“The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer” by David Goldblatt...
The Ball is Round is possibly the most comprehensive and thorough book on the sport of football or soccer – depending on where you’re reading this from – ever compiled and written; weighing in at a...
View Article“Near Death on the High Seas” Edited by Cecil Kuhne (Vintage, 2008)
The sense of adventure is a facet of humanity, and while some choose to ignore it, others indulge in it: dabbling with the dangerous, playing with the portentous, and facing one’s fears. Near Death...
View Article“San Francisco Giants: 50 Years” by Brian Murphy (Insight Editions, 2008)
As only a recent fan of the San Francisco Giants, I know of the 2002 World Series defeat, Barry Bonds’ race to reach and beat Hank Aaron’s homerun record, and the young and magnificent arm of the 22...
View Article“Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life in the Minor Leagues of Baseball” by John...
It is a place and time relatively unknown, shrouded in mystery. Some players spend a couple of years there, others spend almost or equal to a decade, and certain phenoms are there for the blink of an...
View Article“Who Invented the Bicycle Kick: Soccer’s Greatest Legends and Lore” by Paul...
There are some books you need to have on your shelf, or coffee table, or at least near at hand for when you need those split-second answers to questions that can quickly lead to shouting matches and...
View Article“The Best Team Money Can Buy: The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Wild Struggle to Build...
As a long-time, die-hard San Francisco Giants fan — the Los Angeles Dodgers’ biggest rival — wanting to read a book about the nemesis team would seem unlikely and somewhat disingenuous, since I may be...
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