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Rethinking Fandom
- How to Beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at Its Own Game
- Written by: Craig Calcaterra
- Narrated by: Gary Bennett
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
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Sports fandom isn’t what it used to be. Owners and executives increasingly count on the blind loyalty of their fans and too often act against the team’s best interest. Sports fans are left deliberating not only mismanagement but also political, health, and ethical issues. In Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports Industrial Complex at Its Own Game, sportswriter and lifelong sports fan Craig Calcaterra outlines endemic problems with what he calls the sports-industrial complex.
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Rethinking Fandom
- How to Beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at Its Own Game
- Narrated by: Gary Bennett
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2022-08-23
- Language: English
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Fit Nation
- The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession
- Written by: Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
- Narrated by: Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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As a leading political and intellectual historian and a certified fitness instructor, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela is uniquely qualified to confront the complex and far-reaching implications of how our contemporary exercise culture took shape. She explores the work of working out not just as consumers have experienced it, but as it was created by performers, physical educators, trainers, instructors, and many others. For Petrzela, fitness is a social justice issue. She argues that the fight for a more equitable exercise culture will be won only by revolutionizing fitness culture at its core.
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Fit Nation
- The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession
- Narrated by: Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 2023-04-25
- Language: English
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- The Inside Story of Tom Brady's Fight for Redemption
- Written by: Casey Sherman, Dave Wedge
- Narrated by: Greg Baglia
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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The thrilling behind-the-scenes account of how the NFL's most sensational scandal culminated in sports history's greatest comeback, featuring dozens of exclusive interviews with Patriots players -- including Tom Brady himself. In January 2015, rumors circulated that the New England Patriots -- a...
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The Dynasty.
- By Jake L.S. on 2019-10-31
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- The Inside Story of Tom Brady's Fight for Redemption
- Narrated by: Greg Baglia
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2018-07-31
- Language: English
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The Green Bullet
- The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Alejandro Valverde and Spanish Cycling’s Corruption
- Written by: Matt Rendell
- Narrated by: Matt Rendell
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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Alejandro Valverde - the 'Green Bullet' - was a symbol of Spanish sport. Supremely talented, hard-working beyond belief, he was ranked no.1 in the world four times before retiring in 2022. He is a champion of undeniable charisma and immense achievement - and yet also a convicted doping cheat. Appearing in a list of encoded names, Valverde was one of many at the heart of a doping ring for elite sportsmen. Discovered by Spanish police in the infamous Operacion Puerto, the revelations contained in the operation threatened to rip cycling apart.
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- By Cycliste3xl on 2023-06-13
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The Green Bullet
- The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Alejandro Valverde and Spanish Cycling’s Corruption
- Narrated by: Matt Rendell
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2023-06-08
- Language: English
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Raise a Fist, Take a Knee
- Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports
- Written by: John Feinstein, Doug Williams - introduction
- Narrated by: John Feinstein
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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Based on dozens of shocking interviews with some of the most influential names in sports, this is the urgent and revelatory examination of racial inequality in professional athletics America has been waiting for. Commentators, coaches, and fans alike have long touted the diverse rosters of...
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Raise a Fist, Take a Knee
- Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports
- Narrated by: John Feinstein
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 2021-11-16
- Language: English
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Outcasts United
- An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference
- Written by: Warren St. John
- Narrated by: Lincoln Hoppe
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
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The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American town Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American home for scores of families in flight from the...
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Outcasts United
- An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference
- Narrated by: Lincoln Hoppe
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2009-04-21
- Language: English
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Intangibles
- Unlocking the Science and Soul of Team Chemistry
- Written by: Joan Ryan
- Narrated by: Joan Ryan
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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From baseball to biology, an award-winning journalist highlights the power of team chemistry in this "terrific" data-driven investigation of human relationships (Billie Jean King). Does team chemistry actually exist? Is there scientific or mathematical proof? Is team chemistry as real and...
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Intangibles
- Unlocking the Science and Soul of Team Chemistry
- Narrated by: Joan Ryan
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 2020-04-28
- Language: English
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How to Validate People
- Listen and Hear Better to Form Deep Connections Fast (Master Your Communication and Social Skills)
- Written by: Ian Tuhovsky
- Narrated by: Randy Streu
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
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If you want relations that bring joy, fulfilment, and peace into your life. Then you’re looking at the right book. Most people have a hard time nurturing long-term, meaningful relationships. You’re exposed to new people daily at work, at the gym, or even at the supermarket. Despite this, less than one in ten interactions end up flourishing into a friendship.
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How to Validate People
- Listen and Hear Better to Form Deep Connections Fast (Master Your Communication and Social Skills)
- Narrated by: Randy Streu
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2022-10-27
- Language: English
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Take Back the Game
- How Money and Mania Are Ruining Kids' Sports--and Why It Matters
- Written by: Linda Flanagan
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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"A really brilliant book" — Malcolm Gladwell "So important" — Glennon Doyle Longlisted for the Porchlight Business Book Awards 2022 A close look at how big money and high stakes have transformed youth sports, turning once healthy, fun activities for kids into all-consuming...
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Take Back the Game
- How Money and Mania Are Ruining Kids' Sports--and Why It Matters
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 2022-08-23
- Language: English
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The Professor in the Cage
- Why Men Fight and Why We like to Watch
- Written by: Jonathan Gottschall
- Narrated by: Quincy Dunn-Baker
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
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When a mixed martial arts (MMA) gym moves in across the street from his office, Jonathan Gottschall sees a challenge and an opportunity. Pushing 40, out of shape, and disenchanted with his job as an adjunct English professor, part of him yearns to cross the street and join up. The other part is terrified.
