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How Football Explains America
- By: Sal Paolantonio
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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How Football Explains America is a fascinating, first-of-its-kind journey through the making of America's most complex, intriguing, and popular game. ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio explores just how crucial football is to understanding the American psyche. Paolantonio tackles varying American themes from Manifest Destiny to “fourth and one” as he goes deep in order to answer the age-old question: Why does America love football so much?
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How Football Explains America
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 26-03-14
- Language: English
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The Heritage
- Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism
- By: Howard Bryant
- Narrated by: Ronnie Butler
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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Following in the footsteps of Robeson, Ali, Robinson and others, today’s Black athletes re-engage with social issues and the meaning of American patriotism Named a best book of 2018 by Library Journal It used to be that politics and sports were as separate from one another as church and state...
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The Heritage
- Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism
- Narrated by: Ronnie Butler
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 08-05-18
- Language: English
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Let Us Play
- Winning the Battle for Gender Diverse Athletes
- By: Harrison Browne, Rachel Browne
- Narrated by: Avi Roque
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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“Get your head out of your phone and stop doomscrolling. Read Let Us Play instead.”—Jay Onrait, sports anchor “A crucial playbook that athletes and nonathletes alike can use to help make sports an inclusive place for all.”—Meghan Duggan, 3-time Olympian and Olympic gold medalist, USA...
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Let Us Play
- Winning the Battle for Gender Diverse Athletes
- Narrated by: Avi Roque
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 27-05-25
- Language: English
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Unsporting
- How Trans Activism and Science Denial Are Destroying Sport
- By: Linda Blade, Barbara Kay
- Narrated by: Linda Blade
- Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
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Radical gender activists are using a pseudoscientific theory of human biology to hijack sports and subvert the long-established concept of fair play - forcing women and girls to risk their safety, pushing them aside for male athletes using the excuse of “inclusivity”.
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Unsporting
- How Trans Activism and Science Denial Are Destroying Sport
- Narrated by: Linda Blade
- Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 09-07-21
- Language: English
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The Big Time
- How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America
- By: Michael MacCambridge
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
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A captivating chronicle of the pivotal decade in American sports, when the games invaded prime time, and sports moved from the margins to the mainstream of American culture. Every decade brings change, but as Michael MacCambridge chronicles in THE BIG TIME, no decade in American sports history...
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Interesting but a bit long
- By Mr Paul Michael Hopkins on 09-02-24
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The Big Time
- How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 10-10-23
- Language: English
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The Power of Mental Toughness
- Techniques for Peak Athletic Performance
- By: High3r Mindset, Julian Service
- Narrated by: Helpful Matthew
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
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Are you a young athlete looking to compete with the best? How about a seasoned professional wanting to stay at the top of their game? One of the toughest aspects of being an athlete is consistency; not just performing well at one event, but being the best every time you enter a competition. No matter how hard you train or tweak your diet, you might feel like you’ve hit a plateau. You might not be making any more progress at all. You aren’t alone!
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I recommended this audiobook.
- By Tomeka Hockenberry on 03-08-23
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The Power of Mental Toughness
- Techniques for Peak Athletic Performance
- Narrated by: Helpful Matthew
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 14-11-22
- Language: English
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Becoming a Sustainable Runner
- A Guide to Running for Life, Community, and Planet
- By: Tina Muir, Zoë Rom
- Narrated by: Tina Muir, Colleen Crawford
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Becoming a Sustainable Runner is not just another running guide on developing the physical attributes to run faster or longer. What it will help you achieve is a newfound purpose that merges your passion for running with your concern for your health, your community, and the environment. It weaves together concepts of internal and external sustainability in a way that will help you run, think, and act in a way that is in line with your values.
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Becoming a Sustainable Runner
- A Guide to Running for Life, Community, and Planet
- Narrated by: Tina Muir, Colleen Crawford
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 13-10-23
- Language: English
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Guns and Needles
- A Journey into the Heart of South African Sport's Steroid and Drug Culture
- By: Clinton van der Berg
- Narrated by: Gareth Dry
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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South Africa revels in its reputation as a sport-loving country. Yet just beneath the surface lurks a dark underbelly that reeks of cheating and illicit shenanigans, where shady characters and willing athletes are prepared to do whatever it takes to come out on top. South African sport is awash with steroids, a habit that formed in the late 1980s and continues unabated today, with participants and champions alike opting to play dirty.
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Guns and Needles
- A Journey into the Heart of South African Sport's Steroid and Drug Culture
- Narrated by: Gareth Dry
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 01-03-22
- Language: English
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Take Back the Game
- How Money and Mania Are Ruining Kids' Sports--and Why It Matters
- By: Linda Flanagan
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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"A really brilliant book" — Malcolm Gladwell "So important" — Glennon Doyle Longlisted for the Porchlight Business Book Awards 2022 A close look at how big money and high stakes have transformed youth sports, turning once healthy, fun activities for kids into all-consuming...
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Take Back the Game
- How Money and Mania Are Ruining Kids' Sports--and Why It Matters
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 23-08-22
- Language: English
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Parkour and the Art du déplacement
- Strength, Dignity, Community
- By: Vincent Thibault, Casey Roberts - translator
- Narrated by: Yusuf Zine
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
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Parkour, the art of displacement, or freerunning—whatever the name, this new discipline born in the Paris suburbs is rapidly being adopted by people throughout the world. Not satisfied to suffer through urban life, these athletic artists or artistic athletes want to thrive in it, all the while earning dignity by daringly reappropriating three motor skills: running, jumping, and climbing. Vincent Thibault explores the philosophical and spiritual aspects of the art of movement and offers ideas on health, sports, urban living, and the relationship between the body and the environment.
