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  • Relentless

  • From Good to Great to Unstoppable
  • Written by: Tim S. Grover, Shari Wenk
  • Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
  • Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    523
  • Performance
    426
  • Story
    421

An all-new production of the phenomenal bestseller, now featuring exclusive new conversations with the authors! For more than two decades, legendary trainer Tim Grover has taken the greats—Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and hundreds of relentless competitors in sports, business, and...

  • Great book.... Wondering how to apply it

  • By MG on 2021-07-24
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  • Showboat

  • The Life of Kobe Bryant
  • Written by: Roland Lazenby
  • Narrated by: Ron Butler
  • Length: 21 hrs and 59 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    48
  • Performance
    37
  • Story
    37

The definitive portrait of Kobe Bryant, from the author of Michael Jordan. "Lazenby's detailed research and fantastic writing paint a complex, engaging picture of one of the NBA's greats" (Kurt Helin, Pro Basketball Talk , NBC Sports). Eighteen-time All-Star, scorer of 81 points in a single game...

  • Amazing Listen!

  • By Daniel Grisales on 2022-06-08
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  • The Carolina Way

  • Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching
  • Written by: Dean Smith
  • Narrated by: Dean Smith, Gerald D. Bell, John Kilgo
  • Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

For forty years, Dean Smith coached the University of North Carolina basketball team with unsurpassed success. Now, in The Carolina Way, he explains his coaching philosophy and shows readers how to apply it to the leadership and team-building challenges they face in their own lives. In his wry...

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  • Michael Jordan

  • The Life
  • Written by: Roland Lazenby
  • Narrated by: Bob Souer
  • Length: 21 hrs and 8 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    117
  • Performance
    100
  • Story
    98

The definitive biography of a legendary athlete. The Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. Michael Jordan is responsible for sublime moments so ingrained in sports history that they have their own names. When most people think of him, they think of his beautiful shots with the game on the line, his...

  • GET A DIFFERENT NARRATOR

  • By tristan on 2018-12-02
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  • Shaq Uncut

  • My Story
  • Written by: Shaquille O'Neal, Jackie MacMullan
  • Narrated by: Dion Graham
  • Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    27
  • Performance
    20
  • Story
    20

Superman. Diesel. The Big Aristotle. Shaq Fu. The Big Daddy. The Big Shaqtus. Wilt Chamberneezy. The Real Deal. The Big Shamrock. Shaq. You know him by any number of names, and chances are you know all about his legendary basketball career: Shaquille "Shaq" O'Neal is a four-time NBA champion and...

  • the fact the person narrating wasn't shaw and tried to narrate it in Shaqs voice

  • By Will on 2024-05-13
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  • Shot Ready

  • Written by: Stephen Curry
  • Narrated by: JD Jackson, Stephen Curry
  • Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Shot Ready is a powerful distillation of Stephen Curry’s transformative philosophy of success—centered on preparation, constant improvement, creativity, connection, mindfulness, and joy—delivered in his incomparable voice and style. Shot Ready is an intimate narrative and a practical...

Relentless cover art
  • Relentless

  • From Good to Great to Unstoppable
  • Written by: Tim S. Grover, Shari Wenk
  • Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
  • Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    523
  • Performance
    426
  • Story
    421

An all-new production of the phenomenal bestseller, now featuring exclusive new conversations with the authors! For more than two decades, legendary trainer Tim Grover has taken the greats—Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and hundreds of relentless competitors in sports, business, and...

  • Great book.... Wondering how to apply it

  • By MG on 2021-07-24
Showboat cover art
  • Showboat

  • The Life of Kobe Bryant
  • Written by: Roland Lazenby
  • Narrated by: Ron Butler
  • Length: 21 hrs and 59 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    48
  • Performance
    37
  • Story
    37

The definitive portrait of Kobe Bryant, from the author of Michael Jordan. "Lazenby's detailed research and fantastic writing paint a complex, engaging picture of one of the NBA's greats" (Kurt Helin, Pro Basketball Talk , NBC Sports). Eighteen-time All-Star, scorer of 81 points in a single game...

  • Amazing Listen!

