The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 19 mins)
By Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle
Narrated By Sean Runnette
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(24)
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On a fateful night in 2009, Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle met for dinner at a restaurant in Boulder, Colorado. The two had met five years before while Coyle was writing his best-selling book Lance Armstrong: Tour de Force. But this time, Tyler had something else on his mind. He finally wanted to come clean, about everything: the doping, the lying, his years as Lance Armstrong's teammate on U.S. Postal,, and his decade spent running from the truth. "I'm sorry," he told Coyle. "It just feels so good to be able to talk about this. I've been quiet for so many years."
Betty says:
"Great story even if you are not a bike racing fan"
Born to Run: The Hidden Tribe, the Ultra-Runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 7 mins)
By Christopher McDougall
Narrated By Fred Sanders
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Performance
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Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world's greatest distance runners and learn their secrets - and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong.
Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 24 mins)
By Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman
Narrated By Quincy Dunn-Baker
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A dominant force in the sport of ultrarunning, Scott Jurek is a seven-time winner of the 100-mile Western States Endurance Run and a two-time winner of the 135-mile Badwater Ultramarathon through Death Valley. Eat & Run offers an inspirational account of Jurek's life as a runner and vegan. Regaling listeners with jaw-dropping tales of endurance, Jurek also delivers sound science and practical advice-as well as his favorite plant-based recipes.
Once a Runner captures the essence of what it means to be a competitive runner; to devote your entire existence to a single-minded pursuit of excellence. It has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever written. Originally self-published in 1978 and sold at road races out of the trunk of the author's car, reading the book became a rite of passage for many runners, and tattered copies were handed down like sacred texts from generation to generation.
The Climb is a true, gripping, and thought-provoking account of the worst disaster in the history of Mt. Everest: On May 10, 1996, two commercial expeditions headed by experienced leaders attempted to climb the highest mountain in the world, but things went terribly wrong...
The Mental Game of Poker: Proven Strategies for Improving Tilt Control, Confidence, Motivation, Coping with Variance, and More
UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 45 mins)
By Jared Tendler, Barry Carter
Narrated By Jared Tendler
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The mental game may be more important in poker than in any other form of competition. It's one of the only games in the world where you can play perfectly and lose-again and again. Hundreds of poker players have turned to mental game coach Jared Tendler's revolutionary approach to help them play their best, no matter how badly they're running. In this book you'll find simple, step-by-step instructions and proven techniques to permanently fix problems such as tilt, handling variance, emotional control, confidence, fear, and motivation.
Jason says:
"The Ultimate Guide to the Mental Game"
The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 36 mins)
By W. Timothy Gallwey
Narrated By Dan Woren
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The Inner Game of Tennis is a revolutionary program for overcoming the self-doubt, nervousness, and lapses of concentration that can keep a player from winning. This classic best-seller can change the way the game of tennis is played.
Trevor and Sammy are the movers and shakers at TS Sports Stars agency. Friends for 20 years, and business partners for nine, they are chalk and cheese: Trevor is thoughtful, honest and sensitive; Sammy is a rapacious dealmaker with the morals of a hyena. In these six episodes, we follow Trevor and his partner as they deal, in their very different ways, with colleagues and clients.
The Long Run: One Man's Attempt to Regain his Athletic Career-and His Life - by Running the New York City Marathon
UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 39 mins)
By Matthew Long, Charles Butler
Narrated By Matthew Del Negro
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On the morning of December 22, 2005, New York City firefighter Matt Long was cycling to work when he was struck by and sucked under a 20-ton bus making an illegal turn. The injuries he sustained pushed him within inches of death. Miraculously, after five months in the hospital and more than 40 operations, Matt was able to start his recovery. This book chronicles Matt's road to recovery as he teaches himself to walk again and, a mere three years later, to run in the 2008 New York City Marathon.
