Celebrity Sports

From award-winning sports writer Kevin Robbins, discover the story of legendary golfer Payne Stewart, focusing on his last year in the PGA Tour in 1999, which tragically culminated in a fatal air disaster that transpired publicly on televisions across the country. Forever remembered as one of...

The NFL icon who first brought show business to sports shares his life lessons on fame, fatherhood, and football. Three days before the 1969 Super Bowl, Joe Namath promised the nation that he would lead the New York Jets to an 18-point underdog victory against the seemingly invincible Baltimore...

From award-winning sports broadcaster and actress Jayne Kennedy comes a compelling, inspirational, and unflinchingly honest memoir about her rise in Hollywood and beyond.

For Katie McKenna, passing out and landing in the arms of Washington DC Soaring Eagles baseball player AJ Williamson is one of those moments she'd rather forget. Embarrassed beyond belief, she tries to pretend the incident never happened. She puts the escapade behind her, choosing to spend the summer preparing for law school and admiring AJ safely from afar.

A captivating chronicle of the pivotal decade in American sports, when the games invaded prime time, and sports moved from the margins to the mainstream of American culture. Every decade brings change, but as Michael MacCambridge chronicles in THE BIG TIME, no decade in American sports history...

Charlie Davenport is the bad boy of British tennis - and third in line to the throne. He's a beast on the courts and a wild animal in bed (according to all the tabloids). Girls are lining up for chance at his crown jewels, and when I stumble into the wrong Wimbledon dressing room and catch a glimpse of his game, set, and match, I can see why. So what's a little good luck kiss between friends (I mean, strangers)? I know better than to get involved with a bad boy like Charlie. But now he's on a winning streak, he thinks I'm his lucky charm.

My RAD Career is a roller coaster ride through Hollywood in the 1980s as seen through the eyes of one of the cult figures of the era, Bill Allen (star of the movie RAD). Starting as a teen actor on his first ill-fated film alongside a young George Clooney, Bill shares his personal and professional relationships through film and television roles with some of the greatest actors and directors of a generation. Told like you're sitting with him over drinks at a bar, Bill takes you inside the show biz bubble to reveal his most jaw-dropping experiences spanning three decades.

The side-splittingly hilarious new book from Sunday Times bestselling author, rugby icon, and stag do in human form, James Haskell. It’s 2021 and James is at a crossroads. His glittering international rugby career that took him from England to New Zealand and France – including 77 caps for...

Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their fans in person? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are also enthralling narrative adventures. Whether covering the...

Le gare non sono mai state una passeggiata per me, ma quella lotta all’ultimo respiro io la cercavo. Se capivo di dover entrare in acqua e combattere alla morte, l’adrenalina mi scorreva ed ero felice. La condizione ideale per gareggiare era sentirmi un animale braccato. La sera prima di una gara quasi non mangiavo. Era la tensione, certo, ma anche un modo di prepararsi all’assalto, come il lupo che prima di andare a caccia per affrontare la lotta digiuna, dimagrisce. La fame o l’inappetenza non erano solo forme nervose, ma manifestazioni di un atavico istinto al combattimento.

This book explores the journey of Sir Lewis Hamilton as you've never seen before—layered, vulnerable, complex, and utterly human. Halven Strayer charts Hamilton’s rise from a modest childhood in Stevenage to the global stage of Formula One stardom, where he would rewrite the record books and challenge the DNA of a sport steeped in tradition and privilege. But this is more than a sports biography. It is a deep dive into the psyche of a cultural trailblazer, an exploration of identity, ambition, and what it truly means to carry the hopes of millions while navigating the pressures of perfection.

Charlotte Walker hat ihren Uniabschluss in der Tasche, allerdings keinen Plan, was sie mit ihrem Leben anstellen soll. Während sie dies herauszufinden versucht, begleitet sie ihren Bruder Theo für eine Rennsaison. Charlotte fällt da nur eines oder besser gesagt jemand ein: Lucas Adler, den Topfahrer von AlphaVite. Schon seit Langem ist sie in den sexy, tätowierten Formel-1-Star verliebt.

From a New York Times bestselling author, a deeply reported account of how the USC Trojan football team captivated the sporting world in the 2000s. The University of Southern California received thousands of calls, emails and letters in 2001, after hiring former NFL coach, Pete Carroll, to...

The former captain from the reality TV show “Wicked Tuna Outer Banks”. Dale Lisi has compiled several aspects of considerable consequence that have taken place in his life and assembled them into literary form in "Good and Evil". Traveling to desolate remote regions, deliberately placing himself in life threatening situations; the mountains in the winter, the desert, and taking his 24' boat over 200 miles out into the Atlantic Ocean until it ran out of fuel and then attempted to sink it - no radio, no food, no life raft.

Sie lieben das Risiko – aber trauen sich nicht, zu ihren Gefühlen zu stehen ... Levi ist eine Legende in der Mountainbike-Szene – aber in Liebesdingen hat er einen eher zweifelhaften Ruf. Josie scheut auf dem Berg keine Challenge – aber seit ihre Mutter die Familie sitzenließ, hat sie Angst, sich auf die Liebe einzulassen. Als Josie und Levi aufeinandertreffen, fliegen die Funken. Während eines Gewitters entladen sich ihre angestauten Gefühle – bis Levi einen Rückzieher macht und Josies schlimmste Befürchtungen bestätigt.

On his long path to success—from aspiring professional footballer to actor, director and producer—for every opportunity Aaron Fa’Aoso had, there were setbacks and heartache. He was six when his father and grandfather both died. His fiercely proud mother and even fiercer grandmother dug deep to raise Aaron and his brothers. Belief in himself as a warrior—literally and metaphorically—made him into a fighter, for better and for worse. A month into Aaron’s second marriage, and just as his acting career was flourishing, his new wife took her own life.

Written with his trademark warmth and candour, The Nation Holds Its Breath is George Hamilton's eagerly awaited and wonderfully told journey through a rich and varied career in broadcasting. As the undisputed voice of Irish football, George's evocative and celebrated commentary is familiar to millions. He has captured the highs and lows of Irish sport for generations of fans, ever since he first took up the microphone in the mid-seventies, and he has been enthralling his audiences ever since.

Zwischen Nachrichten und Thriathlon. Als Kind kennt Nachrichtensprecher Thorsten Schröder nur eine Leidenschaft: Fußball. Doch dann beendet ein Rückenleiden seine Vereinskarriere. Statt den Ball zu treten darf er als bewegungsfreudiger Teenager nur noch drei Sportarten ausüben: Schwimmen, Radfahren und Laufen. Aus der Not wird über die Jahre eine flammende Passion für jene Sportart, die alle drei Disziplinen vereint, den Triathlon. Immer größer werden die Herausforderungen, denen er sich im Wettkampf stellt, immer härter sein Training.

Phil Tufnell played in five Ashes series and has commentated on another ten. With the next tear-up just around the corner, 'Tuffers' has sat down and personally chosen his 50 Ashes 'legends' from the modern era and from both sides of the divide. Tuffers' Ashes Heroes is crammed with cricketers...

For over 12 years, Phillipa Sage worked alongside Clarkson, Hammond and May as their PA, gofer and fixer, where she saw the boys at their best and, hilariously, at their worst. A closet petrol head, Phillipa started working in the motor industry on live events over 20 years ago and first worked with Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman (formerly Top Gear and now the Grand Tour’s executive producer) in 1997.