  • By Daniel Grisales on 2022-06-08
The Carolina Way cover art
  • The Carolina Way

  • Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching
  • Written by: Dean Smith
  • Narrated by: Dean Smith, Gerald D. Bell, John Kilgo
  • Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

For forty years, Dean Smith coached the University of North Carolina basketball team with unsurpassed success. Now, in The Carolina Way, he explains his coaching philosophy and shows readers how to apply it to the leadership and team-building challenges they face in their own lives. In his wry...

Michael Jordan cover art
  • Michael Jordan

  • The Life
  • Written by: Roland Lazenby
  • Narrated by: Bob Souer
  • Length: 21 hrs and 8 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    117
  • Performance
    100
  • Story
    98

The definitive biography of a legendary athlete. The Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. Michael Jordan is responsible for sublime moments so ingrained in sports history that they have their own names. When most people think of him, they think of his beautiful shots with the game on the line, his...

  • GET A DIFFERENT NARRATOR

  • By tristan on 2018-12-02
Shaq Uncut cover art
  • Shaq Uncut

  • My Story
  • Written by: Shaquille O'Neal, Jackie MacMullan
  • Narrated by: Dion Graham
  • Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    27
  • Performance
    20
  • Story
    20

Superman. Diesel. The Big Aristotle. Shaq Fu. The Big Daddy. The Big Shaqtus. Wilt Chamberneezy. The Real Deal. The Big Shamrock. Shaq. You know him by any number of names, and chances are you know all about his legendary basketball career: Shaquille "Shaq" O'Neal is a four-time NBA champion and...

  • the fact the person narrating wasn't shaw and tried to narrate it in Shaqs voice

  • By Will on 2024-05-13
Shot Ready cover art
  • Shot Ready

  • Written by: Stephen Curry
  • Narrated by: JD Jackson, Stephen Curry
  • Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Shot Ready is a powerful distillation of Stephen Curry’s transformative philosophy of success—centered on preparation, constant improvement, creativity, connection, mindfulness, and joy—delivered in his incomparable voice and style. Shot Ready is an intimate narrative and a practical...

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  • Sacred Hoops

  • Spiritual Lessons Of A Hardwood Warrior
  • Written by: Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty
  • Narrated by: Phil Jackson
  • Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    3
  • Performance
    2
  • Story
    2

"Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball." -- Phil Jackson One of the most successful coaches in NBA history, Chicago Bulls head coach Phil Jackson provides an inside look at the higher wisdom of teamwork with Sacred Hoops -- Jackson's...

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  • Three Ring Circus

  • Kobe, Shaq, Phil and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty
  • Written by: Jeff Pearlman
  • Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
  • Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    33
  • Performance
    27
  • Story
    27

The story of the Lakers dynasty from 1996 through 2004, when Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal combined - and collided - to help bring the Lakers three straight championships and restore the franchise as a powerhouse....

  • Fantastic listen for Lakers fans, haters, and every basketball fan in between

  • By Kendra on 2024-07-19
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  • Mental Toughness for Young Athletes (Parent's Guide)

  • Eight Proven 5-Minute Mindset Exercises for Kids and Teens Who Play Competitive Sports
  • Written by: Troy Horne, Moses Horne
  • Narrated by: Troy Horne
  • Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    32
  • Performance
    28
  • Story
    28

Troy Horne here. Your mental-toughness guide! I am here to help parents understand how to help your young athlete navigate this mental-toughness journey. I know where you are, and I know how to help you help your young athlete find their mental toughness....

  • ok

  • By DJ on 2024-08-27
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  • Playing the Long Game

  • A Memoir
  • Written by: Christine Sinclair, Stephen Brunt
  • Narrated by: Rachel Cairns
  • Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    61
  • Performance
    57
  • Story
    57

NATIONAL BESTSELLER For the first time in depth and in public, Olympic soccer gold-medalist Christine Sinclair, the top international goal scorer of all time and one of Canada's greatest athletes, reflects on both her exhilarating successes and her heartbreaking failures. Playing the Long Game...

