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Taking a Knee, Taking a Stand
- African American Athletes and the Fight for Social Justice
- Written by: Bob Schron, Devin McCourty
- Narrated by: Henry Strozier, Mirron Willis-Introduction
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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A history of the activism and achievement of African American athletes from Jesse Owens to Serena Williams to Colin Kaepernick, who advanced the cause of social justice through their outspokenness, commitment, and integrity. Muhammad Ali refused to fight in a war he believed was immoral. Wilma Rudolph retired from track and field to campaign for civil rights. Taking a Knee, Taking a Stand tells their stories and the stories of other prominent African American male and female athletes who often risked their careers to fight racial discrimination and promote social justice.
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Taking a Knee, Taking a Stand
- African American Athletes and the Fight for Social Justice
- Narrated by: Henry Strozier, Mirron Willis-Introduction
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2020-06-29
- Language: English
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Body Politic
- The Great American Sports Machine
- Written by: David Shields
- Narrated by: John Drennan
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
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In Body Politic, David Shields looks at contemporary America and its mythology through the lens of professional and college sports. The result is an unusually insightful and provocative book about an empire in denial. Shields relentlessly examines the way we tell our sports stories (both fictional and nonfictional), considers the kinds of athletes we choose as heroes, and delineates the lessons and values we glean from sports.
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Body Politic
- The Great American Sports Machine
- Narrated by: John Drennan
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2020-05-07
- Language: English
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Boot Sale
- Inside the Strange and Secret World of Football's Transfer Window
- Written by: Nige Tassell
- Narrated by: Rich Keeble
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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For football fans who hungrily feed on gossip and rumour, Christmas comes twice a year - once in August and again in January. These are the months when the transfer window dominates thoughts, when the prospect of a new signing or two reinvigorates the hopes and dreams of the hopelessly devoted. Nige Tassell goes behind the scenes to observe the workings of the transfer window and to examine why it continues to hold such fascination for a nation of football lovers.
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Boot Sale
- Inside the Strange and Secret World of Football's Transfer Window
- Narrated by: Rich Keeble
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 2019-11-14
- Language: English
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Black Planet
- Facing Race during an NBA Season
- Written by: David Shields
- Narrated by: Donald Elivert
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
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The National Basketball Association is a place where white fans and Black players enact virtually every racial issue and tension in US culture. Following the Seattle SuperSonics for an entire season, David Shields explores how, in a predominantly Black sport, White fans - including especially himself - think about and talk about Black heroes, Black scapegoats, and Black bodies. Critically acclaimed and highly controversial, Black Planet was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN USA Award, and was named one of the Top Ten Nonfiction Books of 1999.
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Black Planet
- Facing Race during an NBA Season
- Narrated by: Donald Elivert
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 2019-10-07
- Language: English
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Suicide Squeeze: Taylor Hooton, Rob Garibaldi, and the Fight against Teenage Steroid Abuse
- Written by: William C. Kashatus
- Narrated by: Josh Berndt
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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Appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs - specifically, anabolic steroids (APEDs) - provide a tempting competitive advantage for amateur baseball players. But this shortcut can exact a fatal cost on talented athletes. In his urgent book Suicide Squeeze, William Kashatus chronicles the experiences of Taylor Hooton and Rob Garibaldi, two promising high school baseball players who abused APEDs in the hopes of attracting professional scouts and Division I recruiters. However, as a result of their steroid abuse, they ended up taking their own lives.
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Suicide Squeeze: Taylor Hooton, Rob Garibaldi, and the Fight against Teenage Steroid Abuse
- Narrated by: Josh Berndt
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2018-12-04
- Language: English
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Separate Games: African American Sport behind the Walls of Segregation (Sport, Culture, and Society)
- Written by: David K. Wiggins - editor, Ryan Swanson - editor
- Narrated by: David Sadzin
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
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The hardening of racial lines during the first half of the 20th century eliminated almost all African Americans from white organized sports, forcing black athletes to form their own teams, organizations, and events. This separate sporting culture, explored in the 12 essays included here, comprised much more than athletic competition; these “separate games” provided examples of black enterprise and black self-help and showed the importance of agency and the quest for racial uplift in a country fraught with racialist thinking and discrimination.
