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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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Bias in the Booth
- An Insider Exposes How the Sports Media Distort the News
- By: Dylan Gwinn
- Narrated by: Eric A. Urban
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
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In his blistering new audiobook, Bias in the Booth, sports reporter and commentator Dylan Gwinn takes you inside the sports media spin machine to reveal what they hope you won't notice: The sports media are no different from the news and entertainment media.
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Bias in the Booth
- An Insider Exposes How the Sports Media Distort the News
- Narrated by: Eric A. Urban
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 24-04-15
- Language: English
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The Man in the Dugout
- 15 Big League Managers Speak Their Minds
- By: Donald Honig
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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The 15 major-league managers interviewed in The Man in the Dugout represent six decades of baseball - men like Joe McCarthy of the New York Yankees and Walter Alston of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Each oral history, steeped in nostalgia and confidentiality, is a record of the triumphs and defeats of the man carrying the prime responsibility of a multimillion-dollar franchise. Here the manager is revealed as a strategist, tactician, peacemaker, politician, ego-soother, and builder of self-confidence.
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The Man in the Dugout
- 15 Big League Managers Speak Their Minds
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 29-07-14
- Language: English
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Sometimes They Even Shook Your Hand
- Portraits of Champions Who Walked among Us
- By: John Schulian
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
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John Schulian, a much-honored sportswriter for nearly forty years, takes us back to a time when our greatest athletes stood before us as human beings, not remote gods. In this compelling collection, Schulian paints prose portraits to remind fans of what today's cloistered stars won't share with them. The result is an audiobook guaranteed to stir memories for the generation that was - and to leave subsequent generations wishing they had it so good.
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Sometimes They Even Shook Your Hand
- Portraits of Champions Who Walked among Us
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 02-07-14
- Language: English
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Sportista: Female Fandom in the United States
- By: Andrei S. Markovits, Emily Albertson
- Narrated by: Jared Pike
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
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The typical female sports fan remains very different from her male counterparts. In their insightful and engaging book, Sportista, Andrei S. Markovits and Emily Albertson examine the significant ways many women have become fully conversant with sports - acquiring a knowledge of and passion for them as a way of forging identities that until recently were quite alien to women.
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Sportista: Female Fandom in the United States
- Narrated by: Jared Pike
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 25-04-14
- Language: English
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Bad Sports
- How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love
- By: Dave Zirin
- Narrated by: Jones Allen
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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Funny, engaging, and sharply pointed in his appraisal of the sports complex bankrupting our cities, the celebrated author of A People’s History of Sports in the United States returns with a hard-hitting indictment of big business and the corrupt practices that are ruining the sports we love.When attending a baseball game becomes a luxury reserved for the wealthy few and cities build multi-million dollar stadiums while letting their bridges crumble, the price of sports in this country demands reassessment.
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Bad Sports
- How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love
- Narrated by: Jones Allen
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 25-11-13
- Language: English
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It's Game Time Somewhere
- How One Year, 100 Events, and 50 Different Sports Changed My Life
- By: Tim Forbes
- Narrated by: William Michael Redman
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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Cards on the table - author Tim Forbes is not quite right. Want proof? How else could you explain him spending a full year of his life attending 100 uniquely different sporting events - involving 50 separate sports? Speed-dating with the entire sporting world initially revealed only painful truths, but what he ultimately learned in the most unassuming of venues had a dramatic impact on Tim’s life as a fan, a sports entrepreneur, and - however humble - an athlete.
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It's Game Time Somewhere
- How One Year, 100 Events, and 50 Different Sports Changed My Life
- Narrated by: William Michael Redman
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 16-05-13
- Language: English
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How Fantasy Sports Explains the World
- What Pujols and Peyton Can Teach Us About Wookiees and Wall Street
- By: A J. Mass
- Narrated by: Todd Ellis
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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An entertaining, anecdotal exploration of how the skills used in evaluating fantasy sports talent are one and the same with the skills we all use every day of our lives. The world of fantasy sports is no longer the purview of nerds and stat geeks. In fact, versions of the game are currently played by tens of millions of people worldwide. But while fantasy sports may have begun as a light-hearted diversion, to many of its participants winning or losing is no laughing matter.