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 42 mins)
By Ed Viesturs, David Roberts
Narrated By Stephen Hoye
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(1)
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(1)
For 18 years, Ed Viesturs pursued climbing's holy grail: to stand atop the world's 14 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much about the man who would become the first American to achieve that goal as it is about his stunning quest. As Viesturs recounts the stories of his most harrowing climbs, he reveals a man torn between the flat, safe world he and his loved ones share and the majestic and deadly places where only he can go.
50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days - and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance!
ABRIDGED (5 hrs and 56 mins)
By Dean Karnazes, Matt Fitzgerald
Narrated By Dean Karnazes
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(1)
In the Fall of 2006, Dean Karnazes, known as "the Lance Armstrong of the running world", took on the ultimate challenge: running 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days. Dean set off in a caravan packed with fellow runners, with nothing more than a roadmap and a determination that defied all physical limitations.
Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season
UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 35 mins)
By Nick Heil
Narrated By David Drummond
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In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everest while forty other climbers walked past him on their way to the summit. A week later, Lincoln Hall, a seasoned Australian climber, was left for dead near the same spot. Hall's death was reported around the world, but the next day he was found alive after spending the night on the upper mountain with no food and no shelter.
The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 19 mins)
By Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle
Narrated By Sean Runnette
Overall
(149)
Performance
(24)
Story
(24)
On a fateful night in 2009, Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle met for dinner at a restaurant in Boulder, Colorado. The two had met five years before while Coyle was writing his best-selling book Lance Armstrong: Tour de Force. But this time, Tyler had something else on his mind. He finally wanted to come clean, about everything: the doping, the lying, his years as Lance Armstrong's teammate on U.S. Postal,, and his decade spent running from the truth. "I'm sorry," he told Coyle. "It just feels so good to be able to talk about this. I've been quiet for so many years."
Betty says:
"Great story even if you are not a bike racing fan"
Born to Run: The Hidden Tribe, the Ultra-Runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 7 mins)
By Christopher McDougall
Narrated By Fred Sanders
Overall
(119)
Performance
(17)
Story
(17)
Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world's greatest distance runners and learn their secrets - and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong.
Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 24 mins)
By Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman
Narrated By Quincy Dunn-Baker
Overall
(61)
Performance
(11)
Story
(11)
A dominant force in the sport of ultrarunning, Scott Jurek is a seven-time winner of the 100-mile Western States Endurance Run and a two-time winner of the 135-mile Badwater Ultramarathon through Death Valley. Eat & Run offers an inspirational account of Jurek's life as a runner and vegan. Regaling listeners with jaw-dropping tales of endurance, Jurek also delivers sound science and practical advice-as well as his favorite plant-based recipes.
Tread Lightly: Form, Footwear, and the Quest for Injury-Free Running
UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 37 mins)
By Bill Larson, Peter Larson
Narrated By Richard Allen
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Humans evolved over the millennia to become one of the most exceptional distance-running species on Earth. So why are injuries so common? Are our shoes to blame, or is it a question of running form, training, or poor diet? In this groundbreaking book, Peter Larson and Bill Katovsky explore the reasons why runners experience injuries and offer potential solutions to the current epidemic of running-related injuries.
Barca: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World
UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 36 mins)
By Graham Hunter
Narrated By Graham Hunter
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Performance
(5)
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Barcelona is the greatest football team in the world, the greatest for a generation, and possibly the greatest of all time. This is the untold inside story of how the best and most loved football team in the world came to redefine how the game is played. We start with the 2011 Champions League final at Wembley, the game that ended the debate about whether Barcelona was the greatest team in the world and began a new one: are they the best ever?
Jimmy Connors took the tennis world by storm like no player in the history of the game. A shaggy-haired working-class kid from the wrong side of the tracks, he was prepared to battle for every point, to shout and scream until he was heard, and he didn't care whom he upset in doing so. He was brash; he was a brat. He was a crowd-pleaser, a revolutionary. And he won more tournaments - an astonishing 109 - than any other man in history, including eight Grand Slam singles titles. Only now is Connors ready to set the record straight on what really happened on and off the court.
Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder is an anthology of 30 articles written by an amateur cyclist over a period of 10 years. The collection exhibits the madness that engulfs those who descend into cycling obsession, celebrating the average cyclist living in a world defined by the pros. The writings range from fanciful musings concerning the Tao of singlespeeding to lengthy descriptions of end-to-end rides in Britain and Ireland.
The Mental Game of Poker: Proven Strategies for Improving Tilt Control, Confidence, Motivation, Coping with Variance, and More
UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 45 mins)
By Jared Tendler, Barry Carter
Narrated By Jared Tendler
Overall
(19)
Performance
(0)
Story
(0)
The mental game may be more important in poker than in any other form of competition. It's one of the only games in the world where you can play perfectly and lose-again and again. Hundreds of poker players have turned to mental game coach Jared Tendler's revolutionary approach to help them play their best, no matter how badly they're running. In this book you'll find simple, step-by-step instructions and proven techniques to permanently fix problems such as tilt, handling variance, emotional control, confidence, fear, and motivation.
Jason says:
"The Ultimate Guide to the Mental Game"
Can't Swim, Can't Ride, Can't Run: From Common Man to Ironman
UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 46 mins)
By Andy Holgate
Narrated By Gregory St. John
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This book is both a lesson in true grit and determination, but its goal is one that is attainable. Andy isn't a sporting superstar, he holds down a nine-to-five job and all the pressures that go with it; he isn't blessed with speed and talent; there are no multi-million pound sponsorship deals; yet this remarkable "common man" is inspiring in a way that some of today's sporting superstars have forgotten how to be.
What It Takes to Be Number One: Vince Lombardi on Leadership
UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 25 mins)
By Vince Lombardi
Narrated By Michael Prichard
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Leadership continues to be one of the most written-about and most trained-for qualities in business today. And no figure so fully embodies the leadership qualities managers hope to cultivate in their professional and personal lives as the late Vince Lombardi, the greatest NFL coach of all time.
Ned Boulting has noticed something. It's to do with bikes. They're everywhere. And so are their riders. Some of these riders seem to be sporting sideburns and a few of them are winning things. Big things. Now Ned wants to know how on earth it came to this. And what, exactly is 'this'. In On the Road Bike, Ned Boulting asks how Britain became so obsessed with cycling. Ned's search puts him in contact with some of the wonderful and wonderfully idiosyncratic people who have contributed to this nation's two-wheeled history.
Is there a sport you could turn professional at with only a year of coaching? How much would it cost to run a Formula One car as your family runaround? How can you maximize your chances of playing international soccer against Lionel Messi? Why does being born in the summer prevent you from becoming a professional sports star? Which sport is the most profitable to participate in for the least amount of effort? These, plus many more, are the questions posed and answered by Sportonomics.
R. Kitzinger says:
"Interesting read but $$$$ the dollars!"
In 1884, Providence Grays pitcher Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn won an astounding 59 games - more than anyone in major-league history ever had before, or has since. He then went on to win all three games of baseball's first World Series. Fifty-nine in '84 tells the dramatic story not only of that amazing feat of grit but also of big-league baseball two decades after the Civil War - a brutal, bloody sport played barehanded, the profession of uneducated, hard-drinking men who thought little of cheating outrageously or maiming an opponent to win.
In the Year of the Shark, a chance encounter between a ne'er-do-well writer and a tropical storm left him marooned on the deserted end of a Caribbean island and charged with the rescue of his four shipmates. There, Mishka Shubaly learned some valuable life lessons - among them that in the absence of whiskey, wine, and water, urine will get the job done.
Here's a chance to sit down with Kirk Cousins, record-setting former Michigan State Quaterback and draft pick of the NFL's Washington Redskins. Get an inside look at high-stakes football and the experiences that helped Cousins put his values and faith into action, on and off the field. In this audiobook, Kirk Cousins tells stories from his own life under the bright lights of college and pro football.