  • female athletes rule

  • By Amazon Customer on 2024-02-20
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  • Uncommon Favor

  • Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned From All Three
  • Written by: Dawn Staley
  • Narrated by: Dawn Staley
  • Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For the first time, Dawn Staley shares powerful and inspiring stories that have shaped her journey on and off the court. A three-time Olympic gold medalist, six-time WNBA All-Star, and the first person to win the Naismith College Player of the Year award as both...

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  • Coming Home

  • Written by: Brittney Griner, Michelle Burford
  • Narrated by: Andia Winslow, Brittney Griner
  • Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    14
  • Performance
    12
  • Story
    12

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home. “Compelling . . . An intimate, honest recollection of...

  • Enlightening and page turning

  • By A. on 2025-09-03
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  • Wooden

  • A Coach's Life
  • Written by: Seth Davis
  • Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
  • Length: 26 hrs and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    3
  • Performance
    2
  • Story
    2

A provocative and revelatory new biography of the legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, by one of America's top college basketball writers....

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  • Hoop Muses

  • An Insider's Guide to Pop Culture and the (Women's) Game
  • Written by: Seimone Augustus, Kate Fagan, Sophia Chang
  • Narrated by: Kate Fagan
  • Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
  • Unabridged
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    0
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“In vibrant color and style, Hoops Muses tells the vital stories that celebrate the history and tradition of our game.” —Sue Bird, WNBA legend Hoops Muses is an homage to the game, bringing style and flair to all the details, moments, and people who have shaped the collective world of...

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  • Letters to a Young Athlete

  • Written by: Chris Bosh, Pat Riley - introduction
  • Narrated by: Chris Bosh, Pete Larkin
  • Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    30
  • Performance
    24
  • Story
    24

A legendary NBA player shares his remarkable story, infused with hard-earned wisdom about the journey to self-mastery from a life at the highest level of professional sports Chris Bosh, NBA Hall of Famer, eleven-time All-Star, two-time NBA champion, Olympic gold medalist, and the league’s...

  • How great Chris bosh is with his words

  • By Amberanski on 2024-05-23
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  • LeBron

  • Written by: Jeff Benedict
  • Narrated by: Chris Jackson
  • Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    8
  • Performance
    7
  • Story
    7

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the #1 bestselling author of The Dynasty and Tiger Woods—the “definitive…fantastic” (Sports Illustrated) biography of basketball superstar LeBron James, based on three years of exhaustive research and more than 250 interviews. LeBron James is the greatest...

  • For a 17+ hour book, I was expecting more

  • By Marko Dj on 2023-06-26
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  • Rapture

  • Fifteen Teams, Four Countries, One NBA Championship, and How to Find a Way to Win -- Damn Near Anywhere
  • Written by: Nick Nurse, Michael Sokolove, Phil Jackson - introduction
  • Narrated by: Cameron Scoggins
  • Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    94
  • Performance
    79
  • Story
    78

Nick Nurse distills the wisdom, insight, and experiences that helped him lead the Toronto Raptors to the NBA championship in his first year as head coach. Foreword by Phil Jackson.NBA fans had low expectations for rookie coach Nick Nurse and his Toronto Raptors. But what those naysayers didn't...

  • left me wanting

  • By brian on 2022-08-16
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  • Hard Work

  • A Life On and Off the Court
  • Written by: Roy Williams, Tim Crothers, John Grisham - Foreword
  • Narrated by: Alan Winter
  • Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

Coach Roy Williams had an unlikely rise to the Hall of Fame and a career that boasts the highest winning percentage among all active college coaches. Now, for the first time, Williams tells the story of his life that few people know....

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  • Darkness to Light

  • A Memoir
  • Written by: Lamar Odom, Chris Palmer - contributor
  • Narrated by: Chris Palmer
  • Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    48
  • Performance
    42
  • Story
    43

The world knows Lamar Odom as a two-time NBA world champion who rocketed to uncharted heights of fame thanks to being a member of both the storied Los Angeles Lakers and the ubiquitous Kardashian empire....

