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To the Linksland (30th Anniversary Edition)
- By: Michael Bamberger
- Narrated by: Michael Bamberger
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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To the Linksland is the captivating memoir of Michael Bamberger’s golfing pilgrimage. From an all-night caddie bus on the back roads of southern Europe to Stark’s secret six-hole course in the Scottish Highlands, Bamberger takes you on a journey into the heart of golf....
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The Dirtiest Race in History
- Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the 1988 Olympic 100M Final
- By: Richard Moore
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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The 1988 Seoul Olympics played host to what has been described by some as the dirtiest race of all time, by others as the greatest....
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Great book
- By Ian Simpson on 16-07-2017
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The Grand National
- A Celebration of the World's Most Famous Horse Race
- By: Anne Holland
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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Every year the Grand National produces very different stories from jockeys and horses alike; uplifting scenes from a victor and heartbreak when a mere inch divides the loser from the winner at the end of nearly four-and-a-half miles and 30 challenging fences....
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Harvey Penick's Little Red Book
- Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime of Golf
- By: Harvey Penick, Bud Shrake
- Narrated by: Jack Whitaker
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Harvey Penick's life in golf began when he was eight years old, caddying at the Austin, Texas, Country Club. Eight decades later...
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Definitely recommend
- By Anonymous User on 12-06-2023
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The Rip Curl Story
- By: Tim Baker
- Narrated by: Jesse Lawrence
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
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Best-selling surf writer Tim Baker tells this implausible story in an irresistible series of ripping yarns, offering rich life lessons, a maverick business primer and a wild ride of adventure, good times and outlandish ambitions spectacularly realised....
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Parochial and self-indulgent
- By Wednesday's Child on 06-01-2020
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The Fairytale
- A Real and Imagined History of Australian Sport
- By: H. G. Nelson
- Narrated by: H.G. Nelson
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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For more than 30 years, H. G. Nelson has been finding the poetry in the punt and humour during half-time. Now, he turns his keen eye for facts and folly to the illustrious history of our great sporting nation....
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The Aussie Dream
- By Anonymous User on 24-11-2021
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To the Linksland (30th Anniversary Edition)
- By: Michael Bamberger
- Narrated by: Michael Bamberger
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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To the Linksland is the captivating memoir of Michael Bamberger’s golfing pilgrimage. From an all-night caddie bus on the back roads of southern Europe to Stark’s secret six-hole course in the Scottish Highlands, Bamberger takes you on a journey into the heart of golf....
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The Dirtiest Race in History
- Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the 1988 Olympic 100M Final
- By: Richard Moore
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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The 1988 Seoul Olympics played host to what has been described by some as the dirtiest race of all time, by others as the greatest....
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Great book
- By Ian Simpson on 16-07-2017
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The Grand National
- A Celebration of the World's Most Famous Horse Race
- By: Anne Holland
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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Every year the Grand National produces very different stories from jockeys and horses alike; uplifting scenes from a victor and heartbreak when a mere inch divides the loser from the winner at the end of nearly four-and-a-half miles and 30 challenging fences....
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Harvey Penick's Little Red Book
- Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime of Golf
- By: Harvey Penick, Bud Shrake
- Narrated by: Jack Whitaker
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Harvey Penick's life in golf began when he was eight years old, caddying at the Austin, Texas, Country Club. Eight decades later...
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Definitely recommend
- By Anonymous User on 12-06-2023
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The Rip Curl Story
- By: Tim Baker
- Narrated by: Jesse Lawrence
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
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Best-selling surf writer Tim Baker tells this implausible story in an irresistible series of ripping yarns, offering rich life lessons, a maverick business primer and a wild ride of adventure, good times and outlandish ambitions spectacularly realised....
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Parochial and self-indulgent
- By Wednesday's Child on 06-01-2020
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The Fairytale
- A Real and Imagined History of Australian Sport
- By: H. G. Nelson
- Narrated by: H.G. Nelson
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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For more than 30 years, H. G. Nelson has been finding the poetry in the punt and humour during half-time. Now, he turns his keen eye for facts and folly to the illustrious history of our great sporting nation....
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The Aussie Dream
- By Anonymous User on 24-11-2021
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A Brief History of Surfing
- By: Matt Warshaw
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
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Matt Warshaw knows more about surfing than any other person on the planet, as evidenced by The History of Surfing, Warshaw's definitive take on the sport....