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The Professor in the Cage
- Why Men Fight and Why We like to Watch
- Narrated by: Quincy Dunn-Baker
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2015-04-14
- Language: English
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Boys Among Men
- How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution
- Written by: Jonathan Abrams
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
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When Kevin Garnett shocked the world by announcing that he would not be attending college - as young basketball prodigies were expected to do - but instead would enter the 1995 NBA draft directly from high school, he blazed a trail for a generation of teenage basketball players to head straight for the pros. That trend would continue until the NBA instituted an age limit in 2005, requiring all players to attend college or another developmental program for at least one year.
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Boys Among Men
- How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 2015-12-27
- Language: English
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The Kaepernick Effect
- Taking a Knee, Changing the World
- Written by: Dave Zirin
- Narrated by: Terrence Kidd
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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In 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of African Americans, the celebrated NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a series of quiet protests on the field, refusing to stand during the US national anthem. By "taking a knee", Kaepernick bravely joined a long tradition of American athletes making powerful political statements. This time, however, Kaepernick's simple act spread like wildfire throughout American society, becoming the preeminent symbol of resistance to America's persistent racial inequality.
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The Kaepernick Effect
- Taking a Knee, Changing the World
- Narrated by: Terrence Kidd
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 2021-09-14
- Language: English
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The Best
- How Elite Athletes Are Made
- Written by: Mark Williams, Tim Wigmore
- Narrated by: Stuart Nurse
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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Never have the best sportspeople seemed so far removed from the rest of us. So how are these extraordinary athletes made, and what do their achievements tell us about success? The Best reveals how the most incredible sportspeople in the world got that way. It is a unique look at the path to sporting greatness. This is a story of origins, training, luck, and serendipity, as well as of sports science and cutting-edge technology.
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The Best
- How Elite Athletes Are Made
- Narrated by: Stuart Nurse
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-02
- Language: English
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The Mannings
- The Fall and Rise of a Football Family
- Written by: Lars Anderson
- Narrated by: Ian Alan Carlsen
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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From New York Times best-selling author Lars Anderson comes a revealing portrait of the first family of American sports. What the Kennedys are to politics, the Mannings are to football. Two generations have produced three NFL superstars: Archie Manning, the Ole Miss hero-turned-New Orleans Saint; his son Peyton, widely considered one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play the game; and Peyton's younger brother, Eli, who won two Super Bowl rings of his own.
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The Mannings
- The Fall and Rise of a Football Family
- Narrated by: Ian Alan Carlsen
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2016-08-23
- Language: English
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Playing Lesson
- A Duffer's Year Among the Pros
- Written by: Michael Bamberger
- Narrated by: Michael Bamberger
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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You are cordially invited to join Michael Bamberger on a year-long golfing adventure—playing alongside the pros of the PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour, LIV Golf, and more—as he seeks to unlock golf’s most stubborn secrets in various and surprising ways, all in the name of…improvement! Nearly...
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Playing Lesson
- A Duffer's Year Among the Pros
- Narrated by: Michael Bamberger
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 2025-06-10
- Language: English
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The Season
- A Fan's Story
- Written by: Helen Garner
- Narrated by: Helen Garner
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE A NEW YORKER NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025 ∙ A LITHUB FAVORITE BOOK OF 2025 From the beloved master of Australian letters Helen Garner comes a brand new work of nonfiction, exploring boyhood, football, and the quotidian joys of family life. "Inclusive...
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The Season
- A Fan's Story
- Narrated by: Helen Garner
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 2025-09-02
- Language: English
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The Games
- A Global History of the Olympics
- Written by: David Goldblatt
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 18 hrs and 23 mins
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Renowned sportswriter David Goldblatt has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal for writing "with the expansive eye of a social and cultural critic". In The Games, Goldblatt delivers a magisterial history of the biggest sporting event of them all: the Olympics. He tells the epic story of the games from their reinvention in Athens in 1896 to the present day, chronicling classic moments of sporting achievement from Jesse Owens to Nadia Comaneci, the Miracle on Ice to Usain Bolt.
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- By RW on 2024-08-24
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The Games
- A Global History of the Olympics
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 18 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2016-07-26
- Language: English
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Slaying the Tiger
- A Year Inside the Ropes on the New PGA Tour
- Written by: Shane Ryan
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
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For more than a decade, golf was dominated by one galvanizing figure: Eldrick "Tiger" Woods. But as his star has fallen, a new, ambitious generation has stepped up to claim the crown. Once the domain of veterans, golf saw a youth revolution in 2014. In Slaying the Tiger, Shane Ryan introduces us to the volatile, colorful crop of heirs apparent who are storming the barricades of this traditionally old-fashioned sport.
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Slaying the Tiger
- A Year Inside the Ropes on the New PGA Tour
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 2015-09-15
- Language: English
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Relegated
- My Pints-and-Pies Journey from the Top to the Bottom of English Football
- Written by: Todd Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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For fans of Ted Lasso and Welcome to Wrexham, this rollicking travel memoir by a middle-aged Midwesterner is a hilarious and heartfelt journey through the United Kingdom, its football clubs, and the rich traditions of English football culture. Relegation, the devastating consequence English...
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Relegated
- My Pints-and-Pies Journey from the Top to the Bottom of English Football
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2026-05-19
- Language: English
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The Forgotten First
- Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier
- Written by: Keyshawn Johnson, Bob Glauber
- Narrated by: Rhett Samuel Price
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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The unknown story of the Black pioneers who collectively changed the face of the NFL in 1946. THE FORGOTTEN FIRST chronicles the lives of four incredible men, the racism they experienced as Black players entering a segregated sport, the burden of expectation they carried, and their many...
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The Forgotten First
- Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier
- Narrated by: Rhett Samuel Price
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2021-10-05
- Language: English
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