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William “Bill” Burgess was a larger-than-life personality. This was displayed on football fields across the Southeast, first as a player at Auburn University and later as a championship-winning coach at the high school and collegiate levels. But he was also a father. His son, New York Times best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio host Rick Burgess, had a front-row seat to this legendary man who had a way with words like few others.

A three-time Olympic Gold medalist, six-time WNBA All-Star, and the first person to win the Naismith College Player of the Year award as both a player and coach, Staley has shattered expectations at every level of the game. While her name resonates with both longtime WNBA fans and newcomers, she has kept her personal life private. UncommonFavor reveals the journey that led to Staley’s success, including the challenges she faced.

A glimpse into a life less ordinary from one of the world's most prolific BASE jumpers and infamous party animals, Chris 'Douggs' McDougall. This riotous and often touching life story gives an insight into the world of hyper extreme sports where death lurks at every corner. Douggs faces the challenge armed with a case of beer, a wry sense of humour and an attitude that catches the authorities flat-footed.

Now in its third printing, see what it took to become the shortest player in Notre Dame football history to carry the ball in a game. Every Play Every Day takes you on the intimate journey of former Notre Dame tailback Timmy O'Neill, who, at 5' 6" and 165 lbs, wasn't the prototypical Division I college football player. Experience the journey from the dorm room to the classroom, from the locker room to the training room, and everywhere in between. Read about the incredible experience of being a college football walk-on; the joy, the pain, and the raw emotion characterizing the inner fight ...

No one embodies winning more than Bill Belichick, the greatest football coach of all time. Over the past fifty years, Belichick has been a man of notoriously few words, believing that a coach should keep a low profile. After he left the Patriots in 2024, he briefly became a coach without a team. He spent that year writing down the principles he learned from his father, Navy football, and from his forty-nine-year coaching career. Belichick’s philosophy goes far beyond football.

Superstar coach Patrick Mouratoglou knows what it takes to win. An international icon in the world of tennis, he coached Serena Williams for a decade at the height of her career. More recently he’s worked with top-seeded players including Coco Gauff, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Simona Halep, and Holger Rune. Now, in Champion Mindset, Mouratoglou distills his lifetime of coaching excellence into ten commandments that are applicable to achieving success in all aspects of life, not just the court.

This book is about the batters who see what mortals don’t. Javed Miandad purposefully makes errors to manipulate the field, Sachin Tendulkar dug up a pitch to take on Warne, Shivnarine Chanderpaul practised non-stop on a beach with tennis balls until he mastered technique and Joe Root’s great play against spin is known to be a confluence of three random events. Others, such as Smith, Pietersen and Richards, carried on the work of a man 100 years before their time, and Ranji changed cricket with a bucket.

Once Upon a Toon offers a unique perspective on life behind the scenes at one of England’s most famous football clubs. No other individual has had the immense privilege of working at Newcastle United in the capacity that Paul Ferris once did: as a player between 1981 and 1986, as a physiotherapist between 1993 and 2006, and finally as a key member of Alan Shearer’s management team in 2009.

Sometimes in life you may get to live some of your dreams. Standing on my front gallery on St. Croix I look across the channel. On a sunny day I can see St. Thomas and St. John off to my left about 39 miles away. These two islands make up two sides of the three island trinity of this the Virgin Islands, a U.S. possession. St. Croix is the third island. Gazing slightly to my right I can see Tortola in the distance, too. Tortola and so many more islands are located in the British Virgin Islands. These two separate island chains are remarkably close geographically together. These tiny bits of ...

Jason Dunkerley’s Visions of Hope: Running Towards My Own Truth is the inspiring autobiography of a distinguished Canadian middle-distance runner, who has been blind from birth due to a congenital eye condition. He achieved international acclaim as a five-time Paralympic medalist and world champion.

No one embodies winning more than Bill Belichick, the greatest American football coach of all time. Over the past fifty years, Belichick has been a man of notoriously few words, believing that a coach should keep a low profile. After he left the Patriots in 2024, he briefly became a coach without a team. He spent that year writing down the principles he learned from his father, Navy football, and from his forty-nine-year coaching career.