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Best Australian Racing Stories
- By: Jim Haynes
- Narrated by: Jim Haynes
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
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The stories and verses in this collection are not just anecdotes, racing history pieces or rehashed feature articles from sports journalists; first and foremost they are good literature....
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Great Australian Sporting Stories
- By: Ian Heads, Norman Tasker
- Narrated by: Chris Chapple
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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Australia enjoys a rich sporting heritage. Our small population has yielded a disproportionate number of champions....
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Absorbing
- By Anonymous User on 08-06-2022
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A Killing Art
- The Untold History of Tae Kwon Doe
- By: Alex Gillis
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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Obscure documents, Korean-language books, and in-depth interviews with tae kwon do pioneers tell the tale of the origin of the most popular martial art....
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Truth
- By Robert on 13-01-2024
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The Master
- The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer
- By: Christopher Clarey
- Narrated by: Kiff VandenHeuvel
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
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Correspondent Christopher Clarey sits down with Federer and those closest to him to tell the story of the greatest player in men's tennis....
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The First Major
- The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup
- By: John Feinstein
- Narrated by: John Feinstein
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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A dramatic chronicle of the bitterly fought 2016 Ryder Cup pitting a US team out for revenge against the Europeans determined to keep the cup out of American hands....
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Munich 1972
- Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games
- By: David Clay Large
- Narrated by: Gregory St. John
- Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
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With the Olympic movement in constant danger of terrorist disruption, and with the fortieth anniversary of the 1972 tragedy upon us in 2012, the Munich story is more timely than ever....
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Girls Don't Play Sport
- The Game-Changing, Defiant Rise of Women's Sport and Why It Matters
- By: Chloe Dalton
- Narrated by: Jessica Stanley
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
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Girls Don't Play Sport is a fierce manifesto advocating for female athletes at all levels. It explores how we got to this point and asks where we need to go next to embrace the untapped potential of women's sport....
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Iron War
- Dave Scott, Mark Allen, and the Greatest Race Ever Run
- By: Matt Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Seth Michael Donsky
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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The 1989 Ironman World Championship was the greatest race ever in endurance sports....
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great story - terrible reading
- By David on 01-09-2015
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Coach Wooden and Me
- Our 50-Year Friendship on and off the Court
- By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Narrated by: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Length: 6 hrs
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In 1965, 18-year old Lew Alcindor played basketball for Coach John Wooden at UCLA. It was the beginning of what was to become a 50-year long relationship....
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Heartbreakingly inspiring
- By Zappagore Waikato on 23-03-2022
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Unnatural Ability
- The History of Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Thoroughbred Racing
- By: Milton C. Toby
- Narrated by: Barry Abrams
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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Milton C. Toby addresses the historical and contemporary context of the Thoroughbred industry's most pressing issue....
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Striking Back
- The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response
- By: Aaron J. Klein
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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1972. The Munich Olympics. Palestinian members of the Black September group murder 11 Israeli athletes....
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Edge of your seat thriller
- By Amazon Customer on 30-01-2023
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Football Done Right
- Setting the Record Straight on the Coaches, Players, and History of the NFL
- By: Michael Lombardi
- Narrated by: Dan Woren, Michael Lombardi, Jim Nantz
- Length: 13 hrs
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Former NFL general manager and three-time Super Bowl winner Michael Lombardi takes listeners on the ultimate journey through the NFL's history to present his calls on the greatest players and coaches the sport has ever seen....
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A Brief History of the Martial Arts
- East Asian Fighting Styles, from Kung Fu to Ninjutsu
- By: Jonathan Clements
- Narrated by: Jonathan Clements
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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From Shaolin warrior monks to the movies of Bruce Lee, a new history of the evolution of East Asian styles of unarmed combat, from kung fu to ninjutsu....
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A great meander through martial history
- By Desmond J. Paroz on 23-04-2023
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This Is the Life
- Days and Nights in the GAA
- By: Ciarán Murphy
- Narrated by: Ciarán Murphy
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
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The GAA is Ireland's largest civil society organisation, woven into the fabric of families and communities - and yet most books about Gaelic games focus on the greatest players and inter-county teams. This is the Life takes a witty and provocative look at grassroots GAA....
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Resonated hugely
- By Anonymous User on 16-10-2023
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Wrath of the Dragon
- The Real Fights of Bruce Lee
- By: John Little
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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Bruce Lee remains the gold standard that all martial artists are compared to. But could he actually fight? World Champions in karate competition have gone on record to point out that he never once competed in tournaments....
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Red on Red
- Liverpool, Manchester United and the Fiercest Rivalry in World Football
- By: Phil McNulty, Jim White
- Narrated by: Luke Francis
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
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Red on Red tells the story of the most contested fixture in world football....
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Either type of Red this is a must listen/read.
- By Anonymous User on 15-02-2023
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Frankel
- The Greatest Racehorse of All Time and the Sport That Made Him
- By: Simon Cooper
- Narrated by: Rupert Bush
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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In horse racing greatness is defined by speed. Being the second fastest counts for little. You have to win. And win. And keep winning until every challenger of your generation is put to the sword. Of the 12 horses lined up on Newmarket Heath that 2011 day, one would do just that....
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Those Guys Have All the Fun
- Inside the World of ESPN
- By: James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales
- Narrated by: James Andrew Miller, Matt McCarthy, Joan Baker
- Length: 27 hrs and 56 mins
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ESPN began as an outrageous gamble with a lineup that included Australian Rules Football, rodeo, and a rinky-dinky clip show called Sports Center....
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The Knockout
- By: Andy Clarke
- Narrated by: Aurum Press
- Length: 8 hrs
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The Knockout is the most dramatic and devastating moment in sport. There is nothing to rival it: Not the last second goal, not the basket on the buzzer, not the putt that drops on the eighteenth green. In terms of its brutality and finality, it stands alone.
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Das Spiel
- Die ganze Welt des Fußballs
- By: Philipp Lahm
- Narrated by: Julian Horeyseck
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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Tore, Titel, tolle Spiele - Geschäft, Rassismus, Depression. Beide Ebenen gehören zur Welt des modernen Fußballs. Mit seiner sportlichen...
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Into the Storm
- Lessons in Teamwork from the Treacherous Sydney to Hobart Ocean Race
- By: Jillian B. Murphy, Dennis N. T. Perkins
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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The iconic Sydney to Hobart Race, a 723-mile deepwater challenge - often called the “Everest” of offshore ocean racing - is considered one of the toughest in the world....
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On the Warrior's Path, Second Edition
- Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology
- By: Daniele Bolelli
- Narrated by: Kirk Magoon
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
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On the Warrior’s Path connects the martial arts with this larger perspective, merging subtle philosophies with no-holds-barred competition, Nietzsche with Bruce Lee, radical Taoism and Buddhism with the Star Wars Trilogy, traditional martial arts with basketball and American Indian culture....
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Outriders
- Rodeo at the Fringes of the American West
- By: Rebecca Scofield
- Narrated by: Jenn Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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Rodeo is a dangerous and painful performance in which only the strongest and most skilled riders succeed. In the popular imagination, the western rodeo hero is often a stoic white man who embodies the toughness and independence of America’s frontier past.
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To the Linksland (30th Anniversary Edition)
- By: Michael Bamberger
- Narrated by: Michael Bamberger
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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In 1991, Michael Bamberger, a newspaper sportswriter, gave up his apartment, took a leave-of-absence from his job and his life, and, joined by his newlywed wife, set off to explore the wide world of golf. Bamberger’s first step in this madcap golfing adventure was to become a caddie on the European golf tour. To the Linksland is the captivating memoir of Bamberger’s golfing pilgrimage. From an all-night caddie bus on the back roads of southern Europe to Stark’s secret six-hole course in the Scottish Highlands, Bamberger takes you on a journey into the heart of golf.
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From Lord’s to the Fjords
- The Saga of Icelandic Cricket
- By: Kit Harris
- Narrated by: Kit Harris
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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From Lord’s to the Fjords is the uproarious tale of cricket in Iceland: how the national press believed a stag party from Oxford were the official England team, how Sky Sports accidentally sent a crew to televise an Icelandic Cricket Cup final that didn’t exist, how the lead singer of Iron Maiden flew a passenger jet into a match under the midnight sun, how Henry Blofeld umpired in a blizzard on top of an ice cap, how the Iceland team was sold to the world’s public and became a viral Twitter sensation (incurring the wrath of Jofra Archer)....