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Separate Games: African American Sport behind the Walls of Segregation (Sport, Culture, and Society)
- Narrated by: David Sadzin
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 2018-11-28
- Language: English
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Going to the Match: The Passion for Football
- The Perfect Gift for Football Fans
- Written by: Duncan Hamilton
- Narrated by: David Mounfield
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
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A massive audience in sitting rooms, parks and pubs watched England in the 2018 World Cup. Yet as Duncan Hamilton demonstrates with style, insight and wit in Going to the Match, watching on TV is no substitute for being there. Hamilton embarks on a richly entertaining, exquisitely crafted journey through football. Glory game or grass roots, England v Slovenia or Guiseley v Hartlepool, he delves beneath the action to illuminate the stories which make the sport endlessly compelling.
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Going to the Match: The Passion for Football
- The Perfect Gift for Football Fans
- Narrated by: David Mounfield
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2018-09-28
- Language: English
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The Miseducation of the Student Athlete
- How to Fix College Sports
- Written by: Kenneth L. Shropshire, Collin D. Williams Jr.
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
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As the revenues generated by big-time college sports continue to skyrocket, virtually all of the debate involves whether (and how much) student-athletes should be paid for play. Kenneth L. Shropshire and Collin D. Williams Jr., argue that "student" has to come first: the focus should be on prioritizing a meaningful education. They draw on new research to reveal that it has become increasingly difficult for college athletes to balance school and sports, much less a social life, leading to serious economic, professional, and emotional consequences for young people.
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The Miseducation of the Student Athlete
- How to Fix College Sports
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2018-09-25
- Language: English
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A Sporting Chance
- Written by: Titus O'Reily
- Narrated by: Titus O'Reily
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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In Sport, the term 'good bloke' doesn't mean what it says. Like 'fun run', it in fact often means the exact opposite. Titus O'Reily, the sports historian Australia neither needs nor deserves, examines why our nation's sportspeople can do terrible things yet be so readily forgiven. In this Great Southern Land, a sportsman can be excused almost any sin if he is elevated to the mythical status of being a 'good bloke'. So, what does it take to earn the title of 'good bloke'? And can female athletes be good blokes, too?
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A Sporting Chance
- Narrated by: Titus O'Reily
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2018-10-29
- Language: English
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The Language of the Game
- How to Understand Soccer
- Written by: Laurent Dubois
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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The Language of the Game is a passionate and engaging introduction to soccer's history, tactics, and human drama. Filled with perceptive insights and stories both legendary and little known, The Language of the Game is a rewarding listen for anyone seeking to understand soccer better.
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The Language of the Game
- How to Understand Soccer
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 2018-07-23
- Language: English
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Muck City
- Winning and Losing in Football's Forgotten Town
- Written by: Bryan Mealer
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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The loamy black "muck" that surrounds Belle Glade, Florida once built an empire for Big Sugar and provided much of the nation's vegetables, often on the backs of roving, destitute migrants. Many of these were children who honed their skills along the field rows and started one of the most legendary football programs in America. Belle Glade's high school team, the Glades Central Raiders, has sent an extraordinary number of players to the National Football League - 27 since 1985, with five of those drafted in the first round.
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Muck City
- Winning and Losing in Football's Forgotten Town
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 2017-04-25
- Language: English
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Deep Play
- Philosophie des Fußballs
- Written by: Gunter Gebauer
- Narrated by: Gunter Gebauer, Stefan Kaminski
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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Aus der Höhe des Geistes gesehen, hat Fußball etwas erschreckend Direktes, den Geschmack des physischen Kampfs und den Geruch von Körpern und Erde. Kann ein Spiel, das sich so offensichtlich gegen die Zivilisation stellt, einen philosophischen Gehalt haben? Dieser Frage geht der Sportphilosoph Gunter Gebauer nach, indem er das Fußballspiel ins Verhältnis zu anderen kulturellen Errungenschaften setzt. Aus verschiedenen Perspektiven nähert er sich so der Faszination, die das beliebteste aller Spiele über alle Grenzen hinweg auslöst. Ein Hörerlebnis mit vielen Originaltönen aus sechs Jahrzehnten Fußballgeschichte!
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Deep Play
- Philosophie des Fußballs
- Narrated by: Gunter Gebauer, Stefan Kaminski
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-28
- Language: German
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We Matter
- Athletes and Activism
- Written by: Etan Thomas
- Narrated by: Julian Thomas
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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Featuring interviews by former NBA player Etan Thomas with over 50 athletes, executives, media figures, and more - and interwoven with essays and critiques by Thomas - We Matter shares the personal tales and opinions of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, Dwyane Wade, Russell Westbrook, Steve Kerr, Oscar Robertson, Mark Cuban, Michael Bennett, Carmelo Anthony, Derrick Rose....
