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Eighty-eight years after their last World Series win, the Chicago White Sox made up for lost time by sweeping the Houston Astros to become the 2005 world champions of baseball. With 99 regular-season wins, the Sox brought the second-best record in baseball to the postseason. Only one loss to the Angels prevented a complete sweep in every phase of their postseason play to win with an impressive 11-1 record. Believe It! celebrates the White Sox'...

Featuring every relevant team record, statistic, and award winner from the New York Yankees' incredible past, this book includes a comprehensive collection of all-time leaders in every conceivable category, from hits to strikeouts. From the team's 27 World Series titles and Roger Maris's 61 home runs to Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak and eyewitness accounts of when Babe Ruth famously called his shot, this reference captures the legends ...

This commemorative book provides a visual look at an unforgettable Major League Baseball season. Through unique words and images, this book takes readers from the opening games in April through the MLB season and playoffs. Including full color photographs and profiles of star players and the manager, this keepsake book is an essential part of any fan's collection.

This commemorative book provides a visual look at an unforgettable Major League Baseball season. Through unique words and images, this book takes readers from the opening games in April through the MLB regular season and playoffs. Including full color photographs and profiles of star players and the manager, this keepsake book is an essential part of any fan's collection.

This commemorative book provides a visual look at an unforgettable Major League Baseball season. Through unique words and images, this book takes readers from the opening games in April through the MLB regular season and playoffs. Including full color photographs and profiles of star players and the manager, this keepsake book is an essential part of any fan's collection.

The improbable story of the birth of modern-day pro basketball in Toronto In just over 25 years, the Toronto Raptors have evolved from an intrepid expansion team to an NBA champion. But for all the triumphs of the past decade, the beginning looked a bit different. When the franchise began its first season in 1995, a pro basketball team in Toronto was viewed as an experiment. There was no playbook to follow, and very few people gave them a chan...

For over three decades, Angelo Cataldi was the on-air voice of Philadelphia sports fans, leading the charge with unabashed zeal and infectious energy. He was the maestro of the mania, the conductor of the symphony of vitriol that blared through car radios every morning in the most misunderstood yet passionate sports city in America. It made him his share of enemies, but he walked away from the microphone with enough stories for several lifetim...

This commemorative book provides a visual look at an unforgettable Major League Baseball season. Through unique words and images, this book takes readers from the opening games in April through the MLB regular season and playoffs. Including full color photographs and profiles of star players and the manager, this keepsake book is an essential part of any fan's collection.

This commemorative book provides a visual look at an unforgettable college football season. Through unique words and images, this book takes readers from the opening games in September through the regular season and playoffs. Including full color photographs and profiles of star players and the head coach, this keepsake book is an essential part of any fan's collection.

Blue Reign! chronicles the Michigan Wolverines' dominant run to their first national championship in 26 years and the 12th in their storied history. This commemorative book showcases stunning action photography, memorable stories and in-depth analysis from the Detroit Free Press and its award-winning writers, including Mitch Albom, Shawn Windsor, Rainer Sabin and Tony Garcia. In a season defined by the mantra "Michigan vs. Everybody, " Jim Har...

This commemorative book provides a visual look at an unforgettable college football season. Through unique words and images, this book takes readers from the opening games in September through the regular season and playoffs. Including full color photographs and profiles of star players and the head coach, this keepsake book is an essential part of any fan's collection.

This commemorative book provides a visual look at an unforgettable college football season. Through unique words and images, this book takes readers from the opening games in September through the regular season and playoffs. Including full color photographs and profiles of star players and the head coach, this keepsake book is an essential part of any fan's collection.

The Texas Rangers are 2023 World Series champions History was made in 2023, as the Texas Rangers triumphed over the Arizona Diamondbacks to seize their first World Series championship since arriving in the Lone Star State in 1972. At Long Last: The Texas Rangers' Historic Run to the 2023 World Series takes fans through an incredible year marked by defiant self-belief. Led by new manager Bruce Bochy and a star-studded squad, the Rangers raced t...

A timely and down-to-earth guide for parents navigating the difficult decisions and extraordinary pressures of youth sports. Today's youth sports experience provokes countless questions for well-intentioned parents. How young should kids start playing sports? Should they specialize--and when? What should a parent do when their kid is not getting the playing time they think their child deserves? How do parents encourage children without overwhe...

An expansive and compelling chronicle tracing the rise of modern women's basketball Elvera "Peps" Neuman got lost in the sounds and rhythms of basketball, dribbling and shooting on a hoop affixed to her family's barn in Eden Valley, Minnesota. In the years preceding Title IX, Neuman's dreams of playing the game professionally meant a life away from home on barnstorming tours and even forming a team of her own, the Arkansas Gems. Sixty years la...

In The Franchise: Atlanta Braves, take a more profound and unique journey into the history of an iconic team. This thoughtful and engaging collection of essays captures the astute fans' history of the franchise, going beyond well-worn narratives of yesteryear to uncover the less-discussed moments, decisions, people, and settings that fostered the Braves' one-of-a-kind identity. Through wheeling and dealing, mythmaking and community building, e...

Now revised and updated to include reflections on the modern era of Red Sox baseball Commemorating the Boston Red Sox's unforgettable championship run in the fall of 2004, go behind the scenes and inside the dugout, bullpen, and clubhouse to discover how this team defied the ultimate odds. This oral history highlights how, during a span of just 76 hours, the Red Sox won four do-or-die games against their archrivals, the New York Yankees, to qu...

Featuring Field of Dreams, The Bad News Bears, A League of Their Own, and more: a probing and entertaining work at the intersection of pop culture and sports Baseball has always been a symbol as much as a sport. With a blend of individual confrontation and team play, a luxurious pace, and an immaculate urban parkland setting, it offers a sunny rendering of the American Dream, both the hard work that underpins it and the rewards it promises. Fi...

In The Program: Nebraska, take a more profound and unique journey into the history of a historic team. This thoughtful and engaging collection of essays captures the astute fans' history of the celebrated program, going beyond well-worn narratives of yesteryear to uncover the less-discussed moments, decisions, people, and settings that fostered the team's iconic identity. Through wheeling and dealing, mythmaking and community building, explore...

How did we go from peach baskets to breakaway rims? From underhand lobs to 100-mph fastballs? The history of sports is full of hard-won victories, but they weren't all about being the fastest or scoring the most points. Lavishly illustrated, They Changed the Game tells 50 stories of pioneering players, obscure rules, and defining moments that have shaped the games we love. Spanning sports of all kinds, from football and tennis to speed skating...