There has never been a period in history where tennis has been so rich in iconic personalities, and recent times have seen more astonishing, history-making stories than ever before. Small wonder, then, that Neil Harman, who this season celebrates a decade at the helm of The Times tennis coverage, should want to share the tales he has lived through in a book that drips personality, excitement, drama and intrigue from first page to last.
Big League City is the fascinating story behind that transformative moment when The Thunder came to Oklahoma City, elevating it to a big league city. David Holt's position as the Mayor's assistant gave him a unique opportunity to observe how a singular series of serendipitous events paired with the stubborn commitment of his sports minded boss, the Mayor, and the remarkably unified effort of a group of perceptive investors, community leaders and city staff brought the dream of NBA basketball to Oklahoma City.
Running back Mick Johnson has dreams: dreams of cutting back, finding the hole, breaking in to the open, and running free with nothing but green grass ahead. He has dreams of winning and of being the best. But football is a cruel sport. It requires power, grace, speed, quickness, and knowledge of the game. It takes luck, too. One crazy bounce can turn a likely victory into sudden defeat. What elite athlete wouldn't look for an edge? A way to make him bigger, stronger, faster?
Rob Carrey, the son of a working-class cabinet maker, arrives at the Fenton School with a scholarship to row and a chip on his shoulder. Generations of austere Fenton men have led the rowing team, known as the God Four, to countless victories - but none are as important or renowned as the annual Tuesday-afternoon race against their rival, Warwick. But first Rob must complete months of preparation driven by their captain, Connor Payne's vicious competitive nature.
Loudmouth: Tales (and Fantasies) of Sports, Sex, and Salvation from Behind the Microphone
UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 17 mins)
By Craig Carton
Narrated By Craig Carton
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In this debut, Carton invites the listener to join him as he recounts tales from his suburban youth, defends his long-held love affair with the New York Jets, reminisces about the shenanigans of some of the highest paid and most celebrated athletes playing today, and reflects on his work as one of radio's craftiest, most hilarious personalities ever to get behind the microphone.
Dave Meggyesy had been an outside linebacker with the St. Louis Cardinals for seven years when he quit at the height of his career to tell about the dehumanizing side of the game - about the fraud and the payoffs, the racism, drug abuse, and incredible violence. The original publication of Out of Their League shocked readers and provoked the outraged response that rocked the sports world in the 1970s.
Money Boxing is a unique book about the hidden, underground world of sports and sports investment. This book features colorful characters and the prediction system that has casinos up in arms. Money Boxing is a home course in sports handicapping. Christian Shreve has great enthusiasm for this subject and it shows in this book. Most importantly, his method is extremely accurate in forecasting the outcomes of the fights he has analyzed. This can be attributed to his experience as an actual fighter.
More than Beards, Bellies and Biceps: The Story of the 1993 Phillies
UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 42 mins)
By Robert Gordon, Tom Burgoyne
Narrated By Darren Stephens
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Stubble scruffed up their chins. Tobacco wads ballooned their cheeks. The 1993 Philadelphia Phillies had the look of a slow-pitch softball team itching to kick some serious butt. They did kick butt, too, on and off the field. "They lived the life of professional baseball players as fully as it can be done," manager Jim Fregosi said. Though they weren't a photogenic bunch, their mugs were everywhere, on Baseball Today, on David Letterman, and on Saturday Night Live.
A Hunter's Fireside Book: Tales of Dogs, Ducks, Birds, & Guns
UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 6 mins)
By Gene Hill
Narrated By Ray Childs
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The legendary American outdoor writer's finest collection. For decades, Gene Hill's articles and books have captured the spirit of the outdoors in a way that inspires and entertains millions of readers. A Hunter's Fireside Book captures the essence of the life of a sportsman and explores the full spectrum of the hunter's experience: sunrises in the duck blind, an unforgettable hunter's moon, the camaraderie of men who know the pleasures of being wet and cold and a little bit lost.