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How Fantasy Sports Explains the World
- What Pujols and Peyton Can Teach Us About Wookiees and Wall Street
- Narrated by: Todd Ellis
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 02-01-13
- Language: English
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The Most Expensive Game in Town
- The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today’s Families
- By: Mark Hyman
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
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A look at how commercialization has transformed youth sports from fun into a heavily commercialized and profitable venture. Examining the youth sports economy from many sides - the major corporations, the small entrepreneurs, the coaches, the parents, and, of course, the kids - Hyman probes the reasons for rapid changes in what gets bought and sold in this lucrative marketplace. He reveals the effects on kids and profiles the individuals and communities bucking this destructive trend of commercialization.
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The Most Expensive Game in Town
- The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today’s Families
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 27-12-12
- Language: English
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Bob Costas in Conversation with Budd Mishkin
- The Future of Sports
- By: Bob Costas
- Narrated by: Budd Mishkin
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
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NBC's Bob Costas has anchored football, basketball, and Summer Olympics coverage for NBC and served as a baseball play-by-play man. He is an 11-time Emmy winner and an eight-time National Sportscaster of the Year. Budd Mishkin is the senior feature correspondent and sports anchor/reporter at New York 1 and the host of the weekly profile series One on 1 with Budd Mishkin.
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Bob Costas in Conversation with Budd Mishkin
- The Future of Sports
- Narrated by: Budd Mishkin
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
- Release date: 24-08-09
- Language: English
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The Miseducation of the Student Athlete
- How to Fix College Sports
- By: Kenneth L. Shropshire, Collin D. Williams Jr.
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
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As the revenues generated by big-time college sports continue to skyrocket, virtually all of the debate involves whether (and how much) student-athletes should be paid for play. Kenneth L. Shropshire and Collin D. Williams Jr., argue that "student" has to come first: the focus should be on prioritizing a meaningful education. They draw on new research to reveal that it has become increasingly difficult for college athletes to balance school and sports, much less a social life, leading to serious economic, professional, and emotional consequences for young people.
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The Miseducation of the Student Athlete
- How to Fix College Sports
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 25-09-18
- Language: English
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A Sporting Chance
- By: Titus O'Reily
- Narrated by: Titus O'Reily
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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In Sport, the term 'good bloke' doesn't mean what it says. Like 'fun run', it in fact often means the exact opposite. Titus O'Reily, the sports historian Australia neither needs nor deserves, examines why our nation's sportspeople can do terrible things yet be so readily forgiven. In this Great Southern Land, a sportsman can be excused almost any sin if he is elevated to the mythical status of being a 'good bloke'. So, what does it take to earn the title of 'good bloke'? And can female athletes be good blokes, too?
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A Sporting Chance
- Narrated by: Titus O'Reily
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 29-10-18
- Language: English
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The John Carlos Story
- The Sports Moment that Changed the World
- By: Dr. John Carlos
- Narrated by: Brian Jones
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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Seen around the world, John Carlos and Tommie Smith’s Black Power salute on the 1968 Olympic podium sparked controversy and career fallout. Yet their show of defiance remains one of the most iconic images of Olympic history and the Black Power movement. Here is the remarkable story of one of the men behind the salute, lifelong activist, John Carlos.
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The John Carlos Story
- The Sports Moment that Changed the World
- Narrated by: Brian Jones
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 30-12-11
- Language: English
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The Last Shot
- City Streets, Basketball Dreams
- By: Darcy Frey
- Narrated by: Darcy Frey, JD Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams is the “revelatory” (New York Times), “deeply empathetic” (New Yorker) true story of four teenagers attempting to escape the cycles of poverty, crime, and despair in 1990s Brooklyn by getting recruited to play college basketball. With poignant intimacy, Darcy Frey chronicles the aspirations of these young men, including the future superstar Stephon Marbury, who are among the most promising players in Coney Island.