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Title IX, Pat Summitt, and Tennessee's Trailblazers
- 50 Years, 50 Stories
- By: Mary Ellen Pethel
- Narrated by: Mary Ellen Pethel
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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In June 1972, President Richard Nixon put pen to paper and signed the Educational Amendments of 1972 into law. The nearly 150-page document makes no mention of “gender,” “athletics,” “girls,” or “women.” The bill did not appear to contain anything earth shattering. But tucked into its final pages, a heading appears, “Title IX—Prohibition of Sex Discrimination.” These 37 words would change the world for girls and women across the United States. On its face, Title IX legally guaranteed equal opportunity in education.
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Perfection
- The 1910 Pittsburgh Panthers
- By: David Finoli, Gary Kinn
- Narrated by: WT Bennett
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
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The 1910 University of Pittsburgh football team not only had the honor of being the second undefeated team in the program’s history, the first being the 1904 squad that went 10-0, but it also did something that the ’04 squad didn’t, it went through the entire campaign with a defense that didn’t allow a point. It was as close to perfection as a team could achieve. Win all your games and pitch a shutout in every contest.
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This Is Our City
- Four Teams, Twelve Championships, and How Boston Became the Most Dominant Sports City in the World
- By: Tony Massarotti
- Narrated by: Gregory Abbey
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
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In Boston, sports loyalty—and passion—runs deep. But for much of the twentieth century, the records of the Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, and Patriots were mixed, with some victories but also heartbreaking losses and endless talk of curses. And then, things changed. In the twenty-first century, Boston became the hub of the sports universe.
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Kings of the Bluff
- The 1955 National Champion Duquesne Dukes
- By: David Finoli, Robert Healy III
- Narrated by: Dean Gallagher
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Sihugo Green, Dick Ricketts, Dave Ricketts, Mickey Winograd, Lou Severine, Jim Fallon, Lou Iezzi, Paul Lojpersberger, Ralph Leng, John Nosworthy, Tom Peszko, Bob Schneider, Dudey Moore and Red Manning. They are all connected, in perpetuity, as a special group of men who not only captured the lone major national title in Duquesne University history, but to date the only Division I college basketball national championship the city of Pittsburgh has ever produced in a tournament. No other team has ever had the honor of raising a national championship trophy.
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To the Linksland (30th Anniversary Edition)
- By: Michael Bamberger
- Narrated by: Michael Bamberger
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1991, Michael Bamberger, a newspaper sportswriter, gave up his apartment, took a leave-of-absence from his job and his life, and, joined by his newlywed wife, set off to explore the wide world of golf. Bamberger’s first step in this madcap golfing adventure was to become a caddie on the European golf tour. To the Linksland is the captivating memoir of Bamberger’s golfing pilgrimage. From an all-night caddie bus on the back roads of southern Europe to Stark’s secret six-hole course in the Scottish Highlands, Bamberger takes you on a journey into the heart of golf.
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From Lord’s to the Fjords
- The Saga of Icelandic Cricket
- By: Kit Harris
- Narrated by: Kit Harris
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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From Lord’s to the Fjords is the uproarious tale of cricket in Iceland: how the national press believed a stag party from Oxford were the official England team, how Sky Sports accidentally sent a crew to televise an Icelandic Cricket Cup final that didn’t exist, how the lead singer of Iron Maiden flew a passenger jet into a match under the midnight sun, how Henry Blofeld umpired in a blizzard on top of an ice cap, how the Iceland team was sold to the world’s public and became a viral Twitter sensation (incurring the wrath of Jofra Archer)....
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Title IX, Pat Summitt, and Tennessee's Trailblazers
- 50 Years, 50 Stories
- By: Mary Ellen Pethel
- Narrated by: Mary Ellen Pethel
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In June 1972, President Richard Nixon put pen to paper and signed the Educational Amendments of 1972 into law. The nearly 150-page document makes no mention of “gender,” “athletics,” “girls,” or “women.” The bill did not appear to contain anything earth shattering. But tucked into its final pages, a heading appears, “Title IX—Prohibition of Sex Discrimination.” These 37 words would change the world for girls and women across the United States. On its face, Title IX legally guaranteed equal opportunity in education.
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Perfection
- The 1910 Pittsburgh Panthers
- By: David Finoli, Gary Kinn
- Narrated by: WT Bennett
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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The 1910 University of Pittsburgh football team not only had the honor of being the second undefeated team in the program’s history, the first being the 1904 squad that went 10-0, but it also did something that the ’04 squad didn’t, it went through the entire campaign with a defense that didn’t allow a point. It was as close to perfection as a team could achieve. Win all your games and pitch a shutout in every contest.
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This Is Our City
- Four Teams, Twelve Championships, and How Boston Became the Most Dominant Sports City in the World
- By: Tony Massarotti
- Narrated by: Gregory Abbey
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In Boston, sports loyalty—and passion—runs deep. But for much of the twentieth century, the records of the Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, and Patriots were mixed, with some victories but also heartbreaking losses and endless talk of curses. And then, things changed. In the twenty-first century, Boston became the hub of the sports universe.
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Kings of the Bluff
- The 1955 National Champion Duquesne Dukes
- By: David Finoli, Robert Healy III
- Narrated by: Dean Gallagher
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Sihugo Green, Dick Ricketts, Dave Ricketts, Mickey Winograd, Lou Severine, Jim Fallon, Lou Iezzi, Paul Lojpersberger, Ralph Leng, John Nosworthy, Tom Peszko, Bob Schneider, Dudey Moore and Red Manning. They are all connected, in perpetuity, as a special group of men who not only captured the lone major national title in Duquesne University history, but to date the only Division I college basketball national championship the city of Pittsburgh has ever produced in a tournament. No other team has ever had the honor of raising a national championship trophy.
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Respectable Roughnecks
- The True Story of a Forgotten Champion
- By: Brendon Steenbergen
- Narrated by: Brendon Steenbergen
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
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The 1960 Missouri Tigers football team entered the season with low expectations. But over the course of their incredible season, they set or broke nearly every record in school history en route to a controversial national championship run. Not only is this true story a record of on the field football accomplishments, but it also follows the story of Norris Stevenson and Mel West, the first two African-American players to ever play at Missouri.
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A Personal Journey Through the World of Sports
- By: John Rayburn
- Narrated by: John Rayburn
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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This covers the great, near-great, and never-were in a wide range of athletic endeavors. Naturally, all major sports are included: Football, Baseball, Basketball, with many notes about Golf, Boxing, Horse racing, Auto racing, Tennis, Track, Bowling, Hockey, renowned broadcasters, and an overall mixture of such sports as Wrestling, Pool, Marbles, Archery, Cricket, even Horseshoe pitching. It’s all here! Written and narrated with exceptional knowledge and humor.
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My Friend Bet Me You Wouldn't Buy This Book
- The Recent Rise and Brief History of Sports Gambling Wagering Betting
- By: Toby Unterfranz
- Narrated by: Gary Bartley
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
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Is examining the recent rise of wagering betting gambling in America. What changed to make it legal and the history of underground gambling operations through history.
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The Beautiful Race
- The Story of the Giro d'Italia
- By: Colin O'Brien
- Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Born of tumult in 1909, the Giro d'Italia helped unite a nation. Since then, it has reflected it's home country—the Giro's capricious and unpredictable nature matches the passions and extremes of Italy itself. A desperately hard race through a beautiful country, the Giro has bred characters and stories that dramatize the shifting culture and society of its home.
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Girls Don't Play Sport
- The Game-Changing, Defiant Rise of Women's Sport and Why It Matters
- By: Chloe Dalton
- Narrated by: Jessica Stanley
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
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When Chloe Dalton was eight years old, she would practise her goal kicks in the half-time break of her brothers' rugby matches, all the while telling impressed onlookers: 'Girls don't play rugby.' Sixteen years later, Chloe Dalton won Olympic gold playing rugby sevens for Australia and is now a fixture in the AFLW. In 2020, she started her own news platform, The [Female] Athlete Project, because while she was surrounded by women achieving incredible things in sport, nobody was hearing about them.
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Unnatural Ability
- The History of Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Thoroughbred Racing
- By: Milton C. Toby
- Narrated by: Barry Abrams
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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In a mere twelve months, between May 2020 and May 2021, horse racing's most recognizable face—Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert—had five horses that failed postrace drug tests. Among those was the 2021 Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit. While the incident was a major scandal in the Thoroughbred racing world, it was only the latest in a series of drug-related infractions among elite athletes. Milton C. Toby addresses the historical and contemporary context of the Thoroughbred industry's most pressing issue.