When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season
By: Rich Cohen
3.90
Format: 265 pages, Hardcover
The gritty, no-holds-barred account of the 1987 NBA season, a thrilling year of fierce battles and …
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1. Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson
By: Kent Babb
3.90
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
“This is more than just great sports writing, this is writing at its best. Babb strips away the pub… read more
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2. The Breaks of the Game
By: David Halberstam
3.73
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
"Among the best books ever written on professional basketball." The Philadelphia Inquirer David Hal… read more
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3. Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant
By: Roland Lazenby
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Finalist for the Cross British Sports Biography of the Year Award in the UK"With surgical precision… read more
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4. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
By: Joe Posnanski
4.56
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more
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5. When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season
By: Rich Cohen
3.90
Format: 265 pages, Hardcover
The gritty, no-holds-barred account of the 1987 NBA season, a thrilling year of fierce battles and … read more
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6. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
By: Keith O'Brien
4.43
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more
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7. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage
By: Nick de Semlyen
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more
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8. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
By: David Zucker
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more
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9. Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA
By: Theresa Runstedtler
3.96
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A vital narrative history of 1970s pro basketball, and the Black players who shaped the NBA Agains… read more
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10. It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me
By: Rex Chapman
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A powerful memoir from the University of Kentucky basketball legend, NBA veteran, and social media … read more
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11. Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks
By: Chris Herring
4.30
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive history of the 1990s New York Knicks, illustrat… read more
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12. Barkley: A Biography
By: Timothy Bella
4.07
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
* A Good Morning America Buzz Book* *A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2022* The definitive biogra… read more
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13. The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History
By: Dana O'Neil
4.29
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, compulsively readable story of the greatest era of the most iconic league in colleg… read more
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14. Magic: The Life of Earvin “Magic” Johnson
By: Roland Lazenby
4.16
Format: 818 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of the basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, from the highly respected… read more
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15. The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness
By: Andy McCullough
4.49
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, based on exclusive interviews with Kershaw… read more
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16. Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football
By: Gary Myers
4.20
Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition
The inside story of the Super Bowl champion 1986 Giants, the extraordinary friendships that resulte… read more
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17. Kingdom on Fire: Kareem, Wooden, Walton, and the Turbulent Days of the UCLA Basketball Dynasty
By: Scott Howard-Cooper
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Blood in the Garden and Three-Ring Circus comes a bold narrative history of the… read more
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18. The Football 100 (Sports)
By: Mike Sando
3.95
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
From The Athletic, powerhouse of sports reporting, comes the definitive story of the greatest footb… read more
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19. The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America
By: Michael MacCambridge
4.25
Format: 487 pages, Hardcover
“Indispensable history.” –Sally Jenkins, bestselling author of The Right Call A captivating chr… read more
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20. Hoop Atlas: Mapping the Remarkable Transformation of the Modern NBA
By: Kirk Goldsberry
4.28
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Sprawlball , Kirk Goldsberry returns with a visual feast of a book—equal… read more
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21. Tiger Tiger: His Life as It's Never Been Told Before
By: James Patterson
4.02
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The impossible life of Tiger Woods—how did he become the GOAT, and what drove him to fall so specta… read more
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