Sport Biographies

A friend of mine passed me this book because I follow bicycle racing, but as the title implies, there's more to it then that. Lance Armstrong and Sally Jenkins do a great job of telling a story that one minute sounds super human, and the next,...
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Like Lance's mother, I'm a single parent in Plano, Texas. I know well the streets and schools, the apartments and swimming pools and ice cream shop he talks about. I've bought bikes for my kids from the guy who gave bikes to Lance. Perhaps...
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The writing is powerful as the authors take us deep into the world of competitive cycling and also life-threatening cancer. Lance's medical recovery and skills as an international champion cyclist are beyond refute.

However, the book is...
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I have been reading Posnanski for years and have read every word he has written about Buck. Thus, I really didn't expect to learn anything new in this book. I was wrong. It is fresh material and as is always the case with Posnanski, incredibly...
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I can't help but wonder if the 22 reviews -- all giving this book 5 stars -- are some of the author's closest friends. I am not saying I didn't like the book, but the writing was drab. Through the first few chapters, I got it, Buck O'neal was a...
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Have all your questions about baseball's steroids scandal answered in this well-researched book. Bonds fans may never look at him the same way again.
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BARRY BONDS SUCKS
IF MARK MCGWIRE IS GOING TO HAVE TROUBLE GETTING IN THE HALL OF FAME
THEN BARRY SHOULD TOO
BUT IT APPEARS THAT EVEN THOUGH MCGWIRE WHO ADMITTED TO USING A SUBSTANCE WHICH AT THE TIME HE USED IT WAS LEGAL IS...
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Barry Bonds is still a great guy and so many ball players did steriods so big deal!!!!
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Canseco courageously exposes the hypocrisy and bigotry that still exists in Major League Baseball. For years, Canseco was dogged by rumors that he used steroids (sportswriters would compared his physique with his "smaller" identical twin, Ozzie)...
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After reading the book, I am not a convert. I still beleive that Jose is going out and jsut trying to make some money. I am not denying that some of this is true, but I do not agree with his principles here. He is going out and backstabbing his...
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Juiced is to books, what Jose Canseco was to baseball. Loud, fast, obnoxious, yet the substance is hard to ignore. It's most definitely a fast read at less than three hundred pages using an awfully large typeface. I read the book in one sitting...
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I first learned of this book when Tiger appeared as a guest on Oprah. Tiger, as fans know, is a highly competititve man with sheer determination to win, win and win. He gives golf his best with all the heart, soul and passion for the game one...
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I was eagerly awaiting the release of Tigers new book .. finally ..Tiger in his own words would breakdown the golf swing! I don't know about anyone else but I was expecting a helluva lot more .. where were the detailed descriptions? I found too...
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We only see the glamour of success, the impossible putt, the droll delivery of a comic. What we don't see is what this book can not give you. That is the mind-numbing tedium of practice and refinement of technique.
Buy this for advice, but a...
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I always wanted to know more about what went into Arnold's approach to bodybuilding, outside of what I learned from Pumping Iron. I stumbled across this book at the bookstore the other day, and read it from cover to cover, almost without putting...
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GREAT BOOK ABOUT A STORY EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF. ONE LOST OPPORTUNITY-HOWEVER.
THE AUTHOR (from Frommer's book, RICKEY AND ROBINSON) COULD HAVE ADDED THE INTERESTING
STORY OF JACKIE BEING CALLED OUT IN HIS FIRST AT BAT ON APRIL...
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After being enthralled by "Luckiest Man" by Mr. Eig, I was excited to find that he had another book coming out. The problem with this book is that it cannot decide what it wants to be. It is a quality account of Jackie Robinson's tumultuous...
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Enjoyed the book thoroughly, well written, with many great photographs. The book gives the reader insights into what makes John "tick" - a great drag racer and an interesting person!
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OK. Total Disclosure: I worked with and was a friend of Randy Morgenson -- the subject of this book -- for over 25 years; I was also interviewed for the book (endlessly, it seemed).

For all that, when I read this (a manuscript copy),...
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I really had high hopes for this book, but it's not really an adventure and it-s not interesting at all. Very boring.

I regret buying it.


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I have hiked, fished, and backpacked the Sierra Nevada for about 30 years. For me, there was no question on what happened to this back country park ranger. The Sierra Nevada is a rapturous range that does not easily give up its dead. In fact,...
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I loved this book. What scares me the most was that I understood it. GRAND SLAM for YOGI! He's an American treasure! Don't miss his TV interviews while he's on the book circuit. You'll hear even more Yogi'isms! 3 cheers for Yogi!
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