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Books About Sports Reading List

America's Game by Michael MacCambridge
Call Number: GV954 .M32 2004b
ISBN: 9780375725067
Publication Date: 2005-10-18
American Triumvirate by James Dodson
Call Number: GV964 .A1 D64 2012
ISBN: 9780307272492
Publication Date: 2012-03-13
The Assist by Neil Swidey
Call Number: GV885.43 .C57 S95 2008
ISBN: 9781586484699
Publication Date: 2008-01-08
Baseball Between the Numbers by Baseball Baseball Prospectus; Jonah Keri
Call Number: GV877 .B255 2006
ISBN: 0465005969
Publication Date: 2006-03-06
Bear by Paul W. Bryant; John Underwood
Call Number: BBC. BBB 0436
ISBN: 0316113255
Publication Date: 1975-01-01
Beautiful Game Theory by Ignacio Palacios-Huerta
Call Number: HB74 .P8 P27 2014
ISBN: 9780691144023
Publication Date: 2014-05-25
Beyond Glory by David Margolick
Call Number: GV1136.8 .M37 2005b
ISBN: 9780375726194
Publication Date: 2006-10-10
The Big Scrum by John J. Miller
Call Number: GV950 .M55 2011
ISBN: 9780061744501
Publication Date: 2011-04-12
Blind Side by Michael Lewis
Call Number: GV939 .O44 L49 2007
ISBN: 9780393330472
Publication Date: 2007-09-17
A Book of Soccer by Brian Glanville
Call Number: GV943 .G56 1979
ISBN: 0195025857
Publication Date: 1979-07-26
Boxing by Kasia Boddy
Call Number: GV1136.8 .B63 2008
ISBN: 9781861893697
Publication Date: 2008-05-15
Brand NFL by Michael Oriard
Call Number: GV954.3 .O75 2007
ISBN: 9780807831427
Publication Date: 2007-09-03
Breaking into Baseball by Jean Hastings Ardell
Call Number: GV880.7 .A73 2005
ISBN: 9780809326266
Publication Date: 2005-03-03
Catcher by Peter Morris
Call Number: GV872 .M67 2009
ISBN: 9781566638227
Publication Date: 2009-04-16
The Dodger Encyclopedia by Bill McNeil
Call Number: BBC. BBB 0185
ISBN: 1571671544
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Evolution of the Modern Sports Fan by Andrew C. Billings (Editor, Contribution by); Kenon A. Brown (Editor, Contribution by); Kimberly R. Baker (Contribution by); Natalie Brown-Devlin (Contribution by); Brandon K. Chicotsky (Contribution by); Lindsey Conlin (Contribution by); Mark Davis (Contribution by); Michael B. Devlin (Contribution by); Joshua B. Dickhaus (Contribution by); Stan R. Diel (Contribution by); Karla K. Gower (Contribution by); Amy H. Jones (Contribution by); Eunyoung Kim (Contribution by); Melvin Lewis (Contribution by); Fei Qiao (Contribution by); Coral Rae (Contribution by); Brody J. Ruihley (Contribution by); Yiyi Yang (Contribution by)
Call Number: GV715 .E86 2017
ISBN: 9781498546270
Publication Date: 2017-03-21
Fame to Infamy by David C. Ogden (Editor); Joel Nathan Rosen (Editor); Roy F. Fox
Call Number: GV583 .F35 2010
ISBN: 9781604737516
Publication Date: 2010-10-30
Fanaticus by Justine Gubar
Call Number: GV715 .G83 2015
ISBN: 9781442228924
Publication Date: 2015-06-04
Fantasy Sports and the Changing Sports Media Industry by Nicholas David Bowman (Editor); John S. W. Spinda (Editor); Jimmy Sanderson (Editor); Shaun Anderson (Contribution by); Andrew Baerg (Contribution by); Steve Bien-Aimé (Contribution by); Andrew Billings (Contribution by); Andy Boyan (Contribution by); Emory S. Daniel (Contribution by); Joris Drayer (Contribution by); Brendan Dwyer (Contribution by); Christopher Gearhart (Contribution by); Mark Grabowski (Contribution by); Marie Hardin (Contribution by); Cody T. Havard (Contribution by); Shaughan A. Keaton (Contribution by); Katherine L. Lavelle (Contribution by); Renee M. Miller (Contribution by); Brody J. Ruihley (Contribution by); Stephen L. Shapiro (Contribution by); Nicholas Watanabe (Contribution by); David Westerman (Contribution by); Pamela Wicker (Contribution by); Grace Yan (Contribution by); Emory S. Daniel (Contribution by)
Call Number: GV1202 .F35 F35 2016
ISBN: 9781498504881
Publication Date: 2016-03-17
Game Changer by Rayvon Fouché
Call Number: Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
ISBN: 9781421421810
Publication Date: 2017-06-20
A Game of Inches by Peter Morris
Call Number: GV863 .A1 M65 2006
ISBN: 9781566636773
Publication Date: 2006-03-23
Gaming the World by Andrei S. Markovits; Lars Rensmann
Call Number: GV706.35 .M3525 2010
ISBN: 9780691137513
Publication Date: 2010-06-06
The Good Guys of Baseball by Kerry Egan
Call Number: Juv. GV865 .A1 E33 1997
ISBN: 0689802129
Publication Date: 1997-03-01
The Greatest by Muhammad Ali; Richard Durham
Call Number: GV1132 .M84 A33
ISBN: 0394462688
Publication Date: 1975-11-01
Greek Athletics and the Genesis of Sport by David Sansone
Call Number: Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
ISBN: 9780520913325
Publication Date: 1992-12-22
Harvey Penick's Little Red Book by Harvey Penick; Bud Shrake; Byron Nelson (Introduction by)
Call Number: BBC. BBB 0424
ISBN: 0671759922
Publication Date: 1992-05-15
How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer
Call Number: JZ1318 .F64 2004
ISBN: 0066212340
Publication Date: 2004-06-29
Is There Life after Football? by James A. Holstein; Richard S. Jones; George E. Koonce Jr.