In the fifty years since his tragic death in a car crash, Steve Prefontaine has towered over American distance running. One of the most recognizable and charismatic figures to ever run competitively in the United States, Prefontaine has endured as a source of inspiration and fascination—a talent who presaged the American running boom of the late 1970s and helped put Nike on the map as the brand’s first celebrity-athlete face. Now on the anniversary of his untimely death, author Brendan O’Meara, host of the Creative Nonfiction podcast, offers a fresh, definitive retelling of Prefontaine’s life.

An international icon in the world of tennis, legendary coach Patrick Mouratoglou has worked with some of the world's biggest players - from Serena Williams and Coco Gauff to Stefanos Tsitsipas, Simona Halep and Holger Rune. Now, in Champion Mindset, he presents the invaluable principles, skills, and mindsets that have made tennis championships and applies them to challenges and opportunities we face every day.

We all face obstacles that threaten to hold us back. For Robert Paylor, his paralysis wasn’t a metaphor. In the biggest game of his life, competing for the collegiate rugby national championship, Robert suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the neck down. Doctors told him he’d never walk or move his hands again. But Robert refused to accept that fate.

Discover the uncompromising life and legacy of Mike Mentzer—bodybuilding’s most cerebral iconoclast. Mike Mentzer: The Man Behind Heavy Duty is a definitive exploration of the man who transformed high-intensity training into a philosophy, not just a method. From his strict upbringing in Pennsylvania to the mental crucible of the U.S. Air Force, and from the infamous 1980 Mr. Olympia controversy to his final years as a philosopher-coach, this book captures the full depth of a man who reshaped bodybuilding by demanding logic where others offered lore. Mentzer’s story is not just one of ...

Do you dominate the basketball court? If not, then find out how from a basketball professional, transform your basketball skills and become the basketball player you've always dreamed of with Basketball Pro Secrets. What You'll Gain: Professional Techniques: Learn the secrets used by the pros to excel in their game. From ball handling to precision shooting, every technique is designed to boost your performance. Comprehensive Training: Dive into detailed sections on dribbling, shooting, passing, and defense that will elevate your game to new heights. Advanced Strategies: Understand the ...

This is the most outrageous golf book you will ever read. No one has dared to write a book like this about golf; not because they couldn’t, but because they wouldn’t. The Dark Arts of Golf doesn’t care about teaching you swing mechanics, course management or offering standard putting tips. Those are for everyone else. This book is for those ready to stare into golf’s dark, unapologetic void, where morality and deception collide with force. It walks along the game’s ethical tightrope, holding nothing back and pulling no punches. What awaits you here? You’ll explore the psychology...

This best-selling golfing guide will get you to scratch or a very low single-figure handicap - guaranteed! I'll show you how to massively improve your golf swing, pitching, chipping, putting, golf fitness, mental game and course management. The Amazon Sales stats don't lie (see below!). Number #1 Best Seller in the following US Amazon Kindle Charts #1 Golf #1 Golf Coaching #1 Sports Reference ★★★★★ "Great read for the serious player who wants to improve. Great guide for the frustrated high handicapper." - Reader review This golfing eBook follows the story of a golfer just like you...

The battle for NASCAR dominance was never more pronounced than when Richard Petty and David Pearson met on the track. In 551 head-to-head races between 1960 and 1986, they finished one-two an astounding 63 times (Pearson won 33, Petty 30). Each showdown attracted more media attention and new fans, helping the sport to evolve evermore rapidly.

Mike Mentzer was a strikingly handsome man with a brilliant mind and a "perfect" physique—the first bodybuilder to receive a perfect score in both amateur and professional competitions. In the late '70s, Mentzer rose to the very top of his sport (despite the efforts made by industry power brokers, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger), was featured in GQ magazine, and profiled on national television. But he was also a man who wrestled with mental illness his entire life and ended up living on the streets and being sent to prison.