Literature – When the Game Was Ours by Larry Bird, Earvin Johnson Jr. & Jackie MacMullan

On January 6, 2010, in Non-Fiction, Sports, by admin

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson are transcendent, iconic and timeless standard bearers of excellence who changed “The Game” forever, always bringing out the best in each other and never failing to put a smile on all our faces.

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Literature – Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

On January 6, 2010, in Non-Fiction, Sports, by admin

Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world’s greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong.

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Literature – The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy by Bill Simmons

On January 6, 2010, in Non-Fiction, Sports, by admin

Comprehensive, authoritative, controversial, hilarious, and impossible to put down (even for Celtic-haters), The Book of Basketball offers every hardwood fan a courtside seat beside the game’s finest, funniest, and fiercest chronicler.

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