Call Number: GV951 .H582 2015
ISBN: 9781479862863
Publication Date: 2014-12-26
Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner by Theresa Runstedtler
Call Number: GV1132 .J7 R86 2012
ISBN: 9780520271609
Publication Date: 2012-05-14
Level Playing Fields by Peter Morris
Call Number: GV879.5 .M67 2007
ISBN: 9780803211100
Publication Date: 2007-04-01
The Little Treasury of Golf by Jane P. Resnick
Call Number: GV967 .L46 1996
ISBN: 9781884822506
Publication Date: 1996-01-08
The Main Event by Richard O. Davies
Call Number: GV1125 .D38 2014
ISBN: 9780874179286
Publication Date: 2014-04-21
The Making of the Masters by David Owen
Call Number: GV970 .O94 1999
ISBN: 0684857294
Publication Date: 1999-04-05
The Meaning of Sports by Michael Mandelbaum
Call Number: GV706.5 .M345 2004b
ISBN: 1586483307
Publication Date: 2005-05-11
Moneyball by Michael Lewis
Call Number: GV880 .L49 2003
ISBN: 0393057658
Publication Date: 2003-06-17
The Most Expensive Game in Town by Mark Hyman
Call Number: GV709.2 .H94 2012
ISBN: 9780807001363
Publication Date: 2012-03-20
My Losing Season by Pat Conroy
Call Number: PS3553 .O5198 Z465 2002
ISBN: 0385489129
Publication Date: 2002-10-15
A People's History of Baseball by Mitchell Nathanson
Call Number: GV863 .A1 N368 2012
ISBN: 9780252036804
Publication Date: 2012-02-23
Playing for Change by Russell Field (Editor)
Call Number: Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
ISBN: 9781442621978
Publication Date: 2018-07-10
Saying It's So by Daniel A. Nathan
Call Number: GV875 .C58 N38 2003
ISBN: 0252027655
Publication Date: 2002-12-06
The Secret Lives of Sports Fans by Eric Simons
Call Number: GV715 .S53 2013
ISBN: 9781590208649
Publication Date: 2013-04-04
Sexual Minorities in Sports by Melanie L. Sartore-Bladwin (Editor)
Call Number: Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
ISBN: 9781588268907
Publication Date: 2013-02-04
Shattering the Glass by Pamela Grundy; Susan Shackelford
Call Number: GV886 .G78 2005
ISBN: 9781565848221
Publication Date: 2005-08-19
Sport and Exercise Science by Jack W. Berryman (Editor, Contribution by); Roberta J. Park (Editor, Contribution by); Jan Todd (Contribution by); Terry Todd (Contribution by); Patricia A. Vertinsky (Contribution by); James A. Whorton (Contribution by)
Call Number: RC1210 .S638 1992
ISBN: 0252018966
Publication Date: 1992-07-01
Sports and Freedom by Ronald A. Smith
Call Number: GV351 .S6 1988
ISBN: 0195053141
Publication Date: 1988-11-03
Sports Illustrated Soccer by Dan Herbst
Call Number: GV943 .H375 1984
ISBN: 0060910836
Publication Date: 1984-01-01
Sport Teams, Fans, and Twitter by Brandi Watkins
Call Number: GV568.3 .W38 2019
ISBN: 9781498540056
Publication Date: 2018-10-15
Tall Tales and Short Shorts by Adam J. Criblez
Call Number: GV885.515 .N37 C75 2017
ISBN: 9781442277670
Publication Date: 2017-06-09
Texas Thunder by Harvey Martin
Call Number: GV939 .M295 A3 1986
ISBN: 0892563125
Publication Date: 1986-10-01
Under the Lone Star Flagstick by Melanie Hauser (Editor)
Call Number: BBC. BBB 0426
ISBN: 0684840111
Publication Date: 1997-11-05
When March Went Mad by Seth Davis
Call Number: GV885.49 .N37 D38 2009
ISBN: 9780805088106
Publication Date: 2009-03-03
When War Played Through by John Strege
Call Number: GV963 .S77 2005
ISBN: 1592401546
Publication Date: 2005-10-20

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