The switch to Aussie rules by the Irish Gaelic football player. How he left his country and his move to the Melbourne Football Club and also his Brownlow Medal win.
Sports
- Author:STYNES, JimSummary:
- Author:Birmingham, MariaSummary:
Looks at some of the stranger sports played around the world, including skyaking, slamball, shovel racing, street luging, and underwater wrestling.
- Author:Pesca, MikeSummary:
From Mike Pesca, host of the popular Slate podcast The Gist, comes the greatest sports minds imagining how the world would change if a play, trade, injury, or referee's call had just gone the other way. No announcer ever proclaimed...
- Author:Mason, MikeSummary:
Unstoppable Success is a motivational book that could be used for athletes, academics or businessmen / (women) to help them reach their maximum potential. The system contained within the pages of this manuscript has allowed me to...
- Author:Tomlinson, Sarah, Glazer, JaySummary:
Jay Glazer shares insights gleaned from his fight through depression and anxiety, providing a relentless, unapologetic, and no-nonsense approach to overcoming your self-doubts, fears, and excuses.
- Author:Moretti, Bill, Stachura, MikeSummary:
Author and top P.G.A. instructor Bill Moretti is recognized by Golf Magazine as one of the top 100 golf teachers in America. In Turning Three Shots into Two, he shares the secrets of the short game he's discovered in more than 20...
- Author:Logothetis, PaulSummary:
The first ever biography of Toe Blake — Hockey Hall of Famer and eleven-time Stanley Cup winner 'Holy Dirty Dora!' Hector 'Toe' Blake would bark while pacing behind the Montreal Canadiens bench, hands thrust into his...
- Author:Rappoport, Ken, Wilner, Barry, McKay, JimSummary:
Throughout the 20th century, athletic heroes have altered their respective sports with spectacular achievements, renewing their fans' confidence and surpassing their expectations with pioneering fearlessness, powerful expertise and...
- Author:Tomasi, T. J., Monteleone, John J.Summary:
In The Little Book of Putting, P.G.A. teaching professional T.J. Tomasi offers great advice about putting. His putting lessons coupled with detailed line drawings makes this book an essential companion for any golfer looking to improve...
- Author:Voorhees, RandySummary:
Randy Voorhees's hilarious collection of golf-related sayings is Murphy's Law of the golf course. It's the perfect gift for any golfer.
- Author:Zirin, DaveSummary:
In 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of African Americans, the celebrated NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a series of quiet protests on the field, refusing to stand during the US national anthem. By "taking a knee,...
- Author:Dale, JimSummary:
Oy! So you've got a Jewish mother . . . and you're not even Jewish. Overbearing? Nagging? Shrugs her shoulders deeply and often? Turns all statements into questions? The master of the sigh? Read more about those...
- Author:Duthie, JamesSummary:
If you’re a sports fan, you know James Duthie.
The biggest games, the biggest trades, the juiciest rumours—chances are Duthie is the guy you tuned in to hear talk about them. There are other experts and insiders, stats guys and...
- Author:Downey, AllanSummary:
Lacrosse has been a central element of Indigenous cultures for centuries, but once non-Indigenous players entered the sport, it became a site of appropriation--then reclamation--of Indigenous identities. The Creator's Game focuses on...
- Author:Marshall, PhD, SimonSummary:
The Brave Athlete solves the thirteen most common mental conundrums athletes face in their everyday training and in races. You don't have one brain-you have three; your ancient Chimp brain that keeps you alive, your modern...
- Author:Kessler, Leonard P.Summary:
The animals prepare for and participate in the Big Mile Race. Double line spacing. Grades K-3.
- Author:Geoffrey BoycottSummary:
- Author:Bryant, HowardSummary:
For a quarter century, the annual Best American Sports Writing has showcased the greatest sports journalism of the previous year. This year's guest editor, acclaimed author Howard Bryant, continues the tradition, seeking out writing...
- Author:Gray, JimSummary:
Jim Gray explores his career in sports broadcasting and the inside stories and memorable moments of the famous legends he has covered.
- Author:John Bishop and Tiki DicksonSummary: