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Finally—a fascinating and authoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in baseball history, Ty Cobb. Ty Cobb is baseball royalty, maybe even the greatest player who ever lived.
Andrew Maraniss (/ ˈ m ær ə n ɪ s / MARE-ə-niss) is an American author, best known for his book, "Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the collision of race and sports in the south", [1] depicting Perry Wallace, the first African-American to play college basketball under an athletic scholarship in the Southeastern Conference (Vanderbilt University) in the 1960s.
The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) later named it one of its top 50 best baseball books during its 50th anniversary celebrations in 2021, writing: "Until Dandy Sandy decides to finally write his own life story, this biography will be the standard other books will try to live up to." [4]
Gates' bonus book pick is a visual biography of tennis player Roger Federer by sports writer Doris Henkel. It features never-before-published photos of the sports icon. It features never-before ...
Peter May Biography: Peter May: Alan Hill: 2011: Ian Botham - The Power and The Glory: Ian Botham: Simon Wilde: 2011: Fred Trueman - The Authorised Biography: Fred Trueman: Chris Waters 2011: The Breaks are Off - My Autobiography: Graeme Swann: Graeme Swann: 2011: A Reappraisal of English Cricket's Most Controversial Captain: Tony Greig: David ...
In 1985, he retired from Sports Illustrated and began writing books full-time, although he maintained a monthly column in Golf Digest magazine. [8] [9] Larry King called Jenkins "the quintessential Sports Illustrated writer" and "the best sportswriter in America." Jenkins wrote numerous works and over 500 articles for Sports Illustrated.