Sports Books

[thehippie]

Was wondering if anyone can suggest a good one....preferably about soccer.....but any sport would do as long as it's damn good....

 

[Addendum]

 

[The Game]

Not really about soccer but the about one of the most interesting characters within it and maybe the whole of sports

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

My current favorites are The Soul of Baseball by Joe Posnanski
Can I keep my jersey? by Paul Shirley
Moneyball by Michael Lewis

 

[ih8nyy]

(Baseball) Teammates, The: A Portrait of a Friendship by David Halberstam is excellent.

(Hockey) Jonesy: The Improbable Career of Keith Jones by Keith Jones & John Buccigross is also a good read.

 

[ih8nyy]

Andy Roddick Beat Me With a Frying Pan by Todd Gallagher. I have not read it, but I think this is gonna be added to my list.

The late George Plimpton also has a bunch of books about him playing sports. Climbing in the Boxing ring against Archie Moore, playing QB for the Detroit Lions, Playing goalie for the Bruins, going to Spring training, etc......

 

[Byrd Man]

Friday Night Lights and Hoop Dreams are two excellent books and Cobb by Al Stump is a good, unflinching biography about the Georgia Peach himself.

 

[ih8nyy]

Friday Night Lights and Hoop Dreams are two excellent books and Cobb by Al Stump is a good, unflinching biography about the Georgia Peach himself.

Yeah I heard the Cobb book is warts and all. Doesn't exactly paint a great portrait.

 

[Belvedere]

"Never Die Easy" - Walter Payton's autobiography.

Brings me to tears every time I read it.

 

[rdh007]

The only one I've ever read:

 

[Shifty]

Yeah I heard the Cobb book is warts and all. Doesn't exactly paint a great portrait.

Hmmm I should track that down, I enjoyed the Cobb biopic with Tommy Lee Jones, based on "Stumpy"'s 2nd book about Cobb.

 

[Double Down]

This is a good book about soccer by an excellent writer: