8 must-read hockey books like The NHL's Mistake by the Lake: A History of the Cleveland Barons by Gary Webster

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The NHL's Mistake by the Lake: A History of the Cleveland Barons

By: Gary Webster

3.18

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

The Cleveland Barons should never have existed. Born when the National Hockey League's California G…

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1. Terry Funk: More Than Just Hardcore

By: Terry Funk , Scott E. Williams

4.23

Format: 510 pages,

He's been a fixture in professional wrestling for five decades. He's plied his trade around the wor… read more

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2. Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling

By: Heath McCoy

3.87

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

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3. Rock 'n' Roll Soccer: The Short Life and Fast Times of the North American Soccer League

By: Ian Plenderleith , Rodney Marsh

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The North American Soccer League - at its peak in the late 1970s - presented soccer as performance,… read more

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4. You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television

By: L. Jon Wertheim , Al Michaels

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

In this highly entertaining and insightful memoir, one of television's most respected broadcasters … read more

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5. The Last Real World Champion: The Legacy of "Nature Boy" Ric Flair

By: Tim Hornbaker

3.89

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

For more than a century, professional wrestling has cultivated some of the most eccentric and compe… read more

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6. There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE

By: Brian Gewirtz

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Former WWE head writer Brian Gewirtz brings readers behind the scenes for an unprecedented look at … read more

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7. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America

By: Abraham Riesman

3.75

Format: 464 pages, ebook

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more

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8. Tod is God: The Authorized Story of How I Created Extreme Championship Wrestling

By: Tod Gordon

4.09

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

The uncensored inside story of ECW’s founder Tod Gordon’s journey from jewelry store owner to one o… read more

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9. Nitro: The Incredible Rise and Inevitable Collapse of Ted Turner's WCW

By: Guy Evans

4.28

Format: 592 pages, Kindle Edition

Reviews "The most definitive, well written and thoroughly researched book on the rise and fall of W… read more

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10. Draft Day: How Hockey Teams Pick Winners or Get Left Behind

By: Doug MacLean

3.57

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

Doug MacLean, former NHL coach, general manager, team president, and one of the game’s biggest pers… read more

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11. The Whalers: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Mystique of New England's (Second) Greatest NHL Franchise

By: Patrick Pickens

3.84

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

More than twenty years after departing Hartford, Connecticut, for Raleigh, North Carolina, the NHL'… read more

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12. Finding Murph: From First Overall to Living Homeless in the Bush - The Tragic True Story of Joe Murphy

By: Rick Westhead

4.01

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Joe Murphy had it all. In 1986, he became the first college-educated hockey player ever selected fi… read more

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13. The Tao of the Backup Catcher: Playing Baseball for the Love of the Game

By: Tim Brown

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"This isn’t just a story about baseball. It’s about life and the beauty of knowing and accepting wh… read more

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14. Catch 22: My Battles, in Hockey and Life

By: Rick Vaive

3.60

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Was one of the most unheralded captains of the Toronto Maple Leafs also one of… read more

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15. The Greatest Comeback: How Team Canada Fought Back, Took the Summit Series, and Reinvented Hockey

By: John U Bacon

4.59

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

The series you thought you the first book written with the complete co-operation of the whole team… read more

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16. Bleeding Green: A History of the Hartford Whalers

By: Christopher Price

4.00

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

The Hartford Whalers were a beloved hockey team from their founding in 1972 as the New England Whal… read more

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17. Icing on the Plains: The Rough Ride of Kansas City’s NHL Scouts

By: Troy Treasure

3.47

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the story of Kansas City’s attempt to integrate major-league hockey into its sports marketp… read more

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Cover of The NHL's Mistake by the Lake: A History of the Cleveland Barons by Gary Webster

18. The NHL's Mistake by the Lake: A History of the Cleveland Barons

By: Gary Webster

3.18

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

The Cleveland Barons should never have existed. Born when the National Hockey League's California G… read more

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18 must-read nonfiction books like The Last Real World Champion: The Legacy of "Nature Boy" Ric Flair by Tim Hornbaker

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Terry Funk: More Than Just Hardcore

Terry Funk , Scott E. Williams

4.23

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Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling

Bret Hart

4.25

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When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season

Rich Cohen

3.90

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Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

Keith O'Brien

4.43

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