  • Meh

  • By Nevaeh on 2020-03-12
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  • Return of the King

  • LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Greatest Comeback in NBA History
  • Written by: Brian Windhorst, Dave McMenamin
  • Narrated by: Brian Windhorst, Dave McMenamin
  • Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    8
  • Performance
    8
  • Story
    8

In this New York Times bestseller, get the inside scoop into LeBron James's return -- and ultimate triumph -- in Cleveland. What really happened when LeBron James stunned the NBA by leaving a potential dynasty in Miami to come home to play with the Cleveland Cavaliers? How did the Cavs use...

  • An Amazing Comeback!

  • By TwinPines85 on 2020-07-23
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  • There's Always This Year

  • On Basketball and Ascension
  • Written by: Hanif Abdurraqib
  • Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
  • Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    2
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A “powerful” (The Guardian) reflection on basketball, life, and home—from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America “Mesmerizing . . . not only the most...

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  • The Breaks of the Game

  • Written by: David Halberstam
  • Narrated by: Brian Troxell
  • Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    12
  • Performance
    11
  • Story
    11

A New York Times bestseller, David Halberstam's The Breaks of the Game focuses on one grim season (1979-80) in the life of the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers, a team that only three years before had been NBA champions. More than six years after his death David Halberstam remains one of...

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  • Never Stop

  • Life, Leadership, and What It Takes to Be Great
  • Written by: Dan Hurley, Ian O'Connor
  • Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla, Dan Hurley
  • Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
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    0
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Dan Hurley is one of the most famous head coaches in America today—in any sport. He returned the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team to their rightful place among the nation’s elite, winning back-to-back NCAA Championships, and he did it with uncommon passion. His...

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  • Muggsy

  • My Life from a Kid in the Projects to the Godfather of Small Ball
  • Written by: Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues, Jake Uitti - contributor
  • Narrated by: Cary Hite
  • Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    2
  • Performance
    2
  • Story
    2

Growing up, Muggsy Bogues was always told he should do something else, anything besides basketball. He never acknowledged his many doubters except to prove them spectacularly wrong....

  • I can’t write a book

  • By Brayden Elliott on 2023-01-19
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  • Go Up for Glory

  • Written by: Bill Russell, William Mcsweeny
  • Narrated by: JD Jackson
  • Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    3
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

Back in print for the first time in decades, Go Up for Glory is the classic 1968 basketball memoir by NBA legend Bill Russell, with a new foreword from the author. From NBA legend Bill Russell, Go Up for Glory is a basketball memoir that transcends time. First published in 1965, this narrative...

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  • Barkley

  • A Biography
  • Written by: Timothy Bella
  • Narrated by: Korey Jackson
  • Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
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*A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2022* The definitive biography of Charles Barkley, exploring his early childhood, his storied NBA career, and his enduring legacy as a provocative voice in American pop culture He’s one of the most interesting American athletes in the past fifty years...

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  • Misunderstood

  • A Memoir
  • Written by: Allen Iverson, Ray Beauchamp
  • Narrated by: JaQwan J. Kelly
  • Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
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    0
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A compelling and candid memoir from Allen Iverson, the NBA’s most misunderstood Hall of Famer, detailing his tough childhood in Virginia, his entry into the league as the number one overall pick, and his controversial, culture-changing pro basketball career. In...

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  • Expensive Basketball

  • Written by: Shea Serrano
  • Narrated by: Cary Hite
  • Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
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    0
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Rap Year Book and Basketball (and Other Things), a clever and inventive examination of some of basketball's most iconic players, moments, games, and more. Everything in basketball is measured. Everything in basketball is counted, and...

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  • More Than a Game

  • Written by: Phil Jackson, Charley Rosen
  • Narrated by: Phil Jackson, Charley Rosen
  • Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
  • Abridged
  • Overall
    2
  • Performance
    2
  • Story
    2

When legendary NBA coach Phil Jackson took over the beleaguered Los Angeles Lakers in 1999, the sports world was watching closely...

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  • Players First

  • Coaching from the Inside Out
  • Written by: John Calipari, Michael Sokolove
  • Narrated by: Chuck Montgomery
  • Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5
  • Performance
    4
  • Story
    4

In Players First, John Calipari relates for the first time anywhere his experiences over his first four years coaching the Kentucky Wildcats, college basketball’s most fabled program, from the doldrums to a national championship, drawing lessons about leadership, character, and the path to...

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