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The Last Shot
- City Streets, Basketball Dreams
- Narrated by: Darcy Frey, JD Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 18-06-24
- Language: English
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Fans Have More Friends
- By: Ben Valenta, David Sikorjak, Michael Mulvihill - introduction
- Narrated by: Terrence Kidd
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
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Sports fans, dads, and data analysts David Sikorjak and Ben Valenta argue that fandom can not only increase our sense of belonging but also serves as a powerful antidote to loneliness because sports fans experience increased social connection. What they didn't realize was how deep that connection was, the potential it carried for individual and societal wellness, or the opportunities it offered for adult friendships, making and keeping friends, and family ties.
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Fans Have More Friends
- Narrated by: Terrence Kidd
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 09-01-24
- Language: English
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Ballgames & Boardrooms
- Unmasking the Power Play in Global Sports
- By: J.N. Maverick
- Narrated by: Tyler Kaminski
- Length: 39 mins
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At first glance, sports may appear as simple games of athleticism and skill. However, nestled within every cheer, every match, and each strategy is a reflection of the world's deeper political, societal, and economic narratives. "Ballgames & Boardrooms" delves into this intricate dance between sports and the inherent global structures it both represents and influences. From the gladiatorial arenas of Ancient Rome to the modern football stadiums, this essay dissects how sports have been employed as tools by elites to not only entertain but to dictate, control, and pacify the masses.
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Ballgames & Boardrooms
- Unmasking the Power Play in Global Sports
- Narrated by: Tyler Kaminski
- Length: 39 mins
- Release date: 13-12-23
- Language: English
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The Great Black Hope
- Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback
- By: Louis Moore
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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There is no position in pro sports more recognizable, lucrative, and important than NFL quarterback. But while the league itself has always been integrated, quarterbacking was the exclusive domain of white players for many years. When Doug Williams and Vince Evans arrived in the league in the late 1970s, Black players were often dismissed as lacking the intelligence and leadership skills of a QB. They got death threats, faced racist questions, and knew that a single mistake could end their careers at any moment.
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The Great Black Hope
- Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 24-09-24
- Language: English
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Beyond the Game
- The Hidden Politics of Sports
- By: J.N. Maverick
- Narrated by: Christopher Ceja
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
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In "Beyond the Game," we dive deep into the intricate relationship between sports, society, and the underlying forces that shape our perceptions and emotions. At the very heart of the sports world lies a dual narrative: one of unity and celebration, the other of exploitation and division. The book unravels the transformative power of sports as a unifying factor. It showcases how, irrespective of socio-economic backgrounds, sports can momentarily erase differences, as illustrated by the fervor in Rio's favelas during the FIFA World Cup.
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Beyond the Game
- The Hidden Politics of Sports
- Narrated by: Christopher Ceja
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 05-02-24
- Language: English
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How to Navigate Hockey Parenting
- A Guide to Fostering Positive Growth
- By: Josh Perry
- Narrated by: Adrian Newcastle
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
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This book aims to guide parents through the challenges of youth hockey, providing insights and strategies to foster a positive environment that promotes skill development, sportsmanship, and personal growth. By focusing on the desires of buyers seeking guidance on youth hockey parenting, the book equips parents with knowledge, empathy, and practical approaches to support their young athletes.
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How to Navigate Hockey Parenting
- A Guide to Fostering Positive Growth
- Narrated by: Adrian Newcastle
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 06-01-24
- Language: English
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Passion Plays
- How Religion Shaped Sports in North America (A Ferris and Ferris Book)
- By: Randall Balmer
- Narrated by: Randall Balmer
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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Randall Balmer was a late convert to sports talk radio, but he quickly became addicted, just like millions of other devoted American sports fans. As a historian of religion, the more he listened, Balmer couldn't help but wonder how the fervor he heard related to religious practice. From baseball to basketball and football to ice hockey, Balmer explores the origins and histories of big-time sports from the late nineteenth century to the present, with entertaining anecdotes and fresh insights into their ties to religious life.
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Passion Plays
- How Religion Shaped Sports in North America (A Ferris and Ferris Book)
- Narrated by: Randall Balmer
- Series: A Ferris and Ferris Book
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 20-09-22
- Language: English
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