What are some of the better sports-related books you'd recommend?

[Rev]

I'd like to get a list of recommendations.

I'm not much of a book reader, but I'm trying.

Only sports books I've ever really read are "Dennis Rodman: Walk On The Wild Side" & "Moneyball".

Would you recommend "Forty Million Dollar Slaves"? These are the types I'd really be into. Is "Game of Shadows" worth it for a baseball fan who doesn't mind if Bonds and them did steroids?

Any books on specific players, etc.

 

[Reality Check]

The ESPN book was really good. Also there's a book called "Tip Off", which is all about what led to the 1984 NBA Draft, from rumored trades to how everything fell into place.

I'm eager to get the Dream Team book that came out this week.

 

[concise]

Amazon.com: Sports: The All-American Addiction (9781578064526): John R. Gerdy: Books

 

[HacksawJimThuggin]

Amazon.com: For You Hank (9780385303897): Bo Kimble: Books

 

[LandryFieldsDad]

Read the josh Hamilton and Ra dikkey books..really good
My favorite book-summer of 49

Bill Simmons book of basketball was great I thought

 

[Henry Orbit]

Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich

 

[Da_Eggman]

The Boys of Summer

 

[Majestic Pape]

I liked Magic Johnson's and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar'sn autobiographies. I enjoyed Playing For Keeps as well.

 

[DirtyD]

 

[Tommy Fits]

Loved this book couldn't put it down. I love reading about Baseball history. Cobb by Al Stump was an awesome read and I couldn't put it down. It's been rumored that Stump took a lot of liberties but even if half the stuff in the book is true, Cobb was a sick b*stard. Some more off the top of my head

Ty and the Babe
The Year Babe Ruth hit 103 Home Runs
Eight Men Out
Crazy 08
The First Fall Classic: The Red Sox, the Giants, and the Cast of Players, Pugs, and Politicos Who Reinvented the World Series in 1912
The Original Curse
The Greatest Ballpark Ever: Ebbets Field and the Story of the Brooklyn Dodgers
But Didn't We Have Fun
Catcher

 

[STEVE]

i really want to read joe pepitone's autobiography which is apparently him fukking everything standing and getting waaaaaaaaaasted

 

[SuikodenII]

 

[SuikodenII]

 

[Da_Eggman]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0374272271?pc_redir=1405403112&robot_redir=1

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Personal Foul
Showtime
The Dream Team joint
The espn book sucked and dragged IMO
Tyson: Undisputed Truth
Jackie Robinson by Arnold Rampersad
After Friday Night Lights
The John Carlos Story