rises to the pinnacle of the boxing world, a fateful loss forces him to redefine his path. This is a tale of resilience, redemption, and the true meaning of legacy in the world of professional boxing.

The bond that changed everything is put to its final test. It has been more than twenty years since the Kindred came to live in Rockwood. Most of the villagers have embraced the Kindred and all that they have to teach, but there are those who fear the Kindreds' influence, and so have drifted away to live as outcasts. The outcasts suffer, living as they do, but they refuse help, even from the Horse-Bonded.

Знаете, есть такие девочки, у которых все получается. На них прекрасно сидит даже самая объемная одежда, а на лице никогда не появляются прыщики. К тому же они обязательно увлекаются чем-нибудь необычным — исполняют сложные фигуры художественной гимнастики, скачут на лошадях так, будто родились в седле... Легкие, ловкие и какие-то удивительно везучие, они обычно, не прикладывая ни малейших усилий, сразу же становятся звездами любой компании. Но я не из таких. Хотя... хотя всегда можно попробовать измениться! Именно поэтому я здесь, в конно-спортивном лагере, и, похоже, мне предстоит немало самых разных открытий.

When Rupert Kramer ousts him as coxswain of University’s Championship crew, Finn Sullivan’s dreams of athletic glory disappear into the murky Brisbane River. Picking himself up to pursue his passionate competitive ambitions, Finn commits to becoming a great rowing coach. But his growing achievements are upended when a tragic incident reignites his rivalry with Rupert and unearths the long-buried family secret behind his toxic relationship with his father.

Set in a lethal pro football league 700 years in the future, THE ROOKIE is a story that combines the intense gridiron action of "Any Given Sunday" with the space opera style of "Star Wars" and the criminal underworld of "The Godfather." Aliens and humans alike play positions based on physiology, creating receivers that jump 25 feet into the air, linemen that bench-press 1,200 pounds, and linebackers that literally want to eat you. Organized crime runs every franchise, games are fixed and rival players are assassinated.

The five members of an elite commando group nicknamed “the Stone Wolves” once raged against Creterakian rule. Now, four decades after their heyday, they each try to stay alive and eke out a living. But a friend from the past won’t let them move on, and neither will their bitterest enemy. Hopscotch, RedWire, the Killer, Lulz and Recoil will soon wish their pasts could stay dead.

A flunking Midwestern college student drops out and moves west to live the ski bum life. In the Colorado mountains he finds a group of like-minded, and sometimes degenerate, friends who show him that a ski town is the ideal place for young people to raise a middle finger to societal norms and do as they please.

Я не планировал умирать. Тем более не планировал оказаться в прошлом. Черт знает, как это вышло! Теперь я снова пацан и играю в советский хоккей. Что ж... Раз судьба дала второй шанс — использую его по полной. Для начала нужно стать лучшим нападающим. Назад дороги нет. У меня была детская мечта, и я ее исполню.

Wenn es nach Bailey Leblanc ginge, würde sie Colt Lewis, dem neuen Eishockey-Trainer der Wild Tigers, für den Rest ihres Lebens aus dem Weg gehen. Colt ist nicht nur der Zwillingsbruder ihrer besten Freundin Faith, sondern auch der Mann, in den sie schon immer schrecklich verliebt gewesen war. Allerdings hat sie ihrer besten Freundin ein Versprechen gegeben, das sie dazu zwingt, Colt aufzusuchen, sobald dieser endlich wieder aus der Versenkung auftaucht. Denn vor fünf Jahren, nach einer heißen Nacht mit Bailey, ist Colt sang- und klanglos verschwunden.

Männern kann man nicht vertrauen – das weiß Violet genau. In ihrem Job als Privatdetektivin sieht sie genug Mistkerle, um den Glauben an die Liebe verloren zu haben. Dann ruft ausgerechnet Weston Jarvis bei ihr an, ihr Ex, mit dem sie nicht im Guten auseinandergegangen ist. Weston ist ein Football-Superstar, der alles hat, was man sich wünschen kann. Doch ein Vorfall aus seiner Vergangenheit belastet ihn schwer und die Einzige, die ihm helfen kann, ist Violet.