Ironman

Crutcher, Chris

Genre: sports


Bo Brewster has been at war with his father for as long as he can remember. Following angry outbursts at his football coach and English teacher that have cost him his spot on the football team and moved him dangerously close to expulsion from school, he turns to the only adult he believes will listen: Larry King.

In his letters to Larry, Bo describes his quest for excellence on his own terms. No more coaches for me, he tells the talk show icon, no more dads. I'm going to be a triathlete, an Ironman.

Relegated to Mr. Nak's before-school Anger Management group (which he initially believes to be populated with future serial killers and freeway snipers), Bo meets a hard-edged, down-on-their-luck pack of survivors with stainless steel shields against the world that Bo comes to see are not so different from his own. It is here he meets and falls in love with Shelly, a future American Gladiator, whose passion for physical challenge more than matches his.

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Friday Night Lights

Bissinger, H. G.

Genre: sports

Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa--the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Odessa is not known to be a town big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this small, dusty town going. Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the oil business. In bad times, the unemployment rate barrels out of control; in good times, its murder rate skyrockets. But every Friday night from September to December, when the Permian High School Panthers play football, this West Texas town becomes a place where dreams can come true. With frankness and compassion, H. G. Bissinger chronicles a season in the life of Odessa and shows how single-minded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires--and sometimes shatters--the teenagers who wear the Panthers' uniforms.

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The Outside Shot

Myers, Walter Dean

The Outside Shot

Genre: drama, sports


When Lonnie Jackson leaves Harlem for a basketball scholarship to a midwestern college, he know he must keep his head straight and his record clean. That's the only way he'll have a chance of making it to the pros someday.

But his street smarts haven't prepared him for the pressures of tough classes, high-stakes college ball, and the temptation to fix games for local gamblers. Everyone plays by a whole new set of rules -- including Sherry, who's determined to be a track star. Her independence attracts Lonnie, but their on-again, off-again relationship is driving him crazy.

Lonnie has one year to learn how to make it as a "college man." It's his outside shot at a bright future. Does he have what it takes?

Skateboarding Ramp Tricks

Goodfellow, Evan


Skateboarding Ramp Tricks


Genre: sports, skateboarding

Chicken Soup for the Sports Fan's Soul

Chicken Soup for the Sports Fan's Soul




Genre: sports

Sports Know It All

Postman, Andrew
Stone, Larry


Sports Know It All


Genre: sports


Everything you would want to know about sports.

Bathroom Books

Kreismer, Jack
Murphy, John
Heldt, Steve


The Bathroom Basketball Book
The Bathroom Baseball Book
The Bathroom Football Book


Genre: sports


Three different books

The Best of Sports Illustrated: 1

The Best of Sports Illustrated:1


Genre: sports, nonfiction

The Olympics

Johnson, William Oscar


The Olympics


Genre: Sports, Nonfiction




Sports Illustrated celebrates the Olympics in an illustrated coffee-table tribute to the games that includes articles by William Oscar Johnson, a detailed appendix, and 140 photograph

Grind

Walters, Eric


Grind


Series: Orca Soundings


Genre: sports

Phillip will do almost anything to be a big-time skateboarder.

  "All I'm saying is that if you took it down a notch or two, you'd make the jumps and save the injuries."
   "I always make the jumps," I argued.
   "What are you talking about?"
   "I make the jumps.  It's the landings that I'm having trouble with."

Travel Team

Lupica, Mike

Travel Team

Genre: sports


 Twelve-year-old Danny Walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball court--but don't tell him that. Because no one plays with more heart or court sense. But none of that matters when he is cut from his local travel team, the very same team his father led to national prominence as a boy. Danny's father, still smarting from his own troubles, knows Danny isn't the only kid who was cut for the wrong reason, and together, this washed-up former player and a bunch of never-say-die kids prove that the heart simply cannot be measured.
Travel Team is an inspirational tale in the tradition of The Bad News Bears and Hoosiers. It will leave readers of all ages cheering.

Sidelines

Albright, Stuart

Sidelines

Genre: sports

Every Friday night in autumn, stadium lights illuminate the rural farmlands and concrete cityscapes of America with a glimmer of hope. Sidelines is an insider’s look at the fascinating world of high-school football, and, beyond that, it is also about the death and rebirth of the American community. Stuart Albright uses football to explore our nation’s complicated history of race and public education and to explain why some communities continue to thrive while others are slowly dying away. Sidelines tells the story of nine very different communities across North Carolina, from deep in the Appalachian Mountains where a team of Cherokee Indians carry the hopes of an entire tribe on its shoulders, to military outposts where the War in Iraq dominates every aspect of daily life. We meet resilient coaches in urban schools on the brink of state take-overs and men who lived through segregation, fire bombings, and shattered dreams. Sidelines profiles ordinary coaches and community leaders who do extraordinary things. 

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Box Out

John Coy

Box Out

Genre: sports


Sophomore Liam Bergstrom just joined the varsity basketball team. His teammates made varsity because they're good. Liam's here because he's tall and Coach needs a guy who can grab rebounds. It's the chance Liam's been waiting for, but already he's playing catch-up. The other guys know what Coach expects, and they're willing to do things Coach's way, no matter what. So when Liam questions the team's practice of praying together before games, he's suddenly the odd man out. Now Liam has to find the guts to stand up for what he believes in--and take his game to a whole new level.

Hoops

Walter Dean Myers

Hoops

Genre: Sports

All eyes are on seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson while he practices with his team for a city-wide basketball Tournament of Champions. His coach, Cal, knows Lonnie has what it takes to be a pro-basketball player, but warns him about giving in to the pressure. Cal knows because he, too, once had the chance--but sold out. As the Tournament nears, Lonnie learns that some heavy betters want Cal to keep him on the bench so that the team will lose the championship. As the last seconds of the game tick away Lonnie and Cal must make a decision. Are they willing to blow the chance of a lifetime?

Slam!

Walter Dean Myers

Slam!

Genre: sports

Seventeen-year-old Greg "Slam" Harris can do it all on the basketball court. He's seen ballplayers come and go, and he knows he could be one of the lucky ones. Maybe he'll make it to the top. Or maybe he'll stumble along the way. Slam's grades aren't that hot. And when his teachers jam his troubles in his face, he blows up. Slam never doubted himself on the court until he found himself going one-on-one with his own future, and he didn't have the ball.