5 Must-Read Books for Sports Fans!

27 Apr 2023

5 Must-Read Books for Sports Fans!

Get ready to be inspired and entertained with our list of the newest and hottest sports biographies and memoirs! From tales of triumph to candid reflections, these books give you an all-access pass to it all. Whether you’re a die-hard fan or just looking for a good read, check out these new sports biographies and memoirs.

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George Varnell: The Life and Times of a Pioneering Sportsman

by Jeff Burlingame

Release Date: March 16, 2023

Would The Boys in the Boat, written about in Daniel James Brown’s bestseller, have gone to the Olympics? Would Gonzaga University’s successful basketball team have existed? Would college and professional football been played under the same set of rules? Without George Varnell, the answer to all three of these questions likely would have been no.

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LeBron

by Jeff Benedict

Release Date: April 11, 2023

From the #1 bestselling author of The Dynasty and Tiger Woods comes the definitive biography of basketball superstar LeBron James, based on three years of exhaustive research and more than 250 interviews.

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Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time

by Ryan McGee

Release Date: April 4, 2023

A gloriously funny, nostalgic memoir of a popular ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a fresh-out-of-college intern for a minor league baseball team. Madness and charm ensue as Ryan McGee spends the season steeped in sweat, fertilizer, nacho cheese sauce, and pure, unadulterated joy in North Carolina with the Asheville Tourists.

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Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America

by Abraham Riesman

Release Date: March 28, 2023

The definitive biography of Vince McMahon, former WWE chairman and CEO, charts his rise from rural poverty to the throne of one of the world’s most influential media empires—and features never-before-seen research and exclusive interviews with more than 150 people who witnessed, aided, and suffered from his ascent.

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Surviving to Drive

by Guenther Steiner

Release Date: April 20, 2023

‘People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that’s nothing. Pressure is watching one of your drivers hit a barrier at 190mph and exploding before your eyes…’Uncompromising and searingly honest, told in Steiner’s inimitable style, this is a fascinating and hugely entertaining account of the realities of running a Formula 1 team.

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