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Parkour and the Art du déplacement
- Strength, Dignity, Community
- Narrated by: Yusuf Zine
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 30-05-22
- Language: English
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Baseball's Power Shift
- How the Players Union, the Fans, and the Media Changed American Sports Culture
- By: Krister Swanson
- Narrated by: John T. Arnott
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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From Major League Baseball's inception in the 1880s through World War II, team owners enjoyed monopolistic control of the industry. Despite the players' desire to form a viable union, every attempt to do so failed. In the mid-1960s, star players Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale staged a joint holdout for multiyear contracts and much higher salaries. Their holdout quickly drew support from the public; for the first time, owners realized they could ill afford to alienate fans, their primary source of revenue.
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Baseball's Power Shift
- How the Players Union, the Fans, and the Media Changed American Sports Culture
- Narrated by: John T. Arnott
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 20-02-17
- Language: English
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This is Your Brain on Sports
- The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon
- By: L. Jon Wertheim
- Narrated by: Sam Sommers, Keith Szarabajka
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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This is Your Brain on Sports is the book for sports fans searching for a deeper understanding of the games they watch and the people who play them. Sports Illustrated executive editor and bestselling author L. Jon Wertheim teams up with Tufts psychologist Sam Sommers to take readers on a wild...
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This is Your Brain on Sports
- The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon
- Narrated by: Sam Sommers, Keith Szarabajka
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 02-02-16
- Language: English
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Untold Stories
- By: John Feinstein
- Narrated by: John Feinstein
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
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Only available in audio! Listen to never-before-told, behind-the-scenes anecdotes as recounted by sports journalism legend John Feinstein. Hear John's once-in-lifetime personal interactions with some of the most monumental figures and moments in sports history: from Bob Knight and “the night...
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Untold Stories
- Narrated by: John Feinstein
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 24-11-20
- Language: English
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Norwich
- One Tiny Vermont Town's Secret to Happiness and Excellence
- By: Karen Crouse
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
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The extraordinary story of the small Vermont town that has likely produced more Olympians per capita than any other place in the country, Norwich gives “parents of young athletes a great gift—a glimpse at another way to raise accomplished and joyous competitors” (The Washington Post). In...
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Norwich
- One Tiny Vermont Town's Secret to Happiness and Excellence
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 23-01-18
- Language: English
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The Forgotten First
- Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier
- By: Keyshawn Johnson, Bob Glauber
- Narrated by: Rhett Samuel Price
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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The unknown story of the Black pioneers who collectively changed the face of the NFL in 1946. THE FORGOTTEN FIRST chronicles the lives of four incredible men, the racism they experienced as Black players entering a segregated sport, the burden of expectation they carried, and their many...
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The Forgotten First
- Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier
- Narrated by: Rhett Samuel Price
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 05-10-21
- Language: English
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Summer of '68
- The Season That Changed Baseball - and America - Forever
- By: Tim Wendel
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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From the beginning, ’68 was a season rocked by national tragedy and sweeping change. Opening Day was postponed and later played in the shadow of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral. That summer, as the pennant races were heating up, the assassination of Robert Kennedy was later followed by rioting at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. But even as tensions boiled over and violence spilled into the streets, something remarkable was happening in major league ballparks across the country. Pitchers were dominating like never before, and with records falling and shut-outs mounting, many began hailing ’68 as “The Year of the Pitcher".
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Summer of '68
- The Season That Changed Baseball - and America - Forever
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 25-04-13
- Language: English
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Brazil’s Dance with the Devil
- The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy
- By: Dave Zirin
- Narrated by: Alex Hyde-White
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
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In this compelling new book, relying on original reporting from the most dangerous corners of Rio to the halls of power in Washington, DC, Dave Zirin examines how sports and politics are colliding in remarkable fashion in Brazil, opening up an international conversation on the culture, economics, and politics of sports.
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Brazil’s Dance with the Devil
- The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy
- Narrated by: Alex Hyde-White
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 21-10-14
- Language: English
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Magic in the Air
- The Myth, the Mystery, and the Soul of the Slam Dunk
- By: Mike Sielski
- Narrated by: Landon Woodson
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
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“Narrator Landon Woodson’s clear diction, interested tone, and appropriate inflections enliven the biographical portraits of little-known and well-known athletes and others.” —AudioFile From the author of the bestselling Kobe Bryant biography The Rise comes the legend of the most...
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Magic in the Air
- The Myth, the Mystery, and the Soul of the Slam Dunk
- Narrated by: Landon Woodson
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 11-02-25
- Language: English
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Money, Power, Respect
- How Women in Sports Are Shaping the Future of Feminism
- By: Macaela MacKenzie
- Narrated by: Courtney Patterson
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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An inside look at how women athletes are leading the fight for equality—on and off the field Women’s sports receive a fraction of the airtime allotted for men’s sports, as well as a fraction of the marketing dollars, media coverage, and training resources. For every dollar that the NBA’s...
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Money, Power, Respect
- How Women in Sports Are Shaping the Future of Feminism
- Narrated by: Courtney Patterson
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 27-06-23
- Language: English
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Soccer in American Culture
- The Beautiful Game’s Struggle for Status (Sports and American Culture)
- By: G. Edward White
- Narrated by: Gary Roelofs
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
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In Soccer in American Culture: The Beautiful Game’s Struggle for Status, G. Edward White seeks to answer two questions. The first is why the sport of soccer failed to take root in the United States when it spread from England around much of the rest of the world in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The second is why the sport has had a significant renaissance in America since the last decade of the 20th century, to the point where it is now the fourth largest participatory sport in the United States and is thriving at the high school, college, and professional levels.
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Soccer in American Culture
- The Beautiful Game’s Struggle for Status (Sports and American Culture)
- Narrated by: Gary Roelofs
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 14-06-22
- Language: English
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