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We Matter
- Athletes and Activism
- Narrated by: Julian Thomas
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2018-03-12
- Language: English
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Superfans
- Into the Heart of Obsessive Sports Fandom
- Written by: George Dohrmann
- Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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There are fans, and then there are fanatics. In this wondrously immersive look at American sports fandom, George Dohrmann travels the country to find out what distinguishes an ordinary, everyday enthusiast from that special breed of supporter known as the superfan. In Minnesota, Dohrmann meets newly minted generals of the Viking World Order, Minnesota Vikings fans organized along military lines. In Oregon, he shares a few beers with a determined soccer fan who amassed a 4,000-strong cheering section for the fledgling Portland Timbers.
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Superfans
- Into the Heart of Obsessive Sports Fandom
- Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2018-02-20
- Language: English
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Norwich
- One Tiny Vermont Town's Secret to Happiness and Excellence
- Written by: Karen Crouse
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
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Norwich, a charming Vermont town of roughly 3,000 residents, has sent an athlete to almost every Winter Olympics for the past 30 years - and three times that athlete has returned with a medal. How does Norwich do it? To answer this question, New York Times reporter Karen Crouse moved to Vermont, immersing herself in the lives of Norwich Olympians past and present. There she discovered a culture that's the opposite of the hypercompetitive schoolyard of today's tiger moms and eagle dads.
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Norwich
- One Tiny Vermont Town's Secret to Happiness and Excellence
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2018-01-23
- Language: English
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What's My Name, Fool?
- Sports and Resistance in the United States
- Written by: Dave Zirin
- Narrated by: Aaron Abano
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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Here Edgeofsports.com sportswriter Dave Zirin shows how sports express the worst, as well as the most creative and exciting, features of American society. Zirin explores how Janet Jackson's Super Bowl flash-time show exposed more than a breast, why the labor movement has everything to learn from sports unions, and why a new generation of athletes is no longer content to "play one game at a time" and is starting to get political.
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What's My Name, Fool?
- Sports and Resistance in the United States
- Narrated by: Aaron Abano
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 2017-12-19
- Language: English
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An Accidental Sportswriter
- Written by: Robert Lipsyte
- Narrated by: Robert Lipsyte
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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Growing up, Robert Lipsyte was the smart-aleck fat kid, the bully magnet who went to the library instead of the ballpark. As the perpetual outsider, even into adulthood, Lipsyte's alienation from Jock Culture made him a rarity in the press box: the sportswriter who wasn't a sports fan. This feeling of otherness has colored Lipsyte's sports writing for fifty years, much of it spent as a columnist for the New York Times. He didn't follow particular athletes or teams; he wasn't awed by the access afforded by his press pass or his familiarity with the players in the locker room.
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An Accidental Sportswriter
- Narrated by: Robert Lipsyte
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 2011-05-03
- Language: English
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Something like the Gods
- A Cultural History of the Athlete from Achilles to LeBron
- Written by: Stephen Amidon
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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Why is the athlete so important to us? Few public figures can dominate the public imagination with such power and authority. Drawing from art, literature, politics, and history, Something like the Gods explores the powerful grip the athlete has always held on the Western imagination. Amidon examines the archetype of the competitor as it evolved from antiquity to the present day, from athlete-warriors such as Achilles and Ulysses to global media icons like Ali, Jordan, and Tiger Woods.
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Something like the Gods
- A Cultural History of the Athlete from Achilles to LeBron
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 2014-04-21
- Language: English
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Sometimes They Even Shook Your Hand
- Portraits of Champions Who Walked among Us
- Written by: John Schulian
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
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John Schulian, a much-honored sportswriter for nearly forty years, takes us back to a time when our greatest athletes stood before us as human beings, not remote gods. In this compelling collection, Schulian paints prose portraits to remind fans of what today's cloistered stars won't share with them. The result is an audiobook guaranteed to stir memories for the generation that was - and to leave subsequent generations wishing they had it so good.
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Sometimes They Even Shook Your Hand
- Portraits of Champions Who Walked among Us
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2014-07-02
- Language: English
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Billion-Dollar Ball
- A Journey Through the Big-Money Culture of College Football
- Written by: Gilbert M. Gaul
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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In the spring of 2013, a study showed that despite huge economic problems, 27 states were awarding their highest salaries to college football coaches. College football has doubled in size in the last decade thanks to generous tax breaks, lavish TV deals, and corporate sponsors eager to slap their logos on everything from scoreboards to footballs and uniforms. In one recent year, the 10 biggest programs took in $800 million from football, with profit margins far surpassing those of Fortune 500 companies.
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Billion-Dollar Ball
- A Journey Through the Big-Money Culture of College Football
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2015-09-11
- Language: English
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