Títulos em Esportes

At the height of the first American Running Boom, a small town in New Jersey emerged as something of a magical place in the sport. Tiny Bernardsville, in the Somerset Hills produced dozens of local, state, age-group, and national champions and claimed a place in the pantheon of American distance running. A junior program fed a high school team of boys and girls that claimed legend status. Before he was one of the best collegiate distance running coaches on the planet, Mark Wetmore was the young, ambitious, experimental coach of this program.

"Egan Bernal y los hijos de la cordillera es un amplio recuento del desarrollo del ciclismo profesional en Colombia. Guy Roger, reportero desde hace más de treinta años en el diario deportivo francés L'Équipe, ha viajado a nuestro país, donde la tragedia y las dificultades se entrelazan con...

Born into a daring, musical family in 1886, Annette Kellerman was a force of nature and made for the stage – her first love – and encouraged to defy social norms from a young age. But after she was diagnosed with rickets as a child she took up swimming for therapy, and soon she became an Australian champion, beating boys, breaking records and astonishing huge crowds by diving from great heights. By 1905, Kellerman was 18 and on her way to England in an attempt to swim the Channel and challenge endurance records in the Thames.

Sharing remarkable experiences from the world of professional surfing, Christo Hall offers a unique perspective on how we operate under pressure. Beyond the Break tells the story of a man finding his path in life—and the surf lessons along the way that shaped his attitude for entrepreneurial success. From big waves in Hawaii to swimming with sharks in South Africa, Christo reveals an intimate glimpse inside the mindset and lifestyle of a pro surfer.

Award-winning journalist John Taylor projects the stories of Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and other stars from the NBA's golden age onto a backdrop of racial tensions and cultural change. Taylor's electrifying account of two complex men is an epic narrative of sports in America during the 1960s. Filled with dramatic conflicts and some of the great moments in sports history, and building to a thrilling climax, The Rivalry has at its core a philosophical question: Can determination and a team ethos, embodied by the ultimate team player trump sheer talent?

Dalle strade di Rozzano agli Stati Uniti, da Danielino a King Toretto, dalla gloria al KO più difficile. Per la prima volta Daniele Scardina rivive l'infortunio che lo ha visto lottare in bilico tra la vita e la morte, e ripercorre le tappe più importanti della sua vita e della sua carriera. Una storia di ricordi, amore, fede, ferite e voglia di rivalsa, in un ring di emozioni continue e parole che arrivano dritte al cuore. "Hai avuto un'emorragia cerebrale. L'hanno definito ematoma sottodurale post-traumatico".

野球と無縁の人生を歩んできた2人のサラリーマンが、どん底、赤貧に喘ぐ球団の建て直しに身を投じる、渾身の企業ノンフィクション。

The Fencers is the third volume in a trilogy of autobiographical Cold War Escape stories. It is both an immigrant's narrative of seeking a better life and a brighter future and a sports memoir focusing on two Olympic fencers—one representing Canada, the other Romania.

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...

The sport of surfing has a mystique and allure that has transformed many of these icons into mythical figures. Surfer Stories brings them together in one definitive collection that will appeal to those who surf and those who don’t!

On a September night in Montreal in 1993, Curtis Pride got his first Major League hit, prompting a long, emotional standing ovation from the crowd of 45,757 fans. Profoundly deaf since birth, Pride couldn’t hear their thunderous applause. But as the cheers grew louder and more insistent, he realized he was feeling those vibrations within his chest—an undeniable acknowledgment of an extraordinary achievement.

THE INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER With its unpredictability, brutality, and camaraderie, hockey is full of great stories. And great characters. Certified Beauties is a new collection of the most compelling, hilarious, and heartwarming inside hockey stories—the ones that the players tell each other...

箱根駅伝常勝校の青山学院大学陸上競技部。指揮官・原晋監督の功績は様々なメディアで報じられているが、選手や監督を生活面、精神面で支え続けてきた寮母・原美穂さんの存在は、あまり知られてない。

勝つためには、そのための組織構築術がある。勝つためには、そのための人材育成術がある―――。監督就任5年目にして青山学院大学33年ぶりとなる「箱根駅伝」に出場、2015年には初優勝、2016年には39年ぶりの完全優勝、そしてさらに2017年には「箱根駅伝3連覇」を果たすという強豪にまで育てあげた原晋監督。

In Hurdle-isms, renowned Major League Baseball player, hitting coach, manager, and current Special Assistant to the General Manager for the Colorado Rockies, Clint Hurdle, delivers a collection of his most inspirational stories. You'll find a ton of funny, insightful, and otherwise notable anecdotes from one of Major League Baseball's most successful personalities.

The Championess of Clerkenwell tells the thrilling and inspiring tale of Elizabeth Wilkinson, one of the earliest recorded female bare-knuckle boxers. Known for her skill, courage, and defiance of social norms, Elizabeth fights her way to the top of a brutal and male-dominated sport.

James E. Rix, a Memphis native, shares a lifetime of experiences intertwining basketball, civil rights, and personal growth in his debut book, “A Life of Basketball, Civil Rights and Beyond.” This narrative is a testament to resilience and the pursuit of dreams against all odds.

Marc Márquez is the apex predator of the MotoGP world: arguably the greatest motorcycle racer who ever lived, he is an eight-time world champion. He is the man who dethroned Valentino Rossi, and who changed the sport of MotoGP forever. Told by bestselling author Stuart Barker, with the insight of rivals, team members, pundits, managers and many close to his story, experience in this book that rare thing: pure sporting theatre and white-knuckle speed twinned with real human drama. Everything or Nothing is the Márquez story told like never before.

Timothy M. Gay writes that four-time major champion Rory McIlroy is "golf's ageless Opie Taylor," a superstar whose charm transcends national boundaries and enlivens the game. His swing is so powerful that Tiger Woods is teaching his own son to mimic Rory's action. But a charismatic persona and a pretty swing don't translate into winning championships. Rory has failed to win another major and fallen short of achieving the career Grand Slam. Rory Land tells the saga of a compassionate superstar living in a world where "money has no conscience."

Roger Federer ist der wohl populärste Sportler unserer Zeit. Mit seinem scheinbar mühelosen Spiel prägte er das Tennis über Jahrzehnte und hob es in neue Sphären. Er gewann über hundert Turniere, darunter zwanzig Grand-Slam-Titel – acht davon allein in Wimbledon. Der Maestro begeisterte aber nicht nur mit seinem Tennis, sondern vor allem auch mit seinem Charisma und seinem grossen Herzen. Was macht ihn so einzigartig, dass er Menschen auf dem ganzen Globus in seinen Bann zieht? Die beiden Sportjournalisten Simon Graf und Simon Cambers wollten dieses Geheimnis lüften.