Biography: Sport

The Champions League, the Club World Cup, 6 Premier League Titles, 1 FA Cup, 3 League Cups, 4 Community Shields, 1 legendary manager. From Rio to Rome, 2000–2010. This is the story of one of the greatest eras in the history of England’s most successful club, told through the eyes of the players who...

On January 20, 2003, a thunderous crack rang out and a violent tide of snow barreled down the northern Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia, Canada, burying thirteen skiers and snowboarders. Among them was Craig Kelly—"the Michael Jordan of snowboarding"—a world champion who had propelled the sport...

A multilayered memoir of basketball, family, home, love, and race, John Edgar Wideman’s Hoop Roots brings "a touch of Proust to the blacktop" (Time) as it tells of the author's love for a game he can no longer play. Beginning with the scruffy backlot playground he discovered in Pittsburgh some fifty...

Just go. It’s a mantra I’ve always come back to, to keep me focused on what I need to do and filter out everything else. Saya loved BMX racing, but a series of devastating accidents turned her passion into paralyzing fear. Her brother Kai suffered a traumatic brain injury on the track, then Saya...

In this definitive sports biography, four-time New York Times bestselling author Ian O’Connor pulls back the curtain on four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers, delivering a complete portrait of the legendary yet mysterious quarterback who has astonished, befuddled, yet always captivated fans of America’s...

Phil Jackson is widely considered to be one of the greatest coaches in the history of basketball. As head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 to 1998, he led Michael Jordan to six championships. In 1999, Jackson switched allegiances and moved to the Los Angeles Lakers, racking up five titles in ten...

Emmy Award–winning broadcaster Chris Myers reflects on his illustrious career in sports journalism as one of the most trusted and renowned voices in sports. Myers has witnessed and participated in his fair share of historic events: on the field when the earthquake struck the 1989 World Series; on...

When Tiger Woods went on an extraordinary majors run between 1999 and 2008, one man stood at his side: his caddie Steve Williams. Together, Steve and Tiger dominated the PGA Tour in a quest that changed golf history, winning an astonishing 13 major championships with their sights set on breaking...

Step into the ring as David Shoemaker wrestles with the legacy of the iconic Hulk Hogan. Why Hulk Hogan Matters traces the explosive heat and heel turns of how Hulk Hogan became a true cultural phenomenon. Whether you’re a lifelong Hulkamanic or fascinated by the Hulk’s truly unique,...