Top Sports-Related Books …
Books about sport and competition.
In no particular order -
Speed Trap - Charlie Francis [Need to say anything … honesty, enlightening, clear, emotional …]
A Season on the Brink - John Feinstein [A wonderful insight into a year with a legendary(?) basketball coach]
A Civil War - John Feinstein [One of the most emotional and thoughtprovoking books I have read]
Slaying the Dragon - Michael Johnson [v.easy to read, inspiring, lucid, educational]
Hoop Dreams - Ben Joravsky [… a real life story of … well - Hoop Dreams … unfolding before your eyes
Winning Every Day - Lou Holtz [For coaching football - one of the best books to learn from]
When Pride Still Mattered - Davis Maraniss [The most concise all-round sport biography I have read, v.interesing]
Keane -The Autobiography - Roy Keane [The most honest self-account from arguably the greatest midfield soccer player this decade)
The Smart take from the strong - Pete Carrill (Life and sports lessons from a learned coach)
Playing for keeps - David Halberstam (the best biography about MJ)
Wooden - John Wooden (Life lessons from one of the most honourable and successful coaches ever?)
Final Confessions of NFL Assassin Jack Tatum - Jack Tatum (Brutally Honest and Honestly Brutal)
“You’re Okay, It’s Just a Bruise”: A Doctor’s Sideline Secrets About Pro Football’s Most Outrageous Team - Rob Huizenga (one of the most entertaining reads ever - if you like NFL - get it)
Why We Win - Billy Packer (Enlightening conversations form successful coaches)
Obsessed - Richard Dunwoody (How one mans life was overtaken by success at sport (horseracing) and how he turned his life around )
They Call me Coach - John Wooden (the life of one of the nicest men in sport)