Títulos en Deportes

Una historia prohibida que terminó siendo eterna. Advertencia al lector: este libro contiene al Diego Maradona que sale al campo de juego con una camiseta de Boca debajo del buzo de Argentinos Juniors (y se expone, entonces, a una dura sanción de su club). El Diego que pide una y otra vez para...

Round Zero is the must-read, comprehensive inside look into the NFL Draft, football's most fascinating and integral piece of its puzzle. Round Zero delves deep into the high-stakes world of the NFL Draft, where millions of people watch globally, hundreds of hopeful athletes and their families...

In Earned, NHL legend Chris Pronger reveals the hard truth behind greatness—that talent opens doors, but only relentless standards, ownership, and grit keep them open. Success isn’t owed — it’s earned. In the high-stakes world of professional hockey, talent alone doesn’t cut it. Chris Pronger — one of the NHL’s most dominant and controversial defensemen — learned that the hard way. In Earned: The True Cost of Greatness from One of Hockey’s Fiercest Competitors, he reveals the raw truth behind an eighteen-year career defined by triumph, adversity, and transformation.

A golf prodigy. A charismatic businessman. A man of brilliance, ambition, and contradiction. A daughter determined to understand him. Mississippi Junior traces the life of Jerry Benjamin Owens — from segregated Mississippi to national acclaim, from Detroit’s promise to Jackson’s Black entrepreneurial rise. Through archives, interviews, and oral histories, his daughter uncovers the man behind the legend: flawed, resilient, generous, unforgettable.

Recent years have brought home a startling truth: soccer is no longer an also-ran among top U.S. sports. How did we get here? How did we go from having multiple professional soccer leagues flounder to having Major League Soccer prove to its doubters that it's here to stay? How did we evolve from barely having a Women's National Team to a golden era of women's soccer with a captivating style of play, great stars, and unforgettable moments?

Dans ce livre, l'auteur nous offre encore une autre facette de ce sport et de la réalité de ses coulisses. Pour la première fois en F1, une écurie a autorisé son directeur d'équipe à raconter l'histoire d'une saison. Au travers de la saison de 2022, montez dans les montagnes russes palpitantes de la vie au cœur de la catégorie reine des courses automobiles.

The sport of curling continues to expand its global reach, attracting new players and fans far beyond traditional strongholds. Yet, even in Canada—a country with a long curling history and fifteen hundred clubs of its own—the game is often dismissed as an eccentric pastime. According to...

Pourquoi Christopher McDougall a-t-il mal aux pieds quand il court ? Pour répondre à cette entêtante question, l'auteur – journaliste et coureur de longues distances – part à la recherche d'une tribu légendaire et d'un mystérieux Caballo blanco, dans les replis inaccessibles des Copper Canyons, au Mexique. Sous la menace de narcotrafiquants, au cœur de reliefs vertigineux où se blottissent des villages invisibles, l'auteur va rencontrer la tribu des Tarahumaras, et surtout découvrir un mode de vie qui révolutionnera le monde de la course à pied.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Lukewarm is no good.' As a youngster, Ellie Kildunne was told girls don’t play rugby. But that’s what she was good at, and she was determined to find a way. Growing up in Yorkshire, Ellie started playing rugby aged six with a boys’ team, which she continued to...

David Murray's daughter, Scout, loved soccer from toddlerhood. Her drive and skill pulled the Murray family into the world of youth sports—one as culturally obsessive as it is economically exclusive, where each new achievement presents more challenges. Youth sports is fun, but it isn't simple—especially for parents determined to raise a rounded human being. With humor and wisdom and love, Soccer Dad helps soccer parents, sports parents, all parents—to feel less alone, make more conscious choices, and savor our time on the sidelines of our children's great adventures.

The dramatic story behind the running and marathon boom of the 1970s and early 1980s, featuring the stories of Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter, Joan Benoit, Grete Waitz, and many others, about how a generation of runners turned the marathon into a national obsession On September 3, 1970, the...

The New York Times bestseller The #1 Irish Times bestseller The definitive biography of Rory McIlroy, the most important, popular and confounding player of the post-Tiger era. Rory McIlroy contains multitudes. The child of a working-class family from a small town in a war-torn homeland now...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive biography of the most important, popular, and confounding golfer of the post-Tiger era, masterfully chronicled by Alan Shipnuck, the bestselling author of Phil and LIV and Let Die. “Shipnuck produces a rich, nuanced picture.” —The Wall Street...

This audiobook contains the incredible true story of the indomitable tenacious perseverance that the author and her son, Bubba, showed during tough times. It is about some of the trials and tragedies they endured--sometimes alone, but always in spirit and indeed together. It's about the triumphs that they lived and enjoyed! She was her son's first love. Although she could not hold his hand forever, she holds him always in her heart.

Why would a 57-year-old with a genetic heart condition attempt the fastest journey on foot from Cape Town to Cairo? In Running Africa, Keith Boyd tells the story of his epic run, complete with injuries, illness, being taken hostage, getting caught up in a rebel firefight, and having members of his team imprisoned.

This is the story of Primero High School's 2023 football team and their first winning season in the school's 6-man football history. It's the inspirational tale about 12 remarkable boys, the 6-man football experience, small towns and coaching high school football for the first time. The book follows these boys and their slightly unconventional coach as they make their way through the ups and downs of an unforgettable year. However, having a winning season is just part of a bigger lesson.

Winning starts long before the game begins. A renowned coach Jack Johnson pulls back the curtain on what it truly takes to rise, rebuild, and win; not just in sports, but in life itself. Drawing from over 60 years of experience on the field, Coach Johnson reveals how the same principles that build great athletes can also shape extraordinary people. From locker-room lessons to moments of personal challenge, this book captures the essence of what it means to compete with heart, lead with integrity, and push through adversity when everything seems stacked against you.

For nearly fifty years, a high school coach stood on practice fields, in locker rooms, on buses, and along fence lines where the real lessons were learned. This book is a collection of true stories from those years. They aren't about schemes or systems. They're about people—players, parents, principals, cheerleaders, bands, and the moments that shaped young lives long after the final whistle.

A newlywed couple were in the midst of unsuccessful fertility treatments at a nearby center during the time of the Oklahoma City bombing which occurred at 9:02 am on April 19, 1995. The personal heartbreak and simultaneous loss of 15 children at the day care center in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and its aftermath set a sorrowful resonating tone of great sadness, acceptance, and getting on with life for the veteran marathon runner and his wife.

The Southern Illinois Miners was an independent professional baseball team that attracted talent from all over the world, competing in a state-of-the-art stadium that was often full to bursting, hosting millions of visitors over the organization's existence. At the helm of the endeavor were owners Jayne and John Simmons and manager